DISEASE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
ALS (Lou Gerhig's Disease) Association: www.alsa.org
Alzheimer’s Association, Los Angeles Chapter: http://www.alzla.org/
American Brain Tumor Association: http://hope.abta.org/site/PageServer
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
American Parkinson Disease Association: www.apdaparkinson.com
Arthritis Foundation: www.arthritis.org
Brain Injury Association: http://www.biausa.org/Pages/home.html
Brain Tumor Society: http://www.tbts.org/
Depression Support Kit: http://www.nwrcwa.org/caregiverkit3.shtml
Epilepsy Foundation of America: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/
Huntington's Disease Society of America: www.hdsa.org
National Brain Tumor Foundation: http://www.braintumor.org/
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: www.nmss.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation: www.nof.org
National Parkinson’s Foundation : http://www.parkinson.org/
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center TBI Project (NIDRR Grant):
http://www.tbi-sci.org/index.html
Stroke Association www.stroke.org
United Cerebral Palsy Association: http://www.ucpa.org/
ALZHEMIER’S DISEASE
Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Kit: http://www.nwrcwa.org/caregiverkit2.shtml
Alzheimer's Association National office: www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington Chapter: www.alzwa.org
Alzheimer’s disease Brain: www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/alzheim/brain.gif
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR): www.alzheimers.org
Alzheimer Disease International (ADI): www.alz.co.uk
Alzheimer’s disease Review: http://www.mc.uky.edu/adreview/
Alzheimer’s disease: Unraveling the Mystery: http://www.alzheimers.org/unraveling/
Alzheimer Europe : www.alzheimer-europe.org
Alzheimer Forum : www.alzforum.org
Alzheimer’s Store : www.alzstore.com
California Alzheimer’s disease Program: www.dhs.ca.gov/alzheimers
Normal and Alzheimer Brain Comparison: http://www.alzbrain.org/
AGING
Access America for Seniors www.seniors.gov
Administration on Aging: http://www.aoa.gov/
Adult Development and Aging: www.iog.wayne.edu/apadiv20.htm
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality www.ahcpr.gov
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging: www.aahsa.org
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): www.aarp.org
American Society on Aging: www.asaging.org
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform www.canhr.org
California Health Advocates www.cahealthadvocates.org
Center for Health Care Rights: www.healthcarerights.org
Center for Mental Health Services: www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/default.asp
Children of Aging Parents: www.careguide.com
Comprehensive Source of Long-Term Care Information:
http://www.longtermcarelink.net
DSHS Aging and Adult Services: www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
Friendly for Seniors: www.friendly4seniors.com
Gray Panthers: www.graypanthers.org
Korean Health, Education, Information and Research Center (KHEIR)
www.koreanhealth.org
LA 4 Seniors: www.la4seniors.com
Los Angeles County Department on Aging Community & Senior Services:
http://dcss.co.la.ca.us
Manual of Geriatrics: www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging – Eldercare Locator: www.n4a.org
National Council on Aging: http://www.ncoa.org/
National Institute on Aging: www.nih.gov (click on Health Publications)
Noah (Aging and Alzheimer’s Links):
http://www.noah-health.org/english/aging/aging.html
Northwest Justice Project: www.nwjustice.org
Older Women’s League (OWL): www.owl-national.org
OregonCares: www.oregoncares.org
Psychological Research for Productive Aging: www.apa.org/science
SLM Seniors: www.slmseniors.com
Statistics on Older Americans: www.census.gov.org
CAREGIVING
California Association of Adult Day Services: www.caads.org
California Foundation for Independent Living Centers Care Guide: www.cfilc.org
Care Guide: www.careguide.com
Care Planner: http://www2.careplanner.org/
Caregiverzone: www.caregiverzone.com
Caregiver on-line magazine: www.caregiver911.com
Caregivers S.E.A.: http://neuro-oas.mgh.harvard.edu/sea/
Caregiving Tips from the Perspective of the Person with Dementia:
http://www.familycaregiversonline.com/dementia_perspective.html
Caregiver's Tips Support Kit: http://www.nwrcwa.org/caregiverkit4.shtml
FamiliesUSA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers: www.familiesusa.org
Family Caregiver Alliance: www.caregiver.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America: http://www.ldanatl.org/
Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center http://geroweb.usc.edu/lacrc
National Alliance for Caregiving: www.caregiving.org
National Association for Home Care: www.nahc.org
National Family Caregivers Association: www.nfcacares.org
Rush Manual for Caregivers from Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center:
www.rush.edu/patients/radc/pdfs
Taking Care of the Caregiver Support Kit: http://www.nwrcwa.org/caregiverkit1.shtml
Today’s Caregiver Magazine: www.caregiving.com
GOVERNMENT
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: http://www.chcf.org
Alternate resources for information on low-cost medications include:
www.canadiandrugstore.com
www.drugstore.com
www.needymeds.com
California Community Care Licensing: http://ccld.ca.gov
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: www.cms.hhs.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs: www.va.gov
Free Benefits Checkup: www.benefitscheckup.org
Internal Revenue Services: www.irs.gov
Medical Forms (California Department of Health Services): www.dhs.ca.gov
Medicare: www.medicare.gov
National Institute of Health: www.nih.gov
National Institute of Health Grants: www.nih.gov/grants
National Rehabilitation Information Center: www.naric.com/naric
Social Security Online Information: www.ssa.gov
The Federal Food and Drug Administration (for safety tips):
http://www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/default.htm
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: www.hhs.gov
Veterans Administration: www.va.gov
OTHER
Andrus Gerontology Center Library: www.usc.edu/isd/locations/science/gerontology
Costco: www.costco.com
Gerontology News: http://www.geron.uga.edu/news/index.php
Gerontological Society of America: www.geron.org
Gero Web: www.iog.wayne.edu/IOGlinks.html
How Stuff Works: www.howstuffworks.com
Today Senior: www.todaysenior.com
Zelgo: www.zelgo.com
HEALTH
California Department of Managed Health Care: www.hmohelp.ca.gov
Center for Healthcare Rights, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program
(HICAP): www.cahealthadvocates.org
California Healthcare Foundation: www.chcf.org
California Hospice & Palliative Care Association Directory: www.calhospice.org
ClinicalTrials.gov: www.clinicaltrials.gov
DocFinder: www.docboard.org
Extended Care: www.extendedcare.com
HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program): www.aging.state.ca.us
Hospice Foundation of America: www.hospicefoundation.org
LewyNet: www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/pathology/lewy/lewyhome.html
Medicine Assist Program: www.unitedhealthalliance.com
National Hospice Foundation: www.hospiceinfo.org
National Women’s Health Information Center: www.4woman.org
Needymeds – Information on low-cost medication: www.needymeds.com
Peoples Prescription Plan: www.peoplesrxcard.com
Planning for Long-Term Care: www.alzheimers.org/pubs/longterm.html
Prescription Solutions: www.rxsolutions.com
Rx Hope: www.rxhope.com
Virtual Hospital: Cognitive and Functional Impairment: www.vh.org
ADVOCACY
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): www.aarppharmacy.com
Assisted Living Federation of America: www.alfa.org
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform: www.canhr.org
California Nursing Home Search: www.calnhs.org
Medicare-Nursing Home Compare: www.medicare.gov
State of California, California Community Care Licensing: http://ccld.ca.gov
Well Spouse Foundation: An Association of Spousal Caregivers: www.wellspouse.org
LEGAL
American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging: www.abanet.org/aging
Bet Tzedek: www.bettzedek.org
California Attorney General’s Crime and Violence Prevention Center
http:safestate.org/index.cfm
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy: http://healthcarerights.org
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys: www.naela.org
Partnership for Caring – Advanced Directives: www.partnershipforcaring.org
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES
Abledata: www.abledata.com
Ageless Design: www.agelessdesign.com
Assistive Technology, Inc.: www.assistivetech.com
Companies and Products Regarding Wandering: www.agelessdesign.com/wander.htm
MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute: www.anxietyandstress.com
Division 20 Task Force on Qualifications for Practice in Clinical & Applied
Geropsychology: www.iog.wayne.edu/apadiv20/qualif4.htm
Frontal Temporal Dementia Memory Loss in the Brain: www.gluck.edu
Mental Health Community Connection – Los Angeles County Department of Mental
Health: http://dmhconnection.lacounty.info
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI): www.nami.org
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