Alliance for Aging Research
The nation's leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating
the pace of medical discoveries to vastly improve the universal human experience of aging and health.
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association is the largest national voluntary health organization
dedicated to funding research into the causes, treatments, prevention and cure of Alzheimer's disease and to providing support
to the four million Americans with the disease, their families and caregivers.
American Academy of Home Care Physicians
For over a decade, the American Academy of Home Care Physicians has served the needs
of thousands of physicians and related professionals and agencies interested in improving care of patients in the home. For
every elderly person in a nursing home, there are three more people equally fragile and infirm living at home. Home health
has become the fastest-growing segment of Medicare's budget.
American Association for Homecare
AAHomecare is the unified voice that represents all the elements of homecare under
one roof. From home medical equipment to home health services and from rehab technology to respiratory/infusion therapy, AAHomecare
is dedicated to working to advance the value and practice of quality health care services at home. With over 3,000 members,
AAHomecare is building a community of support for the homecare industry.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization
dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from
cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. Our web site contains valuable resources including prevention
and risk factors, treatment methods, detection guidelines, and patient services that help cancer patients and their families.
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
The purpose of ASBH is to promote the exchange of ideas and foster scholarship,
research, teaching, policy development, professional development, and collegiality among people engaged in all of the endeavors
related to clinical and academic bioethics and the health-related humanities.
American Society on Aging
ASA's members comprise the largest multidisciplinary national community of professionals
working with and on behalf of older people. The membership includes representatives of the public and private sectors, service
providers, researchers, educators, advocates, health, allied health, social service, managed care and long-term care and mental
health professionals, students and the retired, policy makers and planners. For over 40 years, the American Society on Aging
has been an active and effective resource for professionals in aging and aging-related fields who want to enhance their ability
to promote the well-being of aging people and their families.
The Association of Independent Care Advisors
The Association represents a growing number of care advisors in the U.K. and was
formed in 1994. Individual organizations felt a strong need for a professional body for this developing service for individuals
needing advice on organizing their care. Members work to a Code of Practice, which is available to anyone who wishes to see
that we adhere to the principle of offering helpful, unbiased, professional advice. No member of the association has any financial
interest in a care home or domiciliary service.
Commission for Care Manager Certification (CCMC)
The Commission for Care Manager Certification (CCMC) believes that certification
is valuable to case managers and knows from the growing demand for certified case managers that employers acknowledge this
value as well. Our goal is to ensure that those who achieve certification possess the education, skills, and experience needed
to deliver appropriate services to all they serve. This website provides information on case management practice, frequently
asked questions for certification, application and continuing education providers, etc.
Full Circle of Care
Helping family caregivers complete the cycle of care.
healthfinder®
healthfinder® is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human
services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. healthfinder® can lead you
to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government
agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
Last Acts
The Last Acts website is an on-line community dedicated to improving end-of-life
care through the sharing of ideas and solutions by professional care givers, educators and consumers. The site includes a
resource center, updates on the campaign Task Force groups, news updates, reports on palliative care, family needs, service
providers, education and training.
National Academy for Certified Care Managers (NACCM)
The National Academy for Certified Care Managers (NACCM) is a non-profit organization
committed to advancing the quality of care management services through a validated, standardized examination that test the
skills, knowledge and practice ethics needed to serve consumers. NACCM's goals are to:
- Credential long-term case/care managers
- Promote and enhance quality care management and service provision
- Strengthen education and training
- Protect and empower consumers
- Strengthen case/care management's role in the long-term care system
This site provides information on obtaining NACCM's Candidate Handbook, which contains
sample questions, examination application and exam locations.
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. is a non-profit association which
assists lawyers, bar organizations and others who work with older clients and their families. Established in 1987, the Academy
provides a resource of information, education, networking and assistance to those who must deal with the many specialized
issues involved with legal services to the elderly and disabled.
National Alliance for Caregiving
A very good resource for caregiving families and professionals. NAC is a Bethesda
based association of caregiving professional organizations (including GCM) that provides information, support, and national
advocacy on behalf of caregivers. They have accomplished many admirable reports, including providing an excellent guide to
other web sites with information on caregiving. NAC's site is an excellent source of information for professionals looking
for access to primary information on national issues on caregiving.
National Association of Social Workers
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest organization of
professional social workers in the world. NASW serves nearly 155,000 social workers in 55 chapters throughout the United States,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and abroad. NASW was formed in 1955 through a merger of seven predecessor social work organizations
to carry out three responsibilities: strengthen and unify the profession; promote the development of social work practice;
advance sound social policies. Promoting high standards of practice and protecting the consumer of services are major association
principles.
National Chronic Care Consortium
The National Chronic Care Consortium is a strategic alliance of individuals and
organizations across industry segments and professions committed to chronic illness care reform. We engage people in practical,
collaborative methods to improve care for America's largest, highest-cost, and fastest-growing customer group. We work to
improve care under current market conditions and seek to change payment methods, health policies, management systems, and
clinical interventions where they impede the ability of consumers to get the care they want and of plans, programs, and providers
to offer effective care.
National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
The mission of the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform is to improve
the quality of life of residents in the nation's nursing homes.
National Family Caregivers Association
The National Family Caregivers Association offers services in the areas of information
and education, support and validation, and public awareness and advocacy, toward the goal of minimizing the disparity between
a caregiver's quality of life and that of mainstream Americans.
National Guardianship Association
The mission of the National Guardianship Association is to provide educational,
training, and networking opportunities for guardians; to promote the highest levels of values, standards and ethics; and to
ensure a nationally recognized standard of excellence.
National Institute of Health
This web site shares in a fast and cost-effective way consumer-health information
about many of the diseases or health problems on which NIH conducts or supports research. You can choose from this growing
full-text collection of our most requested consumer-health publications.
National Senior Citizens Law Center
NSCLC advocates nationwide on behalf of low-income elderly individuals and persons
with disabilities. It provides litigation assistance, research and consulting support, national policy representation, training
and manuals and periodicals. Substantive areas covered on the site include: Age Discrimination, Americans with Disabilities
Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Older Americans Act, Pension Rights and Social Security. The site includes articles
and legal documents on many of these topics. The Center's publications, including numerous manuals and a newsletter, are described,
but are for sale in print form only.
Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Education for Social Work
With funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, the Council
on Social Work Education (CSWE) has launched Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Education for Social Work (SAGE-SW). SAGE-SW
is dedicated to preparing ALL social workers to meet the needs of a growing aging population.
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County
UCP Association of Nassau County provides services to adults who have sustained
a traumatic brain injury, stroke, brain tumor or other medical condition causing cognitive decline. We offer both traditional
outpatient services and innovative opportunities for socialization and community reintegration. In addition, we offer state
of the art computer and assistive technology for cognitively and physically disabled adults.
Community Resources/Social Services
A Place for Mom.com
If you're looking for help and advice in senior housing, you've come to the right
place. Here, you can learn about housing options, search for a care community in your area that fits your needs, and talk
directly with a trained family advisor via our toll-free support line (1-877-MOM-DAD9). Our advice and consultation is provided
at no cost to families.
The A2Z Senior Supersite
This free industry-wide internet portal is designed to connect you quickly and easily
to the world of Senior Hospitality: providers of Senior-oriented housing, health and wellness resources, and other products
and services. These communities and organizations are either Senior Hospitality Specialists (serving Seniors is their only
focus) or Senior Hospitality Associates (serving Seniors is one of their specialities).
bigtreemurphy.com
A wonderful site for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. Beverly Murphy is a rehab
counselor who retired to take care of her husband when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She has organized this site with
love, good experience, and good attention to detail. This site has plenty of good advice for caregivers on the difficult issues
(incontinence), on how to develop a supportive living environment, and lots of good words of emotional support. A heartwarming
site to visit.
Caregiver Network
Caregiver Network, Inc. (CNI), the first of its kind in Canada, is a resource center
created to help caregivers of the elderly and ill. Our goal is to make caregivers lives easier by providing information on
the Internet and in our newsletter, education through the 13-part TV/video series Caregiving with June Callwood, the Canadian
Aging and Caregiving Resource Guide and personal assistance and support through our seminar series, Care Management Consulting
Service, the Caregiver Club and Care Across the Border.
Eldersearch.com
Eldersearch.com, Inc. was founded in November 1998, and is headquartered in Mount
Laurel, New Jersey. The Company was formed to commercialize an innovative approach to providing consumers caring for the elderly
with a comprehensive delivery of eldercare-related information and services.
H.E.L.P.
H.E.L.P. (www.help4srs.org) is a community-funded, non-profit (charitable) information resource that assists older
adults and their caring family and friends by providing information, planning and problem-solving services, on government
program, legal healthcare-related issues that specially impact older adults.
How To Care
How to Cares goal is to provide you with practical, current information on a wide
range of topics written by caregivers that offer insights and advice unavailable anywhere else.
SeniorScape
SeniorScape offers a site where care managers, elder law attorneys, guardians and
other elder care professionals, facilities and providers can meet the public in the most comprehensive of elder care resources.
SeniorScape (1) delivers free and vital elder care resources to the public and (2) serves as an interactive forum for elder
care professionals and service providers.
Legal Resources
Administration on Aging Information on Older Persons and Services for the Elderly
AoA's "Elder Page" site contains many resources for the elderly that can be useful
for attorneys as well. There is a large nationwide searchable directory to 230 national and local agencies, health associations,
and organizations. There is a large compilation of general and statistical materials on-line.
For Profit Resources
Caregiving.com
Caregiving.com provides insights, information, and inspirations to persons who care
for an aging relative. The site explains the six stages family caregivers travel through, guiding them to the resources and
answers needed to successfully complete each stage.
Caregiver.com
The web site of Today's Caregiver Magazine. This site has general information
on caregiving and caregivers. There are several different features from the current magazine on topics in caregiving and an
archives of past articles.
CaregiversWorld.com
A company that offers high quality products for in-home caregiving. Not your run
of the mill products, here, there are some unique items that might really help your situation. Some products are of their
own design and some are just useful applications for a caregiving situation. An interesting selection of products and a socially
responsible company.
Careguide.com
An established and rich source of information on eldercare (and childcare). Customized
caregiver information on a wide range of issues. Includes a good directory of facilities, legal topics, and advice for the
consumer on how to find care. Frequently updated with interesting articles. Two thumbs up.
CareScout.com
CareScout.com is a good resource for information on Nursing Homes, Assisted Living
facilities, and news on care giving. Here's a quote from one GCM member. "CareScout.com is my favorite site. It is a great
resource for GCM's. Rather than just listing nursing home, home health and assisted living facilities in an area, CareScout
has quality ratings as well. The part I like best is that care professionals and consumers can also add their comments to
the ratings. In addition to knowing how oversight agencies rate care, the added perspective of "field scout" reviews allows
me to be more comfortable in recommending care options to my clients."
Carethere.com
A large, new site targeted to providing caregiver information needs. A clear and
well developed site, with customized member information, original article, and good links. Includes product information and
a community area for support groups. The information is appropriate for the consumer, but a little thin at the professional
level.
ElderCare Online
Our goal is to provide information, education and support to families caring for
aging loved ones, especially those coping with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. We believe that whether you are
caring for a spouse, parent, relative or neighbor, you can learn and grow from the caregiving journey. To that end, we provide
knowledge, tools and community to help caregivers improve the quality of life for both themselves and their aging loved ones.
KeytoCare.com
This is a site oriented around providing caregiving information in a post-acute
care environment. Information is available on long-term care insurance, facilities, and feature articles. There are interesting
articles on treatment decisions and evaluating the service within care facilities.
Livingstrategies.com
Living Strategies, Inc., Americas leader in professional elder care planning, placement
and management, is the first company with a nationwide focus to bring together all of the disciplines required to identify
elder care needs, implement solutions to those needs and provide on-going support in a way that benefits elders and their
families.
NewLifeStyles.com
The New Lifestyles site is a great resource for facilities and services for seniors
throughout the country. The company maintains an extensive electronic database in addition to their print catalogue that you
can request online. This is a great place to start in developing care options for seniors.
Seniorcarereview.com
An in depth site covering care planning and a private network of facilities and
care managers. The directories provide a level of quality screening of the referrals. Includes some assistance with assessment
and forming a care plan.
Senioralternatives.com
This site provides directories for senior housing and elder care services. Includes
articles on definitions and what to look for in evaluating different senior housing types. Provides local area lists of housing
alternatives.
Mr. Long Term CareMartin Bayne started writing a newsletter on caregiving over twelve years ago and
it just grew into something much more involved. This site is a good source of current information on caregiving issues, on
long term care insurance, and has many good links to other health related sites. Mr. LTC.com has interviews, information advocacy
groups, and lots of breaking news on issues related to aging and disability. The site is updated frequently and covers a number
of topics. A good place to start your search for caregiving information.
Other Resources
Aginghelp.com
Aginghelp is for the professional serving the older American through community and
in-home services. This help is often identified as senior, aging or elderly services by organizations that include senior
centers, day-care facilities, health clinics, focal point agencies, area agencies, county departments, state units, or other
organizations. The site includes Job Openings, Vendor Resources, a Sharing/Assistance area and Planning Scanning information.
For the latest updates, check out What's New.
Duty and Healing by Benjamin Freedman
Subtitled "Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic," this booksite provides access to the
complete text of an extended essay on clinical medical practice and Jewish thought.
Friendly4Seniors
Friendly4Seniors.com searches the Internet to find useful sites for seniors and
their loved ones.
Gold Violin
This is a great site that offers dignified, high quality gifts and tools that seniors
can really use. It was recommended by Susan Stamberg on NPR as a source of handy items with good design, high quality construction,
and made with respect for the dignity of elders. One look at the choices of designer canes, the fancy pill boxes, or the talking
watches and you will see many items your elders just "have to have".
H.E.L.P.
H.E.L.P. is a Torrance, California-based "information resource" for older adults
living in the South Bay area. Their website includes extensive information about nursing home costs, medical decision-making
and other topics. Check out their newsletter excerpts for particularly useful information.
Irwin Siegel Agency
The Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc., Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance, was
specifically designed for the Human Service Field. Offering insurance and risk management services for provider agencies within
the developmental disabilities, behavioral healthcare, and social service/community service fields.
New York Elder Abuse Coalition
The Coalition has some basic information on elder abuse, a directory of protective
services organizations throughout New York, links to pending legislation in New York City and on the state and federal levels.
Senior Living Alternatives
Senior Living Alternatives is a Chicago-based housing alternative resource. Find
nursing home, assisted living, home care agencies and retirement homes listed by city.
Senior Housing Net
A national online guide to senior housing and care options throughout the United
States. Users can view color photos, floor plans, pricing, amenities, and even take 360 degree virtual tours.
Senior Options
A national, comprehensive guide for older adults and caregivers. Information on
this site identifies your local options for senior living facilities - including Assisted Living, Residential Care, Retirement
Communities, Skilled Nursing, Alzheimer, Hospice and Adult Day Care facilities; local options for senior insurance, healthcare
discount cards (coming soon), other frequently needed health and professional services such as legal and financial, mental
health, home health, and geriatric care management.
United Hospital Fund "Rough Crossings: Family Caregivers' Odyssyes through the Health
Care System"
Each year more than 60 million Americans are admitted to or discharged from health
care facilities. For institutions, these entries and departures are routine processes; for patients and their families, they
are often fraught with anxiety and fear. This special report explores these transitions from the unique perspectives of family
caregivers the unpaid relatives, partners, or close friends who either provide direct care and emotional support to, or manage
the health care of, those who are chronically ill or disabled. Its purpose is to contribute to the development of responsible
and reasonable ways to respect, understand, and help all families coping with serious illness and the major transitions that
mark that journey.
University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics manages this "Bioethics Internet
Project." Information about the Center, as well as links to related topics. Check out the "ER Bioethics" page a discussion
of the bioethical issues posed by the popular television program "ER."
Know of a site of interest to care managers or their clients, e-mail Stephanie
Thompson (Ph.D.) at drstephanie@silverangelshomecare.com
