Elder Law
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- Administration on Aging - Contains information on the Older American's Act, State Ombudsman Programs, and an expansive directory of Web sites on aging.
- Alzheimer's Association - The Alzheimer's Association's official website. This site is your gateway to a wealth of information on Alzheimer's disease.
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) - AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and over. It provides information and resources; advocate on legislative, consumer, and legal issues; assist members to serve their communities; and offer a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for members.
- Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly - The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, is a nonprofit organization, based in Philadelphia, dedicated to improving the quality of life for vulnerable older people.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMC) - The federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. CMMC provides health insurance for over 74 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid and other programs, and regulates nursing homes and other health care providers.
- Coalition to Protect America's Elders - The Coalition is a nonprofit national advocacy organization founded in 1997. The Coalition works closely with our nation's most prominent elder organizations and other advocacy groups to create public awareness of the conditions that exist in our nation's nursing homes and propose effective solutions for improving the quality of nursing home care. Site includes a Nursing Home Report Card for Florida.
- Community Alternatives to Nursing Homes - Welcome to the ADAPT home page. There's no place like home, and we mean real homes, not nursing homes. We are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
- Elder Planning - Elder planning information including long-term care, geriatric care management etc. Site is hosted by elder planning professionals in 14 states.
- The Elderly Place - This site is Alzheimer's specific with an emphasis on care giving. I have researched all of the information and links that are included throughout my web site. The purpose of this site is to enlighten you on dementing diseases and to help you by adding informational links to similar topics. It is not meant to diagnose. I am not a clinical expert. Instead, I am a social worker interested in working in the area of Gerontology.
- Healthgrades - Nursing Home Report Card - HealthGrades.comTM is a unique award winning Internet service that accurately and objectively grades the performance of health care providers in the United States.
- Mr. Long Term Care - Martin Bayne's site - a victim of Parkinson's disease. Goal: To provide a broad understanding of the myriad issues we face as the world's population ages, principal of which are the financial, emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges of long-term care and care giving. Site is in coordination with the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.
- National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform - National advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. Works closely with State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs, and operates National Ombudsman Resource Center.
- Nursing Home Advocacy Group Directory - A directory of non-profit nursing home advocacy groups.
- Seniors-Site.com - A unique, informative, interesting, and entertaining Internet web site for seniors and their families and caregivers. Our goal is to make Seniors-Site.com an outstanding super web site on the Internet for our visitors. As such we will provide important content coupled with the opportunity for these individuals to post their needs and concerns on our bulletin boards, if we cannot provide help ourselves, publish ideas, opinions, and responses
Organizations:
- Friends and Relatives of Institutionalized Aged
This nonprofit advocacy group seeks to create more effective laws and public policies. Its Web site includes a hotline number.
www.fria.org
- American Health Care Association
Organization represents nursing homes.
www.ahca.org
- Association for the Protection of the Elderly
Chairman Ila Swan, 800-569-7345
www.apeape.org
- National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Consumer advocacy group's Web site offers fact sheets on federal regulations, publications and tips for residents and their families, as well as links local advocacy groups nationwide.
www.nccnhr.org
- A Perfect Cause
Nursing home reform organization
www.aperfectcause.org
Web sites:
- HCFA's Nursing Home Search
A database search engine at this site allows users to check whether a particular nursing home has been cited for problems. Users can search by ZIP code or state. Note: Just because a home does not appear in the database, that does not mean it passed all inspections.
www.medicare.gov/nursing/home.asp
- Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General
As another online database for researching individuals and entities, the search engine allows users to check whether a particular nursing home has been cited for problems. Users can search by ZIP code or state. Note: Just because a home does not appear in the database, that does not mean it passed all inspections.
www.hhs.gov/progorg/oig/cumsan/index.htm
- Nursing Home Ratings
This private company rates nursing homes.
www.healthgrades.com
- Administration on Aging
This link contains a fact sheet on elder abuse prevention.
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/factsheets/abuse.html
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Information Center
Operated by an investigative and consulting firm, this site includes information on what defines abuse, federal and state laws and recent news reports of abuse.
www.nursinghomeabuse.com/index.html
- Michigan Consumer Guide to Nursing Homes
This ste contains a detailed checklist of things to look for, ask and consider when visiting a potential long-term care facility. Other states offer these, too.
www.hcam.org
- National Center on Elder Abuse
This site includes information how to report abuse, statistics, fact sheets, information on federal laws and many Web links.
www.gwjapan.com/NCEA/
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