National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)- www.ncea.aoa.gov
National Alliance for Care Giving- www.caregiving.org Careplanner - www.careplanner.org AARP- www.aarp.org Administration on Aging- www.aoa.dhhs.gov Eldercare Locator- www.n4a.org Eldercare Locator- www.eldercare.gov American Health Care Association- www.AHCA.org CareScout - www.carescout.com Mature Market Institute- www.metlife.com Long Term Care Link- www.longtermcarelink.net Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services- www.cms.hhs.gov LTC Awareness Campaign- www.LTCaware.info National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Manager, Inc.- www.caremanger.org NCOA Benefits Check-Up- www.benefitscheckup.org The Center for Long Term Care Reform, Inc.- www.centerltc.org The Long Term Care Locators.com at.- www.longtermcarelocators.com
Long-Term Care simply happens. It is not so much an issue of if it will happen, but what to do when it does. When a family member needs care, it can be a confusing and emotionally stressful experience. To assist you in finding sound and thoughtful information concerning the care needs of a loved one, the following are resources you can access.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging has established a website for the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). The site is a resource to help ensure that older Americans will live with dignity, integrity, independence, and without abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
A national non-profit coalition of organizations that focus on issues of care giving.
Offers help finding types-of-care options.
A nonprofit membership organization which offers a full array of options for the senior citizen.
The US Department of Health and Human Services resource for news and information for older adults.
A resource established by the US Administration on Aging to provide information and care service programs for older adults.
The Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.
One of the nation's most recognizable non-profit organizations that represents assisted living and nursing facilities.
A respected resource to search and compare nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health and hospice agencies.
A non-profit organization that focuses on long-term care information resources for family members and aging adults.
This non-commercial source of long term care information offers about 280 web pages which in turn can produce well over 2,000 pages of printed materials.
The U.S. Department that manages and administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides information specific to the importance of planning for long-term care.
Provides a directory of geriatric-care managers and resources.
BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs fro people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or services. Free service - online form required.
This website gives various web addresses where one can view anecdotes from popular press that highlight long-term care.
This website is a professional, well known, full-service Caregiver and Client Locator Service for individuals needing Home Care Assistance for a loved one.
