Caregiver Resource Links - Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice

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1. A Loving Approach to Dementia Care by Laura Wayman
   This book is a go-to guide for both family caregivers and professional caregivers. Laura Wayman is a keynote speaker and offers training classes to caregivers.
   
2. A Place for Mom
   A Place for Mom is the nation's largest elder care referral service. They provide comprehensive resources about senior housing and elder care options to seniors and families in need as well as one-on-one guidance and assistance.
   
3. AfterSteps
   After Steps is an online end-of-life planning company, that guides caregivers step-by-step in creating a complete end-of-life plan. Not only do we provide critical information and resources spanning estate/financial/funeral/legacy planning, but we also provide tools to execute those plans.
   
4. Aging Help
   
   
5. Aging Parent Care by Home Instead Senior Care
   Aging Parent Care by Home Instead Senior Care; This video series explains that one of the fears that drives seniors to want to stay in their home is the potential loss of independence. They often deny their true need for care and this video series tells you what to look for.
   
6. Aging Parent Care, Part 1
   Aging Parent Care by Home Instead Senior Care; This video series explains that one of the fears that drives seniors to want to stay in their home is the potential loss of independence. They often deny their true need for care and this video series tells you what to look for.
   
7. Aging Parent Care, Part 2: Physical Symptoms and Emotional and Mental Changes to Look for
   Physical Symptoms and Emotional and Mental Changes to Look for by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, topics discussed include: recognizing the physical and emotional signs of aging and some symptoms you can even “hear” over the phone.
   
8. Aging Parent Care, Part 3: Loss of Attention Signals and Environmental Clues
   Loss of Attention Signals and Environmental Clues by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, topics discussed include: signs of aging, the behaviors that signal a lack or loss of attention, for example, poor hygiene or unpaid bills and physical and environmental clues.
   
9. Aging Parent Care, Part 4: Taking Action and Where to Seek Help
   Taking Action and Where to Seek Helps by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, ideas and suggestions for getting your elderly parent to accept the assistance that can help them remain as independent as possible.
   
10. Aging with Dignity
    Their mission is to affirm and safeguard the human dignity of individuals as they age and to promote better care for those near the end of life.
    
11. All Care Living Services- South Carolina
    AllCare Living Services, Inc. was established to meet the growing need for quality in-home care. We offer a personalized alternative to nursing homes or retirement centers.
    
12. Alternatives for Seniors
    Alternatives For Seniors has produced semi-annual senior housing directory publications detailing nursing centers, Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice, retirement communities, home health care and other service agencies.
    
13. Alzheimer's Association
    The Alzheimer’s Association maintains a toll-free 24-hour information and referral telephone number which provides information packets and referral to the nearest Association Chapter.
    
14. Alzheimer's Health Care Association
    Their focus is on providing quality care to the frail, elderly and disabled, who – because of social needs, disability, trauma or illness – are served by the long term care professionals. The AHCA and member providers advocate for the continuing vitality of long term care provider community.
    
15. Alzheimer’s Safe Return Program
    A nationwide system that helps police and private citizens identify, locate and return to safety people who are memory impaired due to this disease or related forms of dementia.
    
16. American Hospice Foundation
    The American Hospice Foundation supports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages. Public education, professional training, and advocacy on behalf of consumers are among the ways they try to improve access to quality hospice care.
    
17. Americans for Better Care of the Dying
    They focus their efforts on fundamental reforms including improved pain management, better financial reimbursement systems, enhanced continuity of care, support for family caregivers, and changes in public policy.
    
18. Assisted Living Federation of America ALFA
    This national association is dedicated to professionally operated Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice communities for seniors. A locator function helps find Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice facilities anywhere in the U.S.
    
19. California Foundation of Independent Living Centers
    These independent living centers are located across California. A searchable database helps you locate a local independent living center for your zip code.
    
20. CaregiversGuide.Com
    Consumers can easily search for long term care facilities, home care agencies, adult day care and alternative facilities.
    
21. CareOptionsOnLine
    NavGate® is the national leader in providing unique, smart- technologies for wellness, healthcare, and care-planning initiatives. Our programs provide proactive planning resources, education, and solutions concerning:Short & Long Term DisabilityAccident IllnessLong-Term CareRehabilitation ElderCareCaregiving Issues
    
22. Caring Connections
    If you or someone you care for is coping with a serious, life-limiting illness, hospice care can help you live each day as fully as possible.
    
23. Center to Advance Palliative Care
    
    
24. Children's Hospice International
    
    
25. Compassion and Choices
    Their Client Support Program serves individuals, families and others who may be facing the end of life or planning ahead.
    
26. Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice
    
    
27. eCare Diary
    eCareDiary.com helps you organize with a free online calendar to help you organize appointments, medication schedules, legal documents and all your care scheduling needs, a set of online tools designed to make coordination of care and sharing of information easy amongst family members and other caregivers and a Search Engine to find a list of certified care services in your local area. Blogs and articles on caregiving are available.
    
28. Eden Alternative
    The Eden Alternative offers an improved living experience for residents of both Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice facilities and nursing homes. Stimulating environments in which residents are active, involved and vibrant.
    
29. ElderWeb
    This is the Internet's oldest and perhaps largest elder care research site for healthcare professionals and family members, with thousands of on-site and off-site articles about legal, financial, medical and housing issues.
    
30. Extendicare Inc.
    Extendicare, one of the largest operators of long-term care facilities in North America. They range from retirement communities for independent living to facilities for Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice, long-term care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, care for Alzheimer's and related dementias, subacute care, and/or outpatient rehabilitation. Their Web site includes a description of the services offered by each facility.
    
31. Funeral Consumers Alliance
    Their site has blogs and resources for consumers to research funeral planning.
    
32. Grief Recovery
    At this site you can order a handbook and articles about grieving and loss.  It also has information about the grief recovery counseling specialist certification program for professionals.
    
33. GriefNet
    An Internet community for persons dealing with grief, death and major loss. Several support groups are available.
    
34. Growth House
    This website provides resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care and strives to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration.
    
35. Harmony Home Health & Hospice: Utah and New Mexico
    From their Salt Lake City, Utah corporate headquarters, Harmony is educating its communities on the benefits of home health care services. If you or a loved one is in need of home health services, let the Harmony team show you the gentler side of healthcare. They, also, provide Hospice services.
    
36. Helping Seniors with Finances by Home Instead Senior Care
    Helping Seniors with Finances by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your senior loved one manage his or her finances and avoid becoming a target of fraud, give you ideas to get your senior financially organized, how to pull together a professional services team, and options for financing care.
    
37. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 1
    Helping Seniors with Finances by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your senior loved one manage his or her finances and avoid becoming a target of fraud, give you ideas to get your senior financially organized, how to pull together a professional services team, and options for financing care.
    
38. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 2: Pulling Together a Financial & Estate Management Team
    Pulling Together a Financial & Estate Management Team by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, ideas to help seniors plan ahead in managing their estate and financial affairs. Topics discussed are making sure their investments are protected, insurance is in order and taxes are being paid.
    
39. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 3: Financing Options for Care
    Financing Options for Care by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, elder care financing is explained. A mix of resources, including savings are used. Topics discussed are how a reverse mortgage works and descriptions of the newer senior care funding options, such as the “life settlement.”
    
40. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 4: Day to Day Ways to Help Seniors Manage their Money
    Day To Day Ways To Help Seniors Manage Their Money by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, ideas for helping seniors manage their money day to day. Another topic discussed is what to do if you’ve offered to help with finances and they refuse.
    
41. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 5: Warning Signs of Fraud
    Warning Signs of Fraud by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, learn how to spot some of the most common scams. The health effects of being scammed are discussed.
    
42. Helping Seniors with Finances, Part 6: How to Prevent Fraud
    How to Prevent Fraud by Home Instead Senior Care; In this video, things you can watch for and do to help protect your senior loved ones from becoming victims of fraud are presented.
    
43. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
    
    
44. Hospice Directory- H
    Assisted-Living-Directory.com lists numerous facilities and other senior care options, organized by state, and then by city.
    
45. Hospice Education Institute
    The Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization, serving members of the public and health care professionals with information and education about the many facets of caring for the dying and the bereaved.
    
46. Hospice Foundation of America
    Hospice Foundation of America exists to help those who cope personally or professionally with terminal illness,death,and the process of grief and berevement.
    
47. Hospice Net
    Information for caregivers and hospice
    
48. Hospice Patients Alliance
    HPA directly assists patients, families and caregivers in resolving difficulties they may have with current hospice services. They protect the rights of patients, their families and caregivers, the bereaved and staff by providing info on how to obtain the very best hospice care available.
    
49. Hospice-WebMD
    This site offers a wide range to information related to hospice care. The goal of hospice treatment is to keep you comfortable and improve your quality of life while you are dying. Hospice care also helps family members manage the practical details and emotional challenges of caring for a dying loved one.
    
50. Huntington's Disease Society of America
    Huntington's Disease is a devastating, hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which there is, at present, no effective treatment or cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual's ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Eventually, the person with HD becomes totally dependent upon others for his or her care. Huntington's Disease profoundly affects the lives of entire families -- emotionally, socially and economically.
    
51. La Dolce Living
    This is a web-based directory of over 28,000 affordable licensed senior facilities throughout California, Florida, Arizona and other states. The site also has a community forum and a resource library of articles on senior care and housing.
    
52. Manor Care, Inc.
    Manor Care offers skilled nursing, Alzheimer's care and rehabilitation services through a nationwide network of home health care and hospice offices, operating under the respected Heartland, Manor Care and Arden Courts names. They have a locator on the website to find a facility for the location of your choice.
    
53. Medical Cost Advocate
    Helps caregivers and their loved ones reduce their medical costs by validating billing accuracy and negotiating medical bills.  They can negotiate a better price before you have a procedure or reduce your medical bills after services are performed.  They will negotiate your bills regardless of the insurance plan you have -- POS, PPO, high deductible, HSA, HMO, etc.      
    
54. My Senior Care
    Find credible and up-to-date information on home health care agencies, assisted living facilities, hospice nursing, and more.
    
55. MyZiva.net
    Free resource for prospective nursing home residents, caregivers and healthcare professionals
    
56. National Association for Home Care and Hospice
    NAHC is the nation's largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, home care aide organizations, and medical equipment suppliers. Simply put, NAHC is the one organization dedicated to making home care and hospice providers lives easie
    
57. National Center for Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice
    
    
58. National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home Reform-The Consumer Voice
    The Consumer Voice represents consumers in issues related to long-term care, helping to ensure that consumers are empowered to advocate for themselves.
    
59. National Guardianship Association
    The mission of NGA is to establish and promote a nationally recognized standard of excellence in guardianship.
    
60. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
    The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones. This organization advocates for the terminally ill and their families.
    
61. New LifeStyles
    New LifeStyles publishes regional directories of nursing homes, Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice and retirement communities. They provide free, quality information on senior residences and care options.
    
62. Nursing Home Abuse.net
    NursingHomeAbuse.net exists to raise awareness of the nursing home abuse epidemic, educate the public about its causes, help residents and families prevent abuse, and help victims cope with the consequences of nursing home abuse.
    
63. Nursing Home Compare at Medicare.gov
    A tool that provides detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
    
64. NursingHomeAbuseCenter.org
    Their site covers everything from signs of nursing home abuse to what steps to take if you suspect abuse. They also provide additional helpful information such as how to go about selecting and paying for a good nursing home.
    
65. On Our Own Terms Bill Moyers Special
    
    
66. Pallative Doctors.org
    Palliative medicine specialists work alongside and support your other doctors, who may be providing treatments to cure or reverse the course of your illness. If a cure is out of reach, they can provide palliative medicine through a hospice program, helping you focus on quality time with your loved ones.
    
67. RetirementHomes.com
    An easy-to-use online Senior Living Directory with up-to-date detailed listing information on the following types of Senior Housing Options: Retirement Homes, Manufactured Homes, Golf Communities, Active Living Communities, Independent Living Communities, Alzheimer’s Care Communities, Memory Care Communities, Dementia Care, Communities Long Term Care Facilities, Nursing Care Facilities, Skilled Nursing Care Facilities and Rehabilitation Care Facilities.
    
68. Senior Homes.com
    SeniorHomes.com is a free resource for finding local senior living. It includes comprehensive information on all nursing homes, assisted living, memory care and retirement communities, as well as articles on important senior housing topics to help you through your search
    
69. Senior Living @ HomeStore.com
    A nationwide online directory of independent living, Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice, Alzheimer’s care, and continuing care facilities, and nursing homes
    
70. Senior Living Finder
    One of the most comprehensive internet resources for easily locating care services for independent living, assisted living, rehabilitation, Alzheimers, and continuing care. Free access to over 20,000 facilities nationwide. This site will never share your information.
    
71. Seniorlink Online
    Seniorlink Online is a caregiving tool for family members. In addition to the free information available on the site, individuals may consult online with a Seniorlink Care Advisor, who can offer personalized answers to caregiving questions.
    
72. SeniorsforLiving.com
    This site allows those who are looking for senior housing for themselves or a loved one with tools to reach compare and connect with senior living communities across the United States.
    
73. Snap for Seniors
    SNAPforSeniors provides local care information and resources for seniors. Search for housing, care managers search the BLOG topics.
    
74. Sunrise Senior Living Communities
    Sunrise Senior Living is a provider of senior living services. Sunrise currently operates more than 440 senior living communities throughout the United States. Most offer a full range of Assisted Living-Nursing Home-Hospice services while many also include independent living, skilled nursing care, restorative care and/or care for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
    
75. Vista Care
    Hospice is a patient-centered approach to medical care and support for people at the end of life and their families. It's care focused on maintaining dignity, increasing quality of life, and providing comfort and creates a plan of care according to the individual needs and wishes of each patient.