Caregiver Resource Links - Financial

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1. 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.
   
2. Aging Care - Connecting People Caring for Elderly Parents
   AgingCare.com is an online community that connects people caring for elderly parents to other caregivers, personalized information, and local resources. Many resources that exist to determine how caregivers can best take advantage of programs, services and products that will enhance their lives and those for whom they provide care.
   
3. Aging Help
   
   
4. Alliance for Retired Americans
   Their objective is to enroll and mobilize retired union members and other seniors and community activists into a nationwide grassroots movement advocating a progressive political and social agenda that respects work and strengthens families to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens.
   
5. Benefits Check Up
   Many older people need help paying for prescription drugs, health care, utilities and other basic needs and are eligible for but not receiving benefits from existing federal, state and local programs. Many public programs are available to seniors in need and this service helps find these benefits.
   
6. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
   This is a HHS government site promoting quality care for beneficiaries and up-to-date information on Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
   
7. 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.
   
8. Financial Planning Association
   FPA delivers advice using an objective, client-centered, ethical process. Their members are financial planners and all those who support the financial planning process.
   
9. Financial Planning for Today's Woman
   A discussion of current economic news, written by and for women with an unbiased point of view.
   
10. Genworth Financial
    When you have the right options, it’s easier to reach your financial goals. That’s why at Genworth, a leading financial security company, we’re dedicated to giving you the one thing that is appreciated most of all—the power of choice. By giving you the flexibility to decide what’s best for you, you’ll find the innovative solutions that can help you achieve your dreams, no matter where you are in life.For millions of people across the U.S., we provide financial security and protection through retirement income, life and long term care insurance, Medicare supplement insurance, and related financial and wellness advisory services. Our mortgage insurance can help you secure low down payment loans and realize the dream of home ownership faster – even for the first time
    
11. GeriCare Finder
    GeriCare Finder is one of many web resources that provides lists of senior care providers such as home care helpers, adult care centers and nursing homes as well as Advisors for Seniors like geriatric care managers, accountants and elder law professionals. They also list products and services such as long term care insurance and home medical supplies.
    
12. 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.
    
13. 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.
    
14. 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.
    
15. 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.”
    
16. 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.
    
17. 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.
    
18. 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.
    
19. In-Home Care During a Recession by Home Instead Senior Care
    In-Home Care During a Recession by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video series, how to provide in-home care during difficult financial times is discussed. Topics presented are less expensive care options, financing possibilities, enlisting support for caregiving duties and how to get paid for your services.
    
20. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 1
    In-Home Care During a Recession by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video series, how to provide in-home care during difficult financial times is discussed. Topics presented are less expensive care options, financing possibilities, enlisting support for caregiving duties and how to get paid for your services.
    
21. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 2: Living with Family
    Living with Family by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, family care (having your parents live with family) is discussed.
    
22. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 3: Housing Options: Affordable Housing
    Housing Options: Affordable Housing by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, some affordable housing options for seniors are presented.
    
23. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 4: Senior Centers and Adult Day Care Centers
    Senior Centers and Adult Day Care Centers by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, the difference between senior centers and adult care centers is discussed.
    
24. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 5: Financing Options for Care Beyond Insurance
    Financing Options for Care Beyond Insurance by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, some ideas for financing care beyond insurance, such as reverse mortgages and life settlements are discussed.
    
25. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 6: Creating a Team Approach
    Creating a Team Approach by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, some ideas for creating a team approach to helping your senior get care during tough financial times are presented.
    
26. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 7: Getting Paid for Your Caregiving Services
    Getting Paid for Your Caregiving Services by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, ways that you may be able to get paid for your caregiving services, including through Medicaid’s “Cash and Counseling” or a similar program are explained.
    
27. Internal Revenue Service
    Online tax information, tax tips, tax help and forms
    
28. JaneBryantQuinn.com
    Keep up with the latest news, tips and strategies for saving, spending and smart investing.
    
29. My Senior Care
    Find credible and up-to-date information on home health care agencies, assisted living facilities, hospice nursing, and more.
    
30. National Guardianship Association
    The mission of NGA is to establish and promote a nationally recognized standard of excellence in guardianship.
    
31. Next Steps® Estate Planning and Eldercare Issues
    Retirement, health care beyond retirement and estate planning info
    
32. Parent Your Parents
    The information on this site provides help in navigating through the difficult discussions, making tough decisions and encouraging you to plan for the challenges you and your aging parents may face. You may document your specific wishes, vital health information and important decisions, and make this information readily available to your family.
    
33. Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care
    Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your parents communicate with their healthcare providers. These videos will introduce you to why communication is important, discuss legal healthcare related documents, and give you tips for how to have a good office visit.
    
34. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 1
    Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your parents communicate with their healthcare providers. These videos will introduce you to why communication is important, discuss legal healthcare related documents, and give you tips for how to have a good office visit.
    
35. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 2: Why it’s Important to Have Good Communication
    Why it’s Important to Have Good Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; Topics discussed include why good communication with your parent’s medical team (physical therapists, eye doctors, mental health counselors, pharmacists, chiropractors, etc.) is so important and how to make it happen, plus some reasons why your support might help with communications.
    
36. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 3: Legal Documentation and Medical History
    Legal Documentation and Medical History by Home Instead Senior Care; This video covers the variety of documents you need or may wish to consider in order to help your loved one get the best care.These include legal medical forms and information, such as: “Authorization for Release of Information” form and HIPAA rules.
    
37. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 4: Tips for You and the Healthcare Provider to Follow
    Tips for You and the Healthcare Provider to Follow by Home Instead Senior Care; This video covers how to prepare for a medical appointment with your senior and strategies to use during a visit with a medical provider. Tips in this video are how you can help your parent feel more confident in understanding the doctor and is being heard and respected by the practitioner.
    
38. Pension Rights Center
    Through the Center’s Pension Help program, they make sure that people receive the retirement benefits they have earned.
    
39. Retirement Living Information Center
    RLIC is a resource designed to assist individuals in planning and making decisions about their retirement. They provide access to reports on places to retire, state tax information and guides to state aging agencies, an online newsletter, books and online publications, plus much more.
    
40. Sciddy.com
    Sciddy.com is a place to find U.S. businesses that offer discounts to people 50 years of age and older. Discounts consist of food, entertainment, home services, travel, health, and a whole lot more in hundreds of cities across the country.
    
41. Securities and Exchange Commission
    The SEC is to protects investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital reform.
    
42. Social Secutity Administration
    
    
43. SPRY Foundation
    Setting Priorities for Retirement Years helps adults plan for a healthy and financially secure future.
    
44. Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement