Helpful
Links
The links
on this page are provided to help caretakers find additional information
on various other commercial and private organizations’ web
sites. These links are maintained solely for the user's information
and convenience. When you link to another site, please be aware that
you are then subject to the policies of the new site. In addition,
please note that Children of Aging Parents does not control and cannot
guarantee the content, relevance, timeliness or accuracy of outside
information. Further, the inclusion of links to particular items
is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to
constitute approval or endorsement of any views expressed or implied,
or products or services offered.
For more
information, please contact Chuck
Thompson.
Abington
Memorial Hospital Memory Fitness Center: Offers a program designed
to help sharpen the memory
skills
of older adults
who are
showing signs of memory loss or have been recently diagnosed with
dementia.
Acadian
On Call: Provides medical alert systems to over 12,000 subscribers
in TX, LA, and MS. Our service, launched in 1991, provides peace
of mind to subscribers and their families knowing that if needed,
emergency assistance is available at the push of a button. Acadian
On Call ranks in the top 10 medical alarm companies in the U.S.
Accessible
Home Health Care: A home health care company specializing
in the entire experience of caring for seniors in the home from the
initial call to matching the perfect caregiver to ongoing 24/7 personal
service by the owner.
Advanced
Senior Solutions: Geriatric care management specialists guiding
seniors and their loved ones in the right direction.
Aging
Avenues: For seniors and their families to learn about issues affecting
them, community resources and services available in the Indianapolis
area.
Agingcare.com: Agingcare.com was developed to help care people caring for elderly
parents find support, resources and information, as well as a place
to connect
with other
caregivers.
AgingParents.com: Legal
and healthcare information and family conflict resolution in one
place from a highly experienced nurse-lawyer, psychologist
team. Free professional articles, toolkit and podcasts help families
learn about handling common difficulties in dealing with aging loved
ones.
AgingPro: A one-stop-shop for eldercare, with national access to professionals
in aging, information, discussion boards, blogs, useful website links,
a store, and more.
AgeWiseLiving: Working
by phone, provides adult children with information, options, resources,
and solutions to make informed decisions and coaching to enable families
to implement their decisions by choice rather than crisis.
Aging
Parents and Elder Care: A comprehensive resource for family
caregivers during all stages of care.
Aging
with Grace, LLC: This is a geriatric care management company
that offers FREE eldercare referral placement. We offer one-stop
shopping for elder care needs to include: on-site geriatric assessments,
assisted living, in-home care, respite, adult day care, elder law
attorneys, VA Aid & Attendance benefits & Medicare & Medicaid
information.
All
Lift Chairs: One of the largest online retailers of lift chairs and
mobility lifts for the disabled and elderly. The product listing
includes lift chairs, massage chairs, bath lifts, and walk-in tubs.
Serves the entire United States and can also be reached at 1-800-285-2584
for more information.
AllMobilityscooters: offers advice on mobility scooters, electric wheelchairs, Medicare
assistance, parts and repairs, and a state-by-state directory
of scooter stores. Handles Medicare paperwork
and helps individuals choose the mobility device that is right from
them.
Alternatives
For Seniors: This free service allows people to browse and
order brochures for a variety of senior housing and other services.
They can also order a free hard-copy directory online.
Always
Home Care: A professional home health care agency providing
services such as personal care assistants, homemakers, skilled nurses,
private duty nursing and servicing Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Union, Passaic,
Somerset, Mercer and Middlesex counties in NJ.
ALZwell
Caregiver Support: Ccontinuously published since 1996, ALZwell Caregiver
Support is designed to be a practical resource for
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
caregivers. Our goal is to give you the knowledge and wisdom to make
the journey easier.
American
Mail Order Pharmacy:This company was designed to help caregivers
with the chore of ordering and keeping track of prescription medications.
AMS
Vans: Sells and rents new and used wheelchair accessible vans with nationwide
delivery and a low price guarantee. Also converts existing vans and
sells adaptive vehicle equipment. 1-800-775-8267
Email: questions@amsvans.com
A
Place for Mom: A free referral service for families in search
of senior care options. An eldercare adviser discusses the elderly
loved ones’ specific situation and provides resources and
housing options tailored to their needs.
Arthritis
Daily: Supports
education and research into arthritis and bone diseases.
Assisted
Living California: At no cost to you, placement experts
at California Home for Seniors helps you find list of Retirement Homes
and Assisted Living Facilities that match your desired location, specified
budgets and preferred amenities.
Assisted
Living Directory: Lists numerous facilities and, at times, other
senior care options, organized by state, and then by city.
Assisted
Senior Living: A comprehensive and unbiased information to seniors
and caregivers searching for senior living options and senior care.
At
Home Care Assisted Living Services: This is a Philadelphia
area based home health care and household assistance agency.
At
Your Service: For residents of southern Wisconson, all the usual services
of non-medical home care but also much more, including virtually
any
daily activity/task
that an older adult used to be able to do but cannot do anymore.
Banyan
Life Financial: This agency is a highly specialized financial services
company that works with the elder affluent community and their financial
advisors to provide long-term estate planning in the form of jumbo
life insurance premium financing.
Bay
Alarm Medical 24/7 Medical Alert Systems: Provides 24/7 medical alert,
medical alarm and personal emergency response systems for the elderly,
senior caregivers, and the disabled. Falls Happen.
Live life worry-free with Bay Alarm Medical.
Beatrice
Loving Heart Nursing: An in-home nursing care provider
offering services for the elderly, including those with Dementia and
Alzheimer’s. Serving all of Maryland, including Baltimore, Columbia,
and Germantown.
Bed
Sore FAQs: A compilation of resources for patients and families seeking
information on bed sores and wound care
Benefitscheckup.org: BenefitsCheckUp
helps thousands every day to find programs for 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.
Bibit
Creations: A company whose goal is to restore dignity to
the elderly with discreet, fashionable, functional and dignified
adult bibs.
Boomer
Care Technologies: This agency specializes in at-home technologies
assisting with safety, prevention and independence. Its aim is to
provide the right device and strategy to keep us all living safer
in our homes.
Books
Aloud: Provides free audio book library services (via U.S.
mail) for people of all ages who are unable to read printed books
on their own, due to a physical, visual, or a learning disability.
BRACE: the
Bone Reconstruction Association for Care and Education, is a nonprofit
charitable organization formed to provide financial assistance for
the surgical correction of bone and joint deformities.
Budget
Medical: A JCAHO-accredited facility that sells lift chairs and scooters
on the internet. Budget Medical is well established, serving Southwest
Florida communities for the past 25 years.
Byram
Healthcare: Specializing in home delivery
of medical supplies for more than 40 years. We bill insurance
plans for customers and seek to maximize benefit coverage so the individual
pays as little out of pocket costs as possible. We are a national provider
of products for: Diabetes, Wound Care, Ostomy, Continence Care and
Enteral.
Care
Changes: This is a FREE senior referral service helping families
find assisted living, memory care, retirement communities, home care
and
other senior care options.
Care.com: This
Senior Care Directory is free, and provides a comprehensive listing
of resources in seven categories: housing resources, transportation
resources, home care, end-of-life care, legal resources, financial
planning and management, and health care. Visitors will also be able
to access articles that include how-to guides, and even a blog on
senior care issues.
Caare-Connect:
Care-Connect Geriatric Care Management helps to relieve the stress of
caregivers and the elderly with an integrated care model. The extensive
assessment process and continued plan of care enables caregivers to
work, plan and enjoy their loved one without the stress or worry of
researching, locating, and managing the needed care.
Caregivers.com:
A blog where caregivers of aging adults receive understanding, support,
news and tips. This community blog features weekly caregiver insight
from a gerontologist, as well as expertise from guest bloggers, including
nutritionists, Alzheimer's specialists, senior living specialists, and
others.
Caregiverlist: Helps educate Seniors and their loved ones about care choices, including
the costs, services and options available.
Caregiver
Mall: Free caregiver support for elder care and long term senior
care.
CareGiver
Partnership: The CareGiver Partnership is a direct to consumer
provider of approximately 1,800 of the most commonly used products
for home healthcare including incontinence, nutritional, diabetic,
wound care, daily living, personal care and arthritis.
Caregiving.com: is
maintained by Denise Brown who operates The Center for Family Caregivers
and owns and operates Tad Publishing Co., both based in Park Ridge,
Ill. Through her organizations, Denise helps persons who care for
an aging relative.
Carepoint
Senior Living Directory: The carepoint.net directory features
an extensive list of elder care, nursing homes and assisted living
facilities in the US. Whether you're
looking
for a long term residential care solution or a nursing care option,
you can find it on carepoint.net.
Caring
from a Distance: A non-profit organization dedicated to empowering
long distance caregivers by directing them to tools, information and
the local resource help they seek in a user-friendly format. It features
a searchable database with detailed information for the Metro D.C.
area. It also contains a secure platform for storing family health
information.
The
CaringSpace: Connects compassionate caregivers to families and individuals in
need of assistance and health services in their home.
Caring
Caregivers Guide: A resource for the family caregiver, professional
caregiver and medical field personnel.
Caring.com: A
web site for Boomers caring for their elderly, ill parents with soup-to-nuts
information; not just medical, but also finances, nutrition, and
legal.
CaringToday.com: Practical
advice for the family caregiver.
Crossroads
Hospice: The focus is on creating an environment for the patient
and family to share with each other the highest quality of life
remaining.
The
Center to Advance Hospice Care: CAHC is a non-profit education
and outreach organization serving Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester,
Delaware and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania. It promotes hospice
awareness and offers free hospice education programs, workshops
and seminars.
Clothing
Solutions - Daily Dressing Made Easy: For seniors and others
who enjoy dressing with the help of their favorite family or facility
caregivers. You can also email a catalog request to Info@ClothingSolutions.com.
ComForcare
Senior Services: A non-medical home care provider with
more than 100 offices throughout the United States. In business
since 1996, ComForcare caregivers provide compassionate companion and
hands-on home care.
Comfort
Keepers: Providing
assisted living services in the home at a lower cost. Being around
familiar surroundings and personal items provides a level of comfort
to the senior and allows the senior to retain independence without
having to conform to a new schedule.
Community
Services Group: CSG has been providing quality, community based mental
health, mental retardation, elder care and children’s services
throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania since 1972.
Connecting
Caregivers: This service provides family caregivers of people who
suffer from alzheimers, stroke, MS, and other brain-impairing conditions
with a valuable
source of information.
Coping
With Caregiving: Jacqueline Marcell is an author, publisher,
radio host, national speaker, and advocate for eldercare awareness
and reform. She hosts an Internet radio program "Coping with
Caregiving" heard worldwide.
CWI
Medical: Full line medical supply company specializing in medical
nutrition, incontinence and ambulatory products. Informative articles
and safe, secure online shopping.
DirectBuyMedical.com: Products such as aids for daily living and bathroom/bedroom safety
equipment designed to meet the specific needs of customers.
Disposables
Delivered: Disposables Delivered LLC was established with the
purpose of providing professional guidance, superior products and
discrete home delivery to those who must deal with incontinence
on a personal level or in helping another.
The
Dollar Stretcher: Looking to save time or money? Visit The
Dollar Stretcher for thousands of helpful articles to stretch your
day and your dollar.
DrugAlert.org: A comprehensive database featuring information and news alerts
about potentially dangerous drugs currently on the market
or previously available worldwide. The Web site is dedicated to keeping
the public informed about drug recalls, side effects, and pending litigation
associated with various drugs and their manufacturers.
The
Eagle Card: The Eagle Card system was developed specifically
to work closely with U.S. emergency services to supply vital personal
data to the police, paramedics or emergency room personnel in the
event of the Card holder being involved in an accident or a life
threatening incident.
Easy
Living Lifeline Program: Offers Easy Living Lifeline Personal
Emergency Response Systems plus access to home, health and personal
services, allowing older adults the ability to enjoy their retirement
years in the comfort and familiar surroundings of their own home.
ElderCare
Online: provides comprehensive information, education and support
for people caring for aging loved ones.
Elderly
Medical Alert Systems: Designed to help people understand the very
confusing world of medical alert systems.
Electric
Wheelchairs 101: The Internet's number one provider in mobility
products. Ships directly from high quality manufacturers,
so the customer gets the best products at the lowest possible price.
Emergency
Medical Alert, Alarm Systems: Offers emergency medical alert/alarm
systems and monitoring bracelets for seniors and elderly.
Enhanced
Care Solutions: provides interactive, non-invasive home health
security systems that incorporate medical alert and emergency response
to provide a full circle of safety for the senior and peace of
mind for caregivers.
Find
a Skilled Nursing Facility: A resource that offers a nationwide directory
of nursing homes. For over 15,100 nursing homes in the directory,
detailed Medicare quality ratings are offered.
4EverActiveRX: A
healthcare marketplace and resource for caregivers and people who
desire independent living: aids to daily living and exclusive benefits
such as a free 4EverActiveRx savings card. Also includes a toll free,
24-hour nurse line for health information.
The
Fiscal Concierge is a personal bill paying service dedicated to helping
seniors remain independent and stay in their home for as long
as possible. We make sure that their bills are paid each month and
on time.
Fisher
Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: This foundation
primarily funds the research of Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard,
who with his team of scientists have recently developed new technologies
that will accelerate the pace of future Alzheimer's research.
Gentle
Care Home Services: a New Jersey-based company offering home health
care, durable medical equipment and medical supplies, behavioral
health services, and a home health aide certification course.
Get
Palliative Care: Valuable information for patients and families
coping with serious, complex illness including a palliative care
Provider Directory, a definition and detailed description of what
palliative care is, direct links to palliative care-related organizations
and more.
Golden
Health Guide: Golden Health Guide provides reviews, ratings, and
price comparisons of home medical equipment for seniors and caregivers.
Items reviewed include adult walkers and rollators, tub seats, wheelchair
cushions, aids to daily living, and more. Expert reviews come from
licensed physical and occupational therapists who work with seniors.
Individual users can also share their reviews.
GoldLeaf
Caregivers: Denver home care services provided through GoldLeaf Caregivers.
Whether help is needed for a few hours a week or around the clock,
we can attend to your needs from the comfort of your own home. Serving
Denver and surrounding Colorado locations.
Great
Places: A site for reliable, comprehensive information about senior
housing options, medical equipment, and care choices with resources
to help caregivers and their parents choose the right services, equipment
and care.
Griswold
Special Care: A non-medical home care company that refers caregivers
who provide in-home care services, including personal care, homemaking,
companionship, and other home care and supportive services.
Guide
to Retirement Living: The Guide to Retirement Living in print
and on the Internet is the only complete database of all senior
housing, assisted living, nursing homes, home health care services,
and professional resources in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington
DC, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Healthline: Often
associated with aging is the increased likelihood of major life transitions.
Find information about high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, prostate
cancer and menopause Also search articles on current health news.
Health
Proponent: Offers consumers and their families personalized assistance
with a range of healthcare and insurance-related issues.
Personal Health Proponents, typically registered
nurses, supported by a team of medical directors and benefits and claims
specialists, help members with clinical and administrative issues involving
medical, hospital, vision, dental, pharmacy and other healthcare needs.
Helping
Hands of St. Marguerite: A private, not-for-profit organization offering
quality in-home services to help people enjoy safer independent
living.
Home
Care for Seniors: Ccommitted to providing a customized in-home
solutions and senior care services in Plano TX area.
Homecare
Suppliers:A national provider of stair lifts, bath lifts, walk-in
tubs, daily-living products, ramps, as well as many other products
to meet home medical and mobility needs.
HomeCompanion.com: Provides non-medical support to senior citizens
and the physically challenged with safety oversight, assistance with
personal hygiene, meal preparation, respite care, medication reminders,
light housekeeping, and transportation to appointments and gatherings
Homewatch
CareGivers: Provides elderly home care services as well as in home
care for people of all ages. Homewatch CareGivers offers a full range
of personal home care solutions and customized caregiver services.
HomeHealthWares: Delivers
name brand medical supplies directly to the consumer at discount
prices. Order online today and have your supplies delivered to your
home within two business days.
Home
Instead: Home Instead CareGivers help older adults with their
activities of daily living that allow them to live independently
no matter where they call home. From a a few hours-a-day, up to
24 hours, 7 days-a-week, including week-ends and holidays.
HITEC
Special Needs Center: Founded in 1982, it has helped hundreds
of thousands of individuals reunite with the people around them
by providing innovative product solutions for hearing and vision
loss. These include amplified phones, signaling devices, large
button phones, TV and assistive listening devices, TTYs etc.
Information
Portfolio: Provides affordable personal health records management
products that will enable the individual to easily store, track
and retrieve their personal health information.
Intelligent
Exercise: Offers in-home fitness and movement education for seniors
in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx. Trainers
have a minimum of 10 years experience and are double-certified in both
fitness and movement education and can help seniors function
better and live independently as long as possible.
Inventive
Play: Discover
games, puzzles, books, and more to stimulate your brain, make you
smile, and bring you, your family, and those you care for closer
together. We’re about keeping your mind active, and helping
caregivers and those you care for, especially individuals with
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
KCKMedical.com: Provides
superior supplies at fair prices for private individuals as well
as home health caregivers, doctors, and nurses.
Liberty
Reverse: Specializes in reverse mortgages only and is the third
largest provider in the country. Its mission is to "Change People's
Lives" by offering senior
homeowners greater financial security and certainty.
LifeFone: LifeFone's professional Emergency Care Specialists are on call 24
hours a day,
365 days a year – reducing concerns
about personal safety and helping to ensure early intervention and
allow seniors to
remain independent in their own homes.
LifeInsurance.org:
A comprehensive guide on life insurance and caregiving.
Life
Insurance Quotes: Insure.com specializes in easy-to-understand articles
that provide insurance help. It has content partnerships with sites
such as MSN Money and AOL WalletPop, and was selected last year
as a
Kiplinger’s Best of the Web site and one of “The 100
most useful Web sites” by Liz Weston of MSN.
Lifeline: Provides
medical alarms and personal emergency alert systems
for the elderly, senior caregivers, and the disabled.
LifeStation
Medical Alert Systems: When you press your help button with LifeStation,
you can be assured that you will always
be connected to highly trained specialists who respond immediately
in a friendly, calm manner and stay with you until help arrives.
LightBridge
Healthcare Research: Provides learning resources and
educational
guides based on cutting edge Alzheimer’s disease
research custom designed for the at-home caregiver. We understand the
complications, challenges, and resulting stresses associated with caring
for loved ones afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
Long-Term
Care Insurance: information, articles, and consumer guides
to help plan for your future care. Family caregiver resources,
nursing home locations and long-term care information.
LookHealthFit.com: Health
directory and health resource on the web.
Maddak: Offers home healthcare and rehabilitation products for the senior,
disability and rehab markets as well as professional assessments
to aid physical, occupational and speech therapists in their work.
MatchNursingHomes.org: Searching for the right nursing facility can be a daunting task,
which is why this site has provided easy-to-use maps and search tools
to locate the facility among the more than 15,000 researched that
best meets you or your loved one's needs.
Maxim
Home Care: Maxim Home Care is nationwide and provides multiple
different services such as personal attendants, homemakers, HHA’s,
CNA’s, skilled nurses, and therapists for seniors in need.
We have an office in almost every major city and we are available
24/7 for services.
MealCall.org: Find
local Meals-On-Wheels and other meal delivery and congregate meal
services for senior citizens.
MedicalAlert
Foundation: MedicalAlert's live 24-hour emergency response service
links your MedicAlert medical
ID to your emergency medical information record In addition,
the service provides a live 24-hour family notification service so
you're never alone in an emergency.
Medical
Alert System: Providing
medical alert systems to seniors and handicapped individuals with
an aim to promote independent living.
Medical
Alert Systems: For Medical Alerts, Medical Alarms, Lifelines,
and Senior home care for your peace of mind. Care for the elderly
in your life while letting them keep a sense of independence.
Medicare
Interactive: Now
consumers, caregivers and health care professionals across the
country can access the timeliest Medicare information and resources,
including state-specific information on picking the right plans,
how to file an appeal, and what to do in the prescription drug
coverage gap. The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) has made their award-winning
web tool Medicare Interactive publicly available to help you navigate
the Medicare maze. MI lets you search within broad topics, look
up basic information, or seek out specific terms.
Medicare
Rights Center: MRC is the largest independent source of health
care information and assistance in the United States for people
with Medicare. Founded in 1989, MRC helps older adults and people
with disabilities get good, affordable health care.
Medicsalertbracelets: We provide information about available styles
and materials as well as general information about medical conditions
that might indicate the use of medical ID bracelets, necklaces and
pendants.
Medi
Trans Logistics: Specializes in the delivery of medical equipment
and supplies to individuals, supply stores, pharmacies and nursing
homes. Serves South Jersey, Philadelphia and surrounding areas, and offers
same-day service.
MerckSource.com: A
free site that offers a wide variety of core health tools and resources,
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Mobility-Advisor.com: Mobility-Advisor.com
serves as an educational guide on wheel chair options, mobility aids,
disability resources, and recreational outlets that enhance the lives
of individuals of all ages who need mobility assistance.
Mountainside
Medical Equipment:Offers a full line
of quality medical products at competitive prices, including automatic
and manual blood pressure monitors, wound care supplies, latex gloves
and related parts and accessories.
MyInfo911
Emergency Id: A card and sticker program that will provide
first responders and medical professionals immediate access to the
information they need to save lives and prevent ADRs (Advanced Drug
Reactions).
MySeniorCare: Information on medical and non-medical home care services, senior
housing (assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities),
financial planning & legal services for seniors, senior health
and much more.
Myziva.net: provides
a comprehensive guide to nursing homes.
NASMM: A
non-profit, professional association of organizations dedicated to
helping older adults and their families with the physical and emotional
aspects of moving. Our members are committed to maximizing the dignity
and autonomy of older adults as they transition from one living environment
to another.
National
Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM): An
association of professional practitioners whose purpose is the
development, advancement, and promotion of humane and dignified
social, psychological, and health care for the elderly and their
families through counseling, treatment, and the delivery of concrete
services by qualified, certified providers.
The
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA): NFCA supports,
empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million
Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved
one.
Nurse
Next Door: Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services specializes in
personalized and professional senior care. Our services range from
companionship and home support to end of life care. Contact us for
a free assessment.
Nursing
Home Abuse: The Nursing Home Abuse Center is an informational website
committed to providing comprehensive information on nursing home
abuse and neglect for the elderly and their loved ones.
Nursing
Home Directory: The Nursing Home Directory is a free and easy
to use resource for prospective residents, families and healthcare
professionals.
Nursing
Home Injury Laws: A compilation of state laws and links to state
agencies regarding nursing home care.
NY
In Home Care: Skilled Attentive Reliable Assistants provide one-on-one
companion care to the elderly, disabled or clients who are in need of
assistance while recovering from surgery or unexpected illness. Services
can be provided in the comfort and safety of your home, senior independent
living communities, hospitals as well as in assisted living facilities.
Online
Pharmacy: iPharmacy.com is a trusted and reliable online pharmacy,
providing brand name and generic prescription drugs at tremendous
savings to thousands of customers worldwide.
Palliative
Dementia Care Resources: Desighed to promote public and professional
awareness around palliative care needs facing individuals with advanced
dementia
and their caregivers.
PayingForSeniorCare.com: Site helps families and caregivers connect with the financial resources
they require to pay for long-term
care. To that end, it has compiled an online, searchable database
of financial resources that is comprehensive and spans
public and private options.
Personal Finance guide for Seniors
Personal
Touch Health Care Apparel: A one-stop shop for all healthcare-related
needs, including gowns and adaptive-wear for those who are incontinent,
elderly, infirm or wheelchair-bound.
Philly
Health Info: A non-commercial, consumer health information
website. Philly Health Info provides quick access to trustworthy
information and local resources to residents of the Delaware Valley
on over 100 health and wellness topics. It is sponsored by The
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the nation’s first
medical academy.
Phoenix® Medic
Alert System: Our medical alerts systems for seniors have
been protecting the elderly and people at risk for decades.
We carry all kinds of medical alert products. Call 1-800-723-6442 or
visit the site for more information.
PointerWare.com: PointerWare is an easy to use computer platform designed for seniors
that helps
them get online and stay connected with family. PointerWare
makes computers simple, works on any Windows PC and when used with
a touch-screen, eliminates the need to learn how to use a keyboard
or mouse.
Pope
Institute for Health and Education: A health care consulting
firm specializing in elder and disability health care planning.
The Mission of Pope Institute is to empower older adults, individuals
with disabilities, and their families to take control of their
health care needs and become skilled and active care managers.
Positively
Sorted: A
service that offers moving assistance along with downsizing and
general support to seniors in transition.
Pulseuniform.com/nursing-resources: Some good long-term and assisted-living care resources, information on
dementia and a downloadable Caring for Your Parents Handbook.
Rachel
Sussman, LCSW: A marriage and family therapist in New York
City working with individuals, couples and families, one of Ms.
Sussman's specialties is working with many families who are caring
for aging family members plus coping with age-related illnesses
such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Refinance
& Mortgage Guide for Senior Citizens: A guide to help older
members of society and senior family members through the sometimes cumbersome
process of purchasing and maintaining real estate.
Residential
Stair Lifts in New Jersey: Stair lifts for wheelchairs and the disabled
in the New Jersey/Metro New York area.
ResponseLINK: Offers
push-button, emergency response service, providing seniors and their
families with independence and peace of mind. Families trust ResponseLINK
for its customer service, reliable equipment and 24/7 response team.
Retirement
and Seniors Lifestyle: A senior lifestyle community online, with
thousands of articles and tens of thousands of active members.
Rollx
Vans: Converts the Dodge, Chrysler, Volkswagen, and Honda minivan,
and the Ford full-size wheelchair van. A complete, one-stop shop for
all accessible van needs. Offers several extended service and financing
plans, takes trade-ins, and offesr multiple nationwide service-and-delivery
options for new or used wheelchair van.
SafetyCare:
This company provides immediate assistance for seniors through the use
of hands-free, two-way voice communication system; and monitors carbon
monoxide, smoke and inactivity.
Sara
Companions:
A service that offers a wide variety of activities which companions
can accompany, assist and facilitate their senior clients. The scope
of activities available for seniors to pursue is as broad as the interest
base of its clients.
Scottsdale
Caregiving: A personalized information and referral service of Assisted
Living and homecare resources.
Senior
Care Services: Assists seniors and their families with evaluating
and implementing the myriad of health and housing services available
in the Greater Delaware Valley community as is appropriate for the
older adult in question. This service aides the stress-ridden family
that is searching for care options.
Senior
Care Phoenix: Carefree Homecare places Home Health Aides and In-home
Companions for short-term or long-term non-medical in-home care.
seniorDECISION: The
only website featuring independent consumer reviews of nursing homes,
assisted living, retirement homes, and home health care agencies.
The site contains one of the web’s largest, free senior care
provider databases, including more than 65,000 facilities and home
health care providers nationwide.
SeniorHomes.com:
This site contains expert-written articles concerning pressing senior
issues as well as a comprehensive directory of senior care options,
including assisted living, independent living, care homes, nursing homes,
memory care, and retirement communities.
Senior
Home Services: NJ Home Health Care available in-home, in assisted
living communities and nursing homes. We provide live-in care and hourly
care as well as care for Alzheimer's and dementia.
SeniorLiving.org: A comprehensive resource for those looking for all kinds of care
options:
assisted living, independent living, nursing homes, memory
care, home care and hospitals.
Seniorlink
Online: A comprehensive source of eldercare information for
family caregivers.
Senior
Living Experts: Senior Living Experts provides residents of Chicago
assistance in making senior care choices.
Senior
Seasons: Matches your unique housing needs with the most suitable,
licensed senior communities in California. All referrals-from care homes
to assisted living and board-and-care communities-are fully vetted by
our experts.
Serenity
Home Care: Provides in-home senior care to assist the elderly
with medication reminders, bathing, dressing, cooking, cleaning,
driving assistance for errands/doctors appointments, and especially
caring companionship. Services are available as little as 4 hours/day
or as much as 24-hour live-in care. Our focus is to allow our clients
to remain independent, remain at home.
Share
the Care: provides information about a system to organize one's
family, friends, neighbors and coworkers into a caregiving team.
Sharp
Seniors: A comprehensive directory of assisted living options, including
up-to-date health and caregiving resources.
Silver
Connections: Silver Connections provides free information and
assistance to seniors, families and professionals. We are experts
in senior housing and care options.
Silver
Cross: A service that has assisted over 195,000 clients find
lower cost home healthcare equipment since 1993.
Silver
Planet: Helps boomers guide their parents to age in place by providing
personalized phone consultations by professional care managers
on aging issues, combined with 20,000 content and relevant services
and products.
The
Trace: Contact The Trace for nursing home in Louisiana.
Turn2
Turning Aid: The Turn2® Turning Aid™ is an innovative new
product for turning and positioning patients in bed that enhances
quality of care while at the same time helping to reduce risk of
injury to both patients and caregivers.
U.S.
Medical Supplies: One of the largest home medical equipment & supply
distributors with over 14,000 discounted items.
Vitals.com: Comprehensive medical information on 720,000 doctors nationwide.
Warman
Home Care: With the right help, your parents can continue to live
safely in their own home, in an assisted living, or active adult
facility.
Warman Home Care will help match the right caregiver with your
loved one.
Wellspring
Personal Care: An Illinois-licensed full-service private duty home
care agency committed to promoting the health and well-being of persons
who are elderly or disabled. It
offers a complete suite of services ranging from skilled nursing
to companion care. Other services include in-home decisional capacity
assessments, Alzheimer’s and dementia care management.
WhereToFindCare.com: One
of the web’s most comprehensive listing
of health care providers and quality and ratings information.
Find quality health care or rate your provider.
Wheelchairs
Abound: Discount wheelchairs starting at $208, and transporters
as low as $134. Also provides an array of mobility equipment and personal
care items for home or hospital use.
Working
Caregiver: Find
working caregivers at the world's largest online caregiving community
giving resources, information and products for the employed caregiver
lessening the hardships of eldercare.
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