Links

• Caregiving online   www.caregiving.com
  This organization will help you help your aging relatives by finding solutions to your caregiving situations. 
  



• Center for Health Design www.healthdesign.org/research/reports/upcoming_reports_and_papers.php
  The Center for Health Design is a leading research and advocacy organization of forward-thinking healthcare and design professionals who are leading the quest to improve the quality of healthcare through building architecture and design.


• Communication Connection www.connectionsincommunication.com
  An excellant resource about communication and memory fitness for older adults, families, and caregivers. 
  
  
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center   www.alzheimers.org
  ADEAR center directs consumers to a range of government-sponsored research and assistance programs 
  
  
• American Health Care Association   www.keepthepromise.com
  Help with Medicare PPS, finances & reimbursement, statistics, excellent quotes, research reports. 
  
  
• National Aging Information Center   www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aca/resources
  Resource directory for older people 
  
  
• Benjamin Rose Institute   www.benrose.org
  List of long term care facilities plus many other resources and helpful informationfor seniors in the N.E. Ohio area.
  
  
• Elder Care Professionals of Ohio   www.EldercareofOhio.com
  Solves the challenge of locating quality resources to simplify navigating through the eldercare maze. Sign up for the free monthly newsletter. 
  
  
• Continuing Education Links.com www.continuingeducationlinks.com
  Simplifies the search for healthcare continuing education. Sign up for the free monthly newletter.
  
  
• National Academy on an Aging Society
  (Gerontological Society of America)   www.agingsociety.org  Look at Challenges For The 21^st Century:  Chronic & Disabling Conditions and the effect on young retirees and older workers. Promotes education, research, and public understanding of older persons.
  
  
• American Society on Aging www.asaging.org 
  Use the learning center, attend conferences & meetings, and receive their publications 
  
  
• American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging  www.AAHSA.org
  A site for consumer and family caregiver information.  Also lists upcoming events 
  
  
• American Speech , Language, Hearing Association  www.asha.org         
  Find an audiologist or SLP,  information on speech, language and swallowing 
  
  
• Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov
  Federal agency dedicated to policy development, planning and delivery of supportive home and community-based services to older persons and their caregivers 
  
  
• National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov/health/     
  Lists resources for publications, health literature references, special programs, health hotlines, and several good places to look for health information on the web. 
  
  
• National Institute on Aging www.biostat.wustl.edu/ADCnet/text.html     
  Access Alzheimer's Disease Centers by State 
  
  
• Scripps Gerontology Center www.cas.muohio.edu 
  Has studied many areas of aging including population projections, long term care, employment and retirement.
  
  
• SPRY Foundation  www.spry.org
  Provides programs and information for retiring seniors. 
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health  www.nimh.nih.gov 
  
  
• Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging  www.ohioaging.org
  Network of agencies that provide services for the elderly, as well as an advocate on behalf of older Ohioans