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• Rita's Mobile Footcare Offering friendly footcare service to Winnipeg, MB and southeastern Manitoba.
  
• Caregivers Discussion Discussion board for caregivers dealing with chronic, aged and terminal illnesses.
  
• Senior Consults Personal consultation with specialists and information on problems of aging and the care of the elderly
  
• Senior Solutions, Inc. Experienced health care consultants providing clients with personalized quality health, financial and legal services in order to enhance their lives and help them remain in their own homes.
  
• Lovingcare.net An on-line guide for seniors and their caregivers.
  
• A-1 Action Nursing Care Serving the Maryland, Baltimore and D.C. areas, providing home care placement, giving guidance, and brings you professional and expert capabilities.
  
• Family Care America An online resource for caregivers. Information on home care, financial planning, aging, assisted living, seniors, retirement, diseases, cancer, Alzheimer's, stroke, medications, estate planning, support.
  
• Geriatrics & Hospice Care Articles and information about aging and geriatrics.
  
• Empowering Caregivers Resources, chat room, messagesboards and newsletter devoted to carers of the elderly.
  
• Resources For Aging, Inc. Empowers caregivers to be more effective and efficient in managing the caregiving process by using the Caregiver Sourcebook as a resource.
  
• Family Assistance Network Provides personalized care management to the frail elderly, their family and caregivers. This site provides advice from various professionals, and feedback from residents of nursing homes and assisted living.
  
• CNY Elderplanning Resources for the aging including counseling, planning, and guides.
  
• The Story of a Nursing Home Shift Eight hours in a nursing home as viewed by the nurse as she takes care of one floor on the evening shift.
  
• Aging Medicine A care-givers guide to geriatric medicine that outlines treatment options including medications. Offers a series of books.
  
• The Family Caregiver Web News, information, resources, and tips to help family caregivers help a loved one who is disabled, chronically ill, or aging. A positive, light, occasionally humorous look at caregiving.
  
• GeriQuest - Quality of Life Issues for Seniors Serves as a health education and information resource for the elderly, their caretakers and significant others.
  
• Senior Caregiver Support Group Located in Omaha Nebraska. Strengthens families, nurtures independence and educates professionals on the stresses and benefits of caregiving. Includes services, membership, calendar and Ichat.
  
• Multidisciplinary Education in Geriatrics and Aging MEGA. This site is composed of learning modules for those in the health sciences, but is of interest to those with aging family members. Subjects include normal aging, geriatric assessment, oral health and mental health.
  
• Faith in Action Information from a national organization which offers grants to local groups of volunteers representing many faiths, who work together to care for their neighbors who are chronically ill, frail, elderly or disabled.
  
• Caregiver Information Information for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disesse, stroke, aphasia, traumatic brain injury or other disabling conditions.
  
• Urban Institute Issue Focus on Medicare A selection of reports, publications, forums, commentaries and testimonies on Medicare, Medicare reform and senior health in general.
  
• Altenheim Resource & Referral Center Providing help for the elderly and their caregivers. Information, brochures and pamphlets, video and print library, workshops, and programs.
  
• Gerontology and Geriatric Care Management Nancy Wexler, MA, MFCC presents articles on caregiving for the elderly.
  
• Caregiving for Seniors and Aging Parents Caregiving for aging parents, senior citizens, seniors, and the elderly. Health, drugs, insurance, financial and helpful products.
  
• Creative Care for Older People Description of personalized services offered by Nina Falk, Geriatric Care Manager, in Northern California counties of Alameda and Contra Costa. Experience and references cited.
  
• The National Post Acute Care Association A trade association dedicated to serving the needs of the Post Acute continuum of care. Includes an overview, industry news, conferences and related links.
  
• Secrets of Successful Caregiving Studies show that caregivers who don't practice good self-care are at high risk for burnout, depression, physical illnesses, abusive behavior, loss of friends and strained family relations.
  
• Senior Solutions Provides care for aging loved ones in Allentown, Easton, Reading and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and surrounding communities.
  
• Administration on Aging Comprehensive information and resources on aging.
  
• The Eden Alternative, Region 16 A "philosophy of care" for seniors. A tool for improving quality of life for the elderly to eliminate boredome and lonliness.
  
• Solutions for Life Beyond55 Self-help tips and ideas for the elderly and their caregivers on geriatric healthcare advances, computer use, web services and tactics to extend independent living.
  
• I Care For You Personal experience of informal caregiving of parents. Included are several links about the health and needs of the elderly and their caregivers.
  
• Caregiving Resource Center Find out how to assess whether parents are coping well independently or whether it's time to become involved in their care. Advice, comprehensive resources and peer support to help take care of aging parents.
  
• Senior Care Managers A case management agency in Northeast Pa. specializing in problem solutions
  
• Successful Elder Caregiving Workshops Offers newsletters and tele-workshops on caregiving.
  
• Florida Geriatric Care Managers Association Directory of and information for geriatric care managers in Florida.
  
• A Child's Guide To Nursing Home Care This guide points out what to expect from the services of a skilled nursing home when deciding what to do with an elderly parent.
  
• ElderCare Online Offers information, resources, education and support on Alzheimer's care, home care, independent living, insurance coverage, legal and financial matters, and wellness.
  
• Sentimental Journey A board game, used for reminiscent therapy. Designed for one to eight players, developed by a geriatric recreation therapist. Game board and memory cards samples, and ordering information. Comox, B.C. Canada.
  
• Ageless Care Information about their telephone-based 24-hour nurse support line. Includes helpful resources for caregivers and chronic diseases and an online pharmacy as well as sales of food and drug supplements.
  
• RubMyNeck.com A reference and informational site for caregivers and home health professionals.
  
• Caregiver Network This resource centre was created to help caregivers deal with the stress of being in the position of having to deal with the elderly and ill.
  
• National Family Caregivers Association Dedicated to making life better for America's family caregivers. Includes information on NFC Month, caregiving resources, and services for caregivers.
  
• Caregiving, Directions In News Letter for Seniors and their Care Givers An interactive newsletter and bookstore for seniors and their care givers.
  
• Caregiver Zone Information, decision-making tools, community, and products for those caring for the elderly.
  
• AlmaCare Life management and consulting services for families and financial institutions charged with meeting the needs of the elderly. Glossary, newsletter. Nashville, Tennessee.
  
• RosePlace.com - The Senior Care Network Assisting consumers going through the decision to place a loved one into long-term care. Includes information on assisted living, nursing homes, and home care.
  
• AccentCare Offers guidance and solutions to the challenges of aging faced by seniors and their families. Assists families access the information, care and assistance required to bring comfort and dignity to the aging process.
  
• Caregiver Monthly Newsletter Newsletter published monthly since 1995 to encourage, support, assist, inform and acknowledge caregivers throughout the world.
  
• Aging Solutions Advocacy and counseling for families with aging relatives, crisis management, employee-assistance programs, seminars and education.
  
• Providing Healthy Care Provide resources and links designed to make life easier for caregivers.
  
• Special Products Co. In Boulder Creek, California. Specializing in videophones and videophone products.
  
• The Caregiver Support Project Promotes the caregiver cause and supports family caregivers through a five part video workshop series.
  
• Home Caregivers A video, entitled 'Caring at Home' is made available that is beneficial to both patients and caregivers.
  
• Reliable Agencies and Organizations Quackwatch website. Contact information for various groups,including the National Institute on Aging, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Children of Aging Parents, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and the National Council on the Aging.
  
• The Caregiver's Handbook An online guide assisting both the caregiver and the elderly care receiver.
  
• Stride Magazine An online version of Stride Magazine. Contains articles on current LTC strategies as well a list of research links.
  
• Home Modification Action Project (HMAP) A free resource for the elderly and disabled to find out the latest in home modifications to make homes more accessible and to design a more supportive environment. Home modification by state, survey of existing programs, links to home modification and general resources.
  
• Care For You, Inc. Offering companion, home health care and assisted living services so loved ones can remain at home. Serving Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
  
• Healing Arts Communications Presents the "Home Care Companion" video series. Instruction for the individual who cares for a loved one at home.
  
• Care Resources A one step provider of geriatric care services in the United States.
  
• Caring For Aging Parents An e-book. Information on how to be parents to your aging parents, adult children and nourish your marriage in the process.
  
• The Healthy Caregiver Magazine An elder care resource magazine for family and professional caregivers.
  
• CAPS Children of Aging Parents is a non-profit organization with a national mission to assist the caregivers of the elderly with reliable information, referrals, and support
  
• Transitions Elder Care Consulting On-line guide to elder caregiving, opinion column written by an older adult, caregiver's support forum, assessment tools, tips about working with older adults.
  
• Eldercare: A Clinical Primer for Volunteers A book on care for the elderly.
  
• Direct Care Alliance A coalition of long-term care consumers, providers, and workers, who seek to improve the quality of long-term care through a focus on improving the quality of jobs for frontline caregivers.
  
• Health Watch Emergency Response Systems A service for the protection of senior citizens and others requiring response from family, neighbors, medical practitioners and other caregivers.
  
• Today's Caregiver Magazine Online A print and web magazine dedicated to those caring for loved ones. Topics include stress and depression management, financial, legal and medical advice, housing, incontinence and adult day care issues.
  
• Elder Service Inc. Geriatric care consultants in the southeastern Pennsylvania area.
  
• Reactivate Caregiver resources for Alzheimer and Dementia care. Sensory stimulation, health lifestyles (fitness, humor, horticulture therapy), intergenerational programming, creativity (music therapy, art), reminiscence, professional resources for recreation therapy.
  
• Eldercare Consulting Consulting services and information about home health care and location based agency locator.
  
• The National Preventative Task Group Provides information, resources and links for professionals working to encourage the independence of older people and improve their quality of life.
  
• Caregiver Survival Resources Helping caregivers cope with the demands of caregiving, whether it's caring for an aging parent, a disabled loved one, or a patient coping with a difficult disease.
  
• Caregiving Online Offers access to support, information, and resources for caring for and aged relative.
  
• Retirement Connection Referral service for products and services that help seniors to achieve a fuller life; focus is currently on Colorado and Arizona.
  
• Golden Age Eldercare This site provides useful information regarding eldercare issues.
  
• GetCare Long-Term Care Assessment Listing long-term and elder care options. Searchable database for services by area.
  
• Eden Alternative Midwest Headquarters A reform movement dedicated to fostering culture change and transforming nursing homes into vibrant environments where elders go to live, not institutions where they go to die.
  
• Coordinated Care Agency that offers information to help an individual make informed decisions about long term care. Offering care-giver education, policy analysis and community programs.
  
• Family Caregiver Alliance A clearinghouse on brain disorders, caregiver assistance and long-term care public policy.
  
• Caregivers Guide Sales of family caregiver books to assist caring for elderly or aging parents.
  
• Care Calling Service providing daily "check in" calls to elderly individuals in an assisted or independent living situation.
  
• Salt Lake County Aging Services Fostering independence for Salt Lake County's older adults by providing services, advocacy and assistance.
  
• The Geriatric Institute This site is dedicated to caregivers and health care professionals dealing with issues directly related to the older adult. This includes articles and presentations on geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatry and ethics. Additionally this is home to resources and patient education on geriatrics from a Canadian perspective.
  
• GrandmaKnows.com Links to help consumers evaluate nursing homes and other caregiver services in the United States.
  
• Informal Care Giver Information Centre Information and resources on how to enhance the health of caregivers and their families.
  
• CareGuide Directory of caregiving resources, newsletters and tools for elder and child care.
  
• Aging Begins at 30 A medical advice column, dealing with Senior's health by Ian M. Smith, M.D. that has appeared weekly in the Iowa City Press Citizen since October 1992.