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Links to Other Web Sites of Interest |
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| Administration on Aging |
| http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Index.aspx |
| This site links to associations, conferences, consultants, managed care companies, nursing facilities, and assisted living corporations. News sources and publications are also found here. |
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| Alzheimer's Association |
| http://www.alz.org/ |
| The Alzheimer's Association is a national voluntary health organization
dedicated to research for the causes, cure, and prevention of
Alzheimer's Disease and to providing education and support services to
Alzheimer's patients, their families and caregivers. |
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| American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging |
| http://www.aahsa.org |
| The association represents 5,600 mission-driven, not-for-profit nursing
homes, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and
senior housing facilities, and home and community-based service
providers. |
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| American Association of Retired Persons |
| http://www.aarp.org/ |
| AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping
older Americans achieve lives of independence, dignity and purpose. |
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| American Health Care Association |
| http://www.ahca.org |
| The nation's largest association of for-profit and non-profit long-term care facilities. |
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| Eldercare Web |
| http://www.eldercare.com/ |
| This site is a comprehensive place to link to research and information about eldercare. |
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| Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Facilities (JACHO) |
| http://www.jcaho.org/ |
| The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health
care organizations in the United States, including hospitals, health
care networks and health care organizations that provide home care,
long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory, and ambulatory care
services. |
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| Mr. Long-Term Care |
| http://www.mrltc.com/ |
| Mr. Long-Term Care(tm) is the most widely visited and well respected
source of information on long-term health care on the Internet, with a
readership base in more than 30 countries. |
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| National Senior Citizens Law Center |
| http://www.nsclc.org/ |
| The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates nationwide to promote
the independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals, as
well as persons with disabilities, with particular emphasis on women
and racial and ethnic minorities. |
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| Senior Com |
| http://www.senior.com/ |
| This address is one of the leading sites for the 50+ market and their families. |
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| State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs in the United States |
| http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Elder_Rights/LTC/LTC.asp |
| State long-term care ombudsman programs investigate and resolve
complaints made by or on behalf of residents of nursing homes, boards
and care homes, and similar adult homes. The program also promotes
policies and practices to improve the quality of life, health, safety,
and rights of these residents. |
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| The Gerontological Society of America |
| http://www.geron.org/ |
| The Gerontological Society of America sponsors its web page as part of its founding goal "to promote the scientific study of aging...and to foster growth and diffusion of knowledge relating to problems of aging and of the sciences contributing to [their] understanding...." |
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| National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR) |
| http://www.theconsumervoice.org/ |
| Consumers and advocates who
define and achieve quality for people with long-term care needs. |
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| KDOA/PEAK 2.0 |
| http://agingkansas.org/LongTermCare/PEAK/peak.htm |
| The Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA) is committed to ensuring high
quality services for Kansas nursing home residents. For the past ten
years, KDOA has been recognizing nursing homes for successfully
implementing culture change through the Promoting Excellent
Alternatives in Kansas Nursing Homes program commonly known as PEAK.
Although the phrase “culture change” may have different meanings, it
gave rise to new ideas on how the focus of care could be changed from
the type of services provided to the person receiving those services.
As a result, the personal preference of residents has become as
important as providing the services and supports they need. |
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| National long term care Ombudsman |
| http://www.ltcombudsman.org/ |
| The National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center provides support, technical assistance and training to the 53 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs |
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