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Search tool provided by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. Includes information about the role played by Geriatric Care Managers and their qualifications. Search by city, state, zip code, or name, to find a Geriatric Care Manager . . . → Read More: Find a Care Manager  A search tool to Find Home Health Care providers near you, along with links to information about Home Health Care and how to choose among providers, provided by SnapForSeniors. SnapForSeniors is an information and technology company that maintains databases of senior . . . → Read More: Find Home Care and Home Health Care Providers – Search Tool from SNAPforSeniors  Comments are closed  About Home Health Care, CareHelpFinder™ - Home Health Care, Find Home Health Care A comprehensive national search tool provided by SnapforSeniors. SnapForSeniors is an information and technology company that maintains databases of senior service providers nationwide. This tool offers a searchable housing locator with 60,000 listings, including facilities for assisted living, residential . . . → Read More: SNAPforSeniors Search Tool to Find Senior Housing, Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Independent Living, CCRC’s Choosing An Assisted Living Residence: A Consumer’s Guide A Checklist For Consumers And Prospective Residents When you are looking for an assisted living or residential care setting for yourself or a loved one, here is a checklist provided by . . . → Read More: Checklist For Consumers And Prospective Residents | Assisted Living Facilities Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s, Advice For Families. Includes links to information on Assessing your Needs, Advance Preparation, Coping with the Transition, Advice for Families, Paying for Long-Term Care, and other matters of importance to caregivers for seniors with . . . → Read More: Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s Choosing An Assisted Living Residence: A Consumer’s Guide with information about Assisted Living Facilities, and how to choose, provided by the National Center for Assisted Living. The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is the assisted living voice of . . . → Read More: Choosing An Assisted Living Residence: A Conusmer’s Guide Finder Tool provided by the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), a national association of senior living communities Includes information on Senior Living Community options, including assisted living, independent living, continuing care communities, and nursing homes, and a Finder . . . → Read More: ALFA (Assisted Living Federation of America) – Find a Senior Living Community Finder Tool of the American Association of Housing and Services for the Aging (AAHSA), a non-profit association of non-profit nursing homes, assisted living centers, continuing care retirement communities, adult day care centers and other senior housing providers. Use this . . . → Read More: AAHSA Search and help prevent Osteoarthritis (the most common form of arthritis). By the Arthritis Foundation. »View Info Research Alert from the Arthritis Foundation, July 17, 2008. Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking exercise program, according to a new University . . . → Read More: Regular Walking Nearly Halves Disability Risk Prepared Under The Leadership Of Arthritis Foundation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sixty page document, focusing on plan to foster national education and prevention of arthritis. View info…National Arthritis Action . . . → Read More: National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy by the Arthritis Foundation. Includes a guide to a healthy diet, discussion of research on the relationship of nutrition and arthritis, and links to a study on the relationship of obesity and arthritis. »View Info by American Geriatrics Society, Foundation for Health in Aging. Discusses causes, assessment, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, including the importance of exercise, calcium and vitamin D. »View Info Website of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Useful tool to help you find care-help of many different kinds in your community — including: Senior housing options; Nursing Homes and other long-term care facilities; In-home care and . . . → Read More: ElderCare Locator Comments are closed CareHelpFinder™ - Assisted Living & Other Care Facilities, CareHelpFinder™ - Care Advisors & Professionals, CareHelpFinder™ - Home Health Care, CareHelpFinder™ - Other Resources, Find Assisted Living, Find CCRC's and Independent Living, Find Care Facilities, Find Care-Help Advisors & Professionals, Find Home Health Care, Find Nursing Homes, Find Other Care Resources, Find Respite Care & Other Care Facilities by the National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, including “a word to the wise: what you can do to prevent osteoporosis.” View info…The Low-Down on Osteoporosis by Carol Lewis, Federal Citizen Information Center. Discussion of the several different types of arthritis, and treatments for each. »View Info by Healthline.com. Review and discussion of a comprehensive list of potential treatments for arthritis. »View Info About.com: Arthritis. Links to articles and resources for caregivers. »View Info by Virginia Mann, Suite101.com. »View Info from strengthforcaring.com »View Info This is a useful 16 page pamphlet, provided by the Alzheimer’s Association. It discusses seven different behaviors typical of elders with dementia, and provides the caregiver a three step process to help understand the behavior, what may be triggering . . . → Read More: How to Respond When Dementia Causes Unpredictable Behaviors |
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