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UCompareHealthCare

Find Doctors, Hospitals & Nursing Homes. A free finder tool for nursing homes, doctors, and hospitals, along with data on quality, staffing and outcomes, provided by UCompareHeralthCare, a service owned by the New York Times. View Info »

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Nursing Home Ratings & Reviews | Find Nursing Homes — HealthGrades

Find a Nursing Home, Search Tool. Provided by HealthGrades, a national rating organization of doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. Includes access to ratings given to nursing homes by patients, on a five star rating scale. View Info ».

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Find a Hospital | Hospital Reviews & Ratings — HealthGrades

Find a Hospital.  Search tool, along with hospital ratings, provided by HealthGrades, a rating orgainzation for hospitals, doctors and nursing homes. View Info ».

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HealthGrades – Find a Doctor

Find a Doctor Search Service.  Provided by HealthGrades, a national rating organization for doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. Shows results of a five star rating system, in which patients have been asked to rate their physicians. View Info ».

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In-Home Care Agency: What to Ask

A printable checklist by AARP on questions to ask in evaluating home health care agencies. Includes several questions under the categories: Services Know the Staff Costs and Quality. In-Home Care Agency: What to Ask.

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Find Home Health Services – VNA Search

Search tool provided by Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNA). Search tool to find home health services nationwide, provided by the Visiting Nurse Association of America, a non-profit association supporting nonprofit home health and hospice providers. View Info »

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Hypertension & Angina – Webinar

Webinar (downloadable PDF of Slides combined with a downloadable audio track), presented by the Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) for its home health care nurses. Contains much information that may be valuable for the family caregiver for a . . . → Read More: Hypertension & Angina – Webinar

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Arthritis Learning Center

Basic information from HealthLine, including symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments, alternative therapies, and prevention. »View Info

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Arthritis Symptoms and Diagnosis

from WebMD.com. Search results linking to several WebMD articles on symptoms and diagnosis for different types of arthritis. »View Info

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Assess Your Symptoms, Arthritis Foundation

Seven question quiz to help you assess your symptoms of possible arthritis. »View Info

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Booklet by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, describing characteristics, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatments of Rheumatoid Arthritis. See…Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Do I Have Arthritis? ¿Tengo Artritis?

Pamphlet by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, with introductory information in both English and Spanish on what is arthritis, its types, symptoms, diagnosis, . . . → Read More: Do I Have Arthritis? ¿Tengo Artritis?

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Osteoarthritis: How is it diagnosed?

By Arthritis Foundation. Discussion of diagnosis of this most common form or arthritis, estimated to affect 27 million Americans. »View Info

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Medicare Patients Often Harmed in Hospitals, Study Says

Mistakes Chronicled on Medicare Patients By DUFF WILSON Published: November 15, 2010 According to a new study from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, one of every seven Medicare beneficiaries who is . . . → Read More: Medicare Patients Often Harmed in Hospitals, Study Says

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Respite Care – Information from ElderCare Locator

Information on Respite Care provided by ElderCare Locator, a service of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. All caregivers need a break. Respite care helps care for your elderly loved one while you take a break to . . . → Read More: Respite Care – Information from ElderCare Locator

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