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Aging with Dignity
www.agingwithdignity.org
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| A privately-funded, non-profit organization that advocates for the needs of elders and their caregivers, with a particular emphasis on improving care for those at the end of life. |
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Alzheimers.com
www.alzheimers.com
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| Dedicated to preventing and treating the cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease, and to providing practical, up-to-the-minute information to empower Alzheimer's caregivers to manage the disease more confidently, effectively, and economically. |
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Caregiver Network Inc.(CNI)
www.caregiver.on.ca
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| The first of its kind in Canada, is a resource centre created to help caregivers of the elderly and ill. Their goal is to make caregivers' lives easier by providing information on the Internet and in their newsletter. |
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Caregiver Survival Resources
www.caregiver911.com
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| Dedicated to help others cope with the demands of caregiving. |
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Caregiving.com
www.caregiving.com
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| Denise Brown operates The Center for Family Caregivers and owns and operates Tad Publishing Co., both based in Park Ridge, Ill. Through her organizations, Denise helps persons who care for an aging relative. Through Tad Publishing Co., Denise publishes Caregiving newsletter; authors books and manual for family caregivers and health care professionals; writes a monthly advice column for Chicagoland's Senior News; and maintains the Caregiving.com web site. |
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Corporation for Long-Term Care Ceritification
www.ltc-cltc.com
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| Offering the insurance industries first professional program focused solely on the sale of long term care insurance. The "CLTC" program teaches students that long term care is a multidisciplinary field that intersects other professions such as tax-law, housing, home care, government programs, financial planning and elder law. |
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Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org
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| A nationally recognized information center on long-term care and the lead agency in California's system of Caregiver Resource Centers. FCA serves as a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy. |
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Homeward Bound Services, Inc.
www.tlcservicesinc.com
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| Established to provide quality HOME SERVICES that offer an alternative to the warehousing and confinement in nursing homes of our Senior Americans. Homeward Bound Services, Inc. offers a choice to its subscribers to receive the necessary services at home by Certified, Trustworthy, and Professional Caregivers. Homeward Bound Services, Inc. collaborates with national organizations and demands the highest possible standards, ethics, and professionalism from representatives and caregivers. |
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Medicare
www.medicare.gov
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| The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information. |
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Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
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| Official Social Security Web Page |
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Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SOCSA)
www.society-csa.com
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| An educational organization. We provide in-depth training on senior issues, and through our training, we designate each person who completes our training and passes our examination as a " Certified Senior Advisor" or "CSA". And to constantly define the priority needs of seniors so that through continuing education Society members can be on the cutting edge to serve as recognized advisors. |
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The American Health Care Association (AHCA)
www.ahca.org
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The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, and subacute care providers that care for more than one million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
AHCA is committed to developing necessary and reasonable public policies which balance economic and regulatory principles to support quality care and quality of life, and is dedicated to professionalism and ethical behavior among all who provide long term care. |
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