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Award-winning online eldercare sourcebook. Facilities, resources, communities, independent living, law, safety, services and many other current links and topics.

"ElderCarelink is an internet-based referral service-free to consumers-that specializes in eldercare case matching for elders and their families. ElderCarelink assists families in finding a multitude of services, including assisted living, nursing homes, adult day care, private duty nursing, care management and homecare. With participating providers in all 50 states, ElderCarelink identifies qualified eldercare service providers and product suppliers who meet the specific needs for each family's individual situation."

 At Elder Care Guidance you can learn about resources and information regarding how to care for your aging parents.

"ElderCare Advocates is a team of geriatric care managers and other social work and health care professionals dedicated to keeping seniors healthy and independent and living in their homes as long as possible. We provide professional care planning and care supervision for seniors no matter what their health status or living environment. If you are a concerned son, daughter or other family member, we can help your elderly parent stay at home longer and more safely. If you are a social worker, physician, attorney or guardian, we can take the load from your shoulders of worrying about your patient's or client's day-to-day care. ElderCare Advocates' service area includes the Toledo, OH metropolitan area and the San Diego, CA metropolitan area. If your relative is not in these areas, the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers national site can help you find a local organization like ours who can help you."

"Children of Aging Parents is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to assist the nation's nearly 54 million caregivers of the elderly or chronically ill with reliable information, referrals and support, and to heighten public awareness that the health of the family caregivers is essential to ensure quality care of the nation's growing elderly population."

Download Aging Answers by Valerie VanBooven, a registered nurse and professional care manager, free

"An award-winning author, international lecturer, and designer with more than 30 years of experience, Cynthia Leibrock's mission is to improve the lives of older and disabled people through design. Ms. Leibrock is the principal/founder of EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH in Ft. Collins, Colorado, a firm that offers consulting services in patient centered design, planning for independent living, product analysis, and judiciary witness services." - quoted from THE CENTER FOR HEALTH DESIGN

Also author of New York Times article, February 18, 2009: A Colorado Home Is Ready for Its Owners’ Old Age

"An award-winning author, international lecturer, and designer with more than 30 years of experience, Cynthia Leibrock's mission is to improve the lives of older and disabled people through design. Ms. Leibrock is the principal/founder of EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH in Ft. Collins, Colorado, a firm that offers consulting services in patient centered design, planning for independent living, product analysis, and judiciary witness services." - quoted from THE CENTER FOR HEALTH DESIGN

Also author of New York Times article, February 18, 2009: A Colorado Home Is Ready for Its Owners’ Old Age

"Browse or search AARP's database on Internet resources below, and link to more than 900 of the best sites for people age 50+. This resource was last updated January 2010.

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"ElderCareLink is an internet-based referral service - free to consumers - that specializes in eldercare case matching for elders and their families. ElderCareLink assists families in finding a multitude of services, including assisted living, nursing homes, adult day care, private duty nursing, care management and homecare. With participating providers in all 50 states, ElderCareLink identifies qualified eldercare service providers and product suppliers who meet the specific needs for each family's individual situation."

"If you are a New Yorker, 60 and over, important areas of your life could well be enhanced by options offered through the Department for the Aging.

There are choices that help toward more independence and challenges for greater productivity.  For example, you may be eligible for exemption from a rent increase; you may need a home-delivered meal or home care services; or you may seek employment that is rewarding.

You may want to volunteer your services to others, join a local senior center, or participate in a Department event.

Or maybe you just need solid answers to some vital questions from a reliable source.

The Department for the Aging's Web site lists programs and services tailored to a variety of specific needs that many of the 1.3 million older New Yorkers may want now or in the future."

"If you are a New Yorker, 60 and over, important areas of your life could well be enhanced by options offered through the Department for the Aging.

There are choices that help toward more independence and challenges for greater productivity.  For example, you may be eligible for exemption from a rent increase; you may need a home-delivered meal or home care services; or you may seek employment that is rewarding.

You may want to volunteer your services to others, join a local senior center, or participate in a Department event.

Or maybe you just need solid answers to some vital questions from a reliable source.

The Department for the Aging's Web site lists programs and services tailored to a variety of specific needs that many of the 1.3 million older New Yorkers may want now or in the future."