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Caring for the Heart
Warning Signs
The American Heart Association provides basic warning signs of heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest, as well as information on what to do in any of these situations.
Cardiovascular Disease 101
This overview is provided by the Mayo Clinic to help people understand the basics of cardiovascular disease and the conditions that can affect heart and blood vessels.
High Blood Pressure
Health information is provided by the National Institution on Aging on how to handle hypertension.
Everyday Heart Health
Learn about heart disease, heart health and heart attacks through helpful information provided by EverydayHealth.com.
Cardiovascular Disease Stats
This fact sheet lists common national statistics concerning cardiovascular disease.
Global Effects
An interactive map of the world, courtesy of the World Heart Federation, shows users the annual number of deaths for specific types of heart disease in various regions of the world.
Heart Information Sheets
The American Heart Association offers a number of downloadable information sheets to answer any heart-related questions.
Heart Healthy Grocery List
This easy-to-use online system helps create a grocery list of certified heart-healthy foods.
Heart-Healthy Diet
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers an interactive nutrition calculator for creating a heart-healthy personal eating plan.
AARP’s Heart Health
The Heart Health section on the AARP Web site is full of helpful tips and advice for keeping one’s heart as healthy as possible.
Understanding Stroke
Family Caregiver Alliance offers an informative fact sheet to help caregivers when caring for stroke victims.
How’s Your Heart?
This online cholesterol health assessment reveals risk for heart disease, as well as information, tips and strategies for improving cholesterol levels.
Smoking Among Adults: Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Highlights from the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report are provided on the health consequences of smoking, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tobacco, Heart Disease and Stroke
This downloadable fact sheet details how tobacco use contributes to cardiovascular diseases worldwide.
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Senior Resources
We have provided a list of resources which we hope will assist you in your research.
Please click on a link below to visit any of these Websites.
Age Net
A portal of information geared towards senior services and information.
Alliance For Aging Research
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating the pace of medical discoveries to vastly improve the experience of aging and health.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Allianced committed to ensuring social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.
Alzheimer's Association
Non-profit organization that provides reliable information and care consultation; creates supportive services for families; increases funding for dementia research; and influences public policy changes
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
AFA's objective is to unite organizations from coast-to-coast that are dedicated to meeting the educational, social, emotional and practical needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and their caregivers and families.
American Association of Retired Persons
Organization for individuals 50+; provides member discounts, information and research, community services, and more.
American Parkinson Disease Association
Organization that focuses its energies on research, patient support, education and raising public awareness of the disease.
American Society on Aging
ASA is a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the knowledge and skills of those working with older adults and their families.
Arthritis Foundation
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.
Benefits Check-Up
Helps people connect to government programs that can help them pay for prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other needs.
Careguide
Case Management Society of America
The Case Management Society of America is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1990 dedicated to the support and development of the profession of case management through educational forums, networking opportunities and legislative involvement.
Children of Aging Parents
A nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission, in part, is to assist caregivers of the elderly or chronically ill with reliable information, referrals and support.
Council on Family Health
The Council on Family Health, a nonprofit organization established in 1966, is dedicated to educating consumers about the proper use of prescription and nonprescription medicines, dietary supplements, home safety and personal health.
Elder Rage
Go60.com
Go60.Com is a no-nonsense, yet caring and compassionate internet destination devoted to helping seniors improve with age. Go60.Com is not about imitating youth or dazzling you with an eye popping, animated website. Go60.Com is about aging well, and aging wisely and successfully.
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a national, nonprofit organization committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of good will the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and the celebration of life.
Meals on Wheels
The Meals on Wheels Association of America represents those who provide congregate and home-delivered meal services to people in need. Our mission is to provide visionary leadership and professional training, and to develop partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services.
Medicare
The official U.S. government site for people with Medicare.
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
The Academy provides a resource of information, education, networking and assistance to those who deal with the many specialized issues involved with legal services to the elderly and people with special needs.
National Area Agencies on Aging
The umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs); provide services which make it possible for older individuals to remain in their home, thereby preserving their independence and dignity.
National Association for Continence
NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence.
National Association of
Professional Geriatric Care Managers
Association for professionals, such as a gerontologist, nurses, social workers, or psychologists, with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care.
National Institute on Aging
NIA’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, training, and communication.
SeniorDiscounts.com
This site boasts that it helps seniors find gold in their golden years. It offers more than 125,000 discounts for people over 50 who simply enter their zip code for breaks on airline tickets, hotels, restaurants, movie theaters and golf, to name just a few. Seniors and others can sign up for a free weekly newsletter that features hundreds of dollars worth of discounts and a chance to win a vacation.
Social Security Administration
The official website of the Social Security Administration.
Whether you need to know the age at which you can receive full retirement benefits, the most popular baby names in 2003 or how safe is Social Security, the Social Security Administration's site has it all. Among the highlights: You can calculate your benefits and apply for them as well. What's more, you can sign up for a free electronic newsletter that keeps you abreast of all things Social Security.
Companion Connection Senior Care Membership Organization: Companion Connection Senior Care
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