RESOURCES
Families need good sources of information for the many decisions they are making. We are an information society and without comprehensible information we may feel confused and powerless; with the wrong information we may feel overwhelmed and vulnerable. Here are some resources that helped us navigate the information available on successful aging.
Books
Passage in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence – Sheehy, Gail
Circles of Care: How to Set up Quality Home Care for Our Elders – Ann Cason
A Bittersweet Season, Caring for Our Aging Parents and Ourselves – Jane Gross
Another Country, Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders – Mary Phipher, Ph. D.
Helpful Links
We know family caregivers need comprehensive sources of information to handle the changes in the lives of the whole family going through these life stages. We do our best to evaluate links for reliability by following these guidelines:
- Government or university administered sites, without marketing, social or political agendas, for scientific and medical information.
- Sites that link to other reliable sources of medical information.
- Sites that are updated on a regular basis.
- Informative graphics and multimedia files to enhance the information.
- ABA Commission on Law and Aging
- Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc.
- Administration on Aging
- ALS Association
- Alzheimer’s Society of the UK Dementia Fact Sheets
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Association for Retired Persons
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American Society on Aging
- The Arthritis Foundation
- Bucks County Area Agency on Aging
- Center for Healthy Aging
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center – Northwestern University
- Medicare Hospital Comparison
- Medicare Nursing Home Comparison
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- National Council on Aging
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Parkinson Foundation
- National Senior Citizen’s Law Center
- Pennsylvania Department of Aging
- Pennsylvania’s Falls Prevention Awareness Day Fact Sheet
- US Department of Veterans Affairs