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Links to suggested Web resources...

These topics link to lists of related web sites we think you might find useful. If you have additional sites you would like to suggest, please send us the web address (and a short descriptions if applicable).

SENIOR HEALTH & HEALTH CARE

Choice in Dying
http://www.choices.org
Choice in Dying, which was behind the original living will documents, provides an enormous amount of good, solid information on end-of-life care, patients' legal rights, planning for end-of-life care, advance directives (living will and health-care-proxy forms) and contacts for further guidance.
Colorado Medicare Site
http://www.coloradomedicare.com/
the Colorado government site for medicare information
Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov
Through their website, the VA offers information about benefits for veterans and their dependents.

ElderConnect
http://www.elderconnect.com
Information on more than 33,000 acute-rehabilitation providers, retirement communities and health-care providers specializing in all levels of long-term nursing care as well as home-health agencies. Search by geographic location or type of care required.

HealthFinder
www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/
A free gateway to consumer health and human services information web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Click on "Seniors" link and find links to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, support groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. 
Homecare On-Line
http://www.nahc.org/Consumer/ coninfo.html
The National Alliance for Home Care is a trade organization, but this site provides information on finding, paying for, and selecting the right home care and hospice care.
Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/ index.cfm?
 answers to questions about drugs, diseases, etc
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov
A government site aimed at educating consumers about Medicare health plans and policies, government publications and fraud.
Medscape
http://www.medscape.com
If healthfinder.com doesn't answer your medical questions, try medscape, a reliable source of medical information that will lead you to medical journals, a medical dictionary and the database of the National Library of Medicine.

National Institute on Aging
www.nih.gov/nia/health/health.htm
Lists of publications available to the public. Topics related to health and aging.
National Institute on Aging
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/ elderpage.html#ap
NIA age pages.  Links to publications about senior health matters
Senior Health Medicare
http://www.dora.state.co.us/ insurance/senior/
from the CO Div. of Insurance — helps people enrolled in Medicare with questions about health insurance

 

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