Senior Health and Health Care
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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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