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Senior Living and Care
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Other Resources & Links
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Here you will find links to other valuable products, services, and tools.
Family caregivers and seniors can find additional resources for education, support and advocacy.
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Quick Links
For more information, please explore the resources below:
 Aging Parents and Elder Care
Aging Parents and Elder Care contains a wide variety of articles including “Elder Care – First Steps,” comprehensive checklists, and valuable links to key resources to help family caregivers quickly find the information they need when caring for a loved one.
CareGiverHelper
A free family community website that provides access to information and resources, enabling your loved one to live independently longer and reduce stress on you the caregiver. Click on the link above to create your own free CareGiverHelper family community .
Dakim, Inc. - Brain Fitness for Seniors
Dakim Inc. is the creator of the [m] Power cognitive fitness system.The [m]Power makes it simple and easy for seniors to exercise their brains, helping to stave off dementia and enhancing their quality of life. Most importantly, the exercises and activities designed for [m]Power are so much fun that seniors will actually want to do them consistently for years to come!
Emmi Safety
EmmiSafety™ is a series of 5-minute programs offered free to provide patients and their families with real-life tips on how to safely navigate the healthcare system.
EmmiSafety teaches patients the importance of: - Giving the right information about their health history
- Asking the right questions about treatment and medications
- Hand hygiene
- Fall prevention
- Discharge instructions
- And More
Financial Planning Association
The Financial Planning Association® (FPA®) is a nonprofit, leadership and advocacy organization connecting those who provide, support and benefit from professional financial planning. FPA believes that everyone, no matter what their situation or economic status, can benefit greatly from the experience and advice of a competent, ethical financial planner. FPA is the premier resource for the public to find a financial planner who will deliver advice using an ethical, objective, client-centered process.
Healia
The premier consumer health search engine for finding high quality and personalized health information on the Web. It serves as an independent, unbiased gateway to the highest quality health information resources. Healia is engineered primarily with consumers and patients in mind but health professionals and researchers will also find it useful.
LifeBio
It's time to tell your story. Preserving relationships to last for generations.
Tell your life story and create your book: - Step through provided, thought-provoking questions
- Write as much as you want; it's easy
- Add pictures, a page border and preview
- Print it yourself OR order a beautiful hardcover book
- Wall Street Journal (May 2007)- "LifeBio's online interface is intuitive."
Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a simple, immediate way for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors to assist loved ones in need. It’s an easy-to-use, private group calendar, specifically designed for organizing helpers, where everyone can pitch in with meals delivery, rides, and other tasks necessary for life to run smoothly during times of medical crisis, end-of-life caring, or family caregiver exhaustion. It’s also a place to keep these ‘circles of community’ informed with status updates, photo galleries, message boards, and more.
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) is America's premier organization for family caregivers reaching across the boundaries of diagnoses, age, and relationship to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. Through education, support and advocacy NFCA empowers family caregivers to act on behalf of themselves and their loved ones, and works to remove the barriers that stand in the way of a family caregiver's health and well being.
800-896-3650
Posit Science Corporation
Posit Science Corporation develops science-based brain health programs. The company works with more than 50 brain scientists from leading universities around the world to create training programs that enhance cognitive performance. Its assessments and exercises are based on neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to “rewire” through intensive, repetitive and progressively challenging activity. Posit Science has received several grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as numerous accolades from the press, including a selection as one of the “medical breakthroughs of the year” by CNBC.
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