Administration
on Aging Washington, D.C.
20201 Tel. (202) 619-0724 Aoa.gov
Alliance for
Retired Americans 815
16th Street NW
Fourth Floor Washington,
DC 20006 Tel.
(202)
637-5399 Retiredamericans.org The
alliance has the mission
to ensure 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. American Association
of Retired
Persons 601
E Street NW Washington,
D.C. 20049 Tel.
(888) 687-2277 Aarp.org A
magazine and website devoted
to
the many social,
political,
legal,
health, financial and learning
issues
for
people over age 50 years.
American Society on Aging 833
Market Street, Suite 511 San
Francisco, CA 94103 Tel.
(800) 537-9728 Asaging.org A
national organization
concerned with the physical,
emotional, social,
economic and spiritual
aspects of
aging.
McKhann,
G., Albert, M., Keep Your
Brain Young: The Complete Guide to
Physical and Emotional Health and Longevity, John Wiley and
Sons,
Hoboken, N.J. 2002. Keep
Your Brain Young
Meals
on Wheels Association of
America 1414 Prince
Street,
Suite 300 Alexandria,
VA 22314 Tel.
(703) 548-5558 Mowaa.org Meals on Wheels is
the largest
and oldest organization
in
the United
States representing those
who provide
meal
services to people in need. National
Council on Aging 300
D Street, SW Suite
801 Washington,
D. C. 20024 Tel.
(202) 479-1200 Ncoa.org Firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml Numerous
resources for
senior
citizens
Small,
Gary,The Memory
Bible,
Hyperion,
New York, New York, 2002 The
Memory Bible
Skinner,
B.F. and Vaughan,
M.E.,Enjoy
Old Age, W.
W. Norton & Company, New York,
1983. Enjoy
Old Age
Needymed.com Information
for those on
limited budgets on help
paying for medications
including those commonly
used for Alzheimer's
disease: Aricept, Exelon and
Reminyl.
Aaapublicaffairs.com Program
designed to improve driving skills and knowledge
related to the effects of aging
AARP
driver
safety program Aarp.org/drive Defensive
driving techniques
and information on
age-related cognitive and
physical changes that
affect driving. Take a
simple on-line test to see
if your driving skills
need brushing up.
Caring Crafts Caringcrafts.com/
Tel.: (888) 246-1104 Creative crafts with therapeutic benefits
for those
challenged with fine motor skills or cognitive issues.
Judith Zausner also provides workshops, free project
ideas and related links.
A large
variety of videos including
sing-alongs,
scenery with music, old time comedians, exercise
videos, old time musicians: such as Andy Williams,
Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Judy Garland.
Flag
House: Activities For Life 601
FlagHouse Drive Hasbrouck
Heights, NJ 07604-3116
Tel.: (800 793-7900) Flaghouse.com Flag
House sells large print crossword
puzzle books, word
searches, simplified crossword puzzles, trivia books,
reminiscing books, books of fashion as pictured in
old Sears
catalogs, large print poetry books and more.
Francina,
Suza, The New Yoga
for
People
over 50: A
Comprehensive guide for Midlife and Older Beginners,
Health
Communications, Inc., Florida, 1997. The
New Yoga for People Over Fifty
Geriatric
Resources Inc., P.O. Box 239 Radium Springs,
New Mexico 88054-0239
Tel.: (800) 359-0390 Ssww.com/store/browse/grp=HCR/# This
company sells
books
and
products for professionals and caregivers.
They have
three product
catalogs: Alzheimer’s
education, comfort
care and
sensory stimulation.
Innovative
Care giving
Resources P.O
Box
17809 Salt
Lake
City, Utah 84117-0809 United
States Phone:
800-249-5600 Longtermcareprovider.com/storefronts/icr.html This
company sells the following
videos:
Celebrating
African American Culture:
looks back
on a variety of childhood and early adult
memories
and
reviews major points in African American
history.
Video includes scenes
of church
picnics, celebrations
and families highlighted
with
traditional songs.
Sentimental
Sing-a-longs: an audiotape filled with some
old time favorite songs to prompt sing-a-longs and job
the memory.
Lunch Break with
Tony- a production oriented towards men
as Tony visits with them during his work breaks. Subjects
include work days and jobs, work companions, old games
such as stick ball and baseball, first cars and first loves.
A variety of songs are mixed in related to the topics.
All Sitting
Exercise Video: provides seated routines to
accomplish stretching and strengthening.
Maddern,
Jan,Yoga
Builds Bones: Easy, Gentle
Stretches
That Prevent Osteoporosis,
Fair Winds Press, MA, 2000. Yoga
Builds Bones
MindStart
Activities for People with Memory Loss
Tel: 612- 868-5831 Mind Start
Nasco
Senior Activities 901
Janesville Ave. P.O. Box 901 Fort Atkinson, WI
53538-0901 Tel.: (920)
563-2446 ENasco.com/senioractivities
A large variety
of recreational supplies including:music,
exercise tapes, manipulatives, sensory activities and crafts.
Re-Creative Resources, Inc. Recreativeresources.com/index.htm
Resources, training, articles, activities, forms and inspiration
for activity professionals
S
& S Worldwide Company 75 Mill Street Colchester, CT
06415 Tel.: (800)
288-9941 Ssww.com
The
S & S worldwide company
sells arts and crafts
materials,
therapeutic crafts, therapy and
rehabilitation
products, adaptive equipment and
recreational products
such
as giant
crossword puzzles
and easy, large piece
Low
vision jig saw puzzles,
games for reminiscence
and movement, large print cross word puzzles word
searches, large print bingo, trivia games and books.
Unlock
the Memories 97 Meadow Spring Lane East Amherst, New
York 14051 (716)725-9232 or
(716) 861-2891 Entertaining DVD's that
encourage
reminiscence and conversation
using the speaker's prompts, music, pictures and graphics.
Berg, Susan, Adorable Photographs of Our Baby,
Ideas Press, 2006. Alzheimersideas.com/
Geriatric occupational therapist, Susan Berg COTA/L
collected meaningful photographs of babies designed
to stimulate the dementia patient. Each photograph
is accompanied by ideas on how to use it as a
memory jogger for further discussion. Adorable Photographs of Our Baby
Bodkin,
Cora, Leibowitz,
Helene
and
Wiener, Dana,Crafts for
your Leisure Years,
Houghton
Mifflin Company, Boston, 1976. Crafts
for Your Leisure Years
This book
provides 25 specially designed projects in large
print with tips for individuals with visual handicaps, arthritis,
sensitive skin or respiratory ailments. Projects include: leather,
clay, needlepoint, wood, weaving, tooled foil and decoupage.
Dowling,
James R.Keeping busy… A
Handbook of
Activities for Persons with
Dementia,
The John Hopkins
University Press,
Baltimore and London, 1995. Keeping
Busy
Goodwin,
Dennis,The Activity
Director’s Treasure
Chest, The Activity
Factory, 2227
Rock Island Court,
Snellville, Georgia 30278, 1987. The
Activity Director's Treasure Chest
Walker,
Susan C.Keeping
Active: A Caregiver’s Guide
to
Activities with the Elderly,
American Source Books,
Lakewood,
Colorado,
1994. Keeping
Active J.M.
Zgola,Doing Things:
A Guide to
Programming
Activities for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
and related disorders,
(Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins
University Press 1987. Doing
Things
ActiveForever,
Inc. 10799 N. 90th Street Scottsdale, AZ
85260 Tel.:
(800)
377-8033 Activeforever.com
Beyond
Barriers 24078 Greenway Road Suite 12 Forest Lake, MN
55025 Tel.: (800)
561-2223 Beyondbarriers.com
Clarke
Health Care
Products Inc. 1003
International Drive Oakdale,
PA
15071 Tel.:
(888) 347-4537 Clarkehealthcare.com/
Independent
Living Aids,
Inc., P.O. Box 9022 Hicksville, NY
11753 Tel.:
(800)
537-2118 Independentliving.com/
Mercer
County
Rehab Supply, Inc. 202
N.
Broad Street Grove
City, PA 16127
Tel.: (800) 258-4212 Mercercountyrehab.com
North
Coast Medical, Inc. 18305
Sutter Boulevard Morgan
Hill, CA 95037 Tel.:
(800)821-9319 Ncmedical.com
Facts
about assistive devices-what
they are, why use them who pays
for them and where to
find them.
Adaptive
Clothing American
Health Care Apparel
Ltd. 302
Town Center Boulevard Easton,
PA 18040 Tel.:
(800) 252-0584 Clothesforseniors.com Buck
&
Buck Adaptive Clothing 3111
27th Avenue South Seattle, WA
98144-6502 Tel.: (800) 458-0600 Buckandbuck.com/
Well Spouse Foundation 63 West Main
Street, Suite H Freehold, NJ 07728 Tel.: (800)
838-0879 Wellspouse.org
Well
Spouse Foundation gives
support to spouses
and partners of the
chronically ill and/or
disabled.
Well
Spouse maintains support groups,
publishes a bimonthly
newsletter, and
helps
organize letter writing programs to
help members deal with the
effects of isolation.
Family
Caregiver
Alliance
690 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel.: (415) 434-3388 Caregiver.org
This organization provides information,
education,
services, research and advocacy.
National
Family Caregivers
Association Tel.
(800) 896-3650 Nfcacares.org
National
alliance for Caregiviing 4720
Montgomery Lane,
Suite 642 Bethesda,
MD
20814 Caregiving.org The
alliance is a
coalition of national organizations focusing on issues
of family care giving. Members include grassroots
organizations, professional associations, service
organizations, disease specific organizations, a government agency
and corporations. They provide many down
loadable
brochures on care giving.
Hospicenet.org/
Offers resources for caregivers on finding
hospice care, arranging
time away from work and handling grief.
Care4elders.com/ Activity guide, management
publications, in-services, educational
newsletters, Alzheimer's disease training manuals and in-service educational
reports.
Haymon,Sandra
W.,My Turn: Caring
for Aging Parents and Other
Elderly Loved Ones,
Magnolia Productions, Inc, P.O. Box
13705, Tallahassee, Fl 32347-3705, 1-800-2653243. 1996. My
Turn
Mace,
Nancy L. and Rabins, Petger
V. The
36 Hour Day, Warner Books,
1999. The
36 Hour Day Markin,
R.E.Coping with Alzheimer's: The
Complete Care Manual for Patients and Their
Families, Citadel
Press, New York, 1998. Coping
With Alzheimers Morris,
Virginia,How To
Care For Aging Parents, Workman Publishing Company, New York,
2004. How
to Care for Aging Parents
Radin, Lisa,What If It's Not
Alzheimers: A Care-givers Guide to Dementia, Prometheus books, 2003. What
If It's Not Alzheimer's?
Shanks,
Lela Knox,Your Name
is Hughes Hannibal Shanks, University
of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
and London, 1996. Your
Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks
National
Association for Home Care 228 Seventh
Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003 Tel.: (202) 547-7424 Nahc.org The National
Association of Home Care represents
the interests and concerns of home
care agencies,
hospices and home care aide
organizations.
Information is provided on
how to choose home care.
Care Guide at Home Tel.: (888)
389-8839 Eldercare.com
The CareGuide Home
Provider
Network consists of
many types of
health care providers,
facilities and
services. They screen and
check credentials
of providers
with performance
evaluated
twice a year.
National
Family Caregiver Support Program Aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.asp Resources
for caregivers, respite, assistance in gaining
access to services and counseling.
Carepathways.com/nhg-state-survey-agency.cfm A list of state nuring home survey
agencies and
rankings. Information provided to find long term
care, home care, adult day care and other assistance
for caregivers and a service to bring together health
care professionals seeking jobs and employers or
families seeking staff.
Children
of Aging Parents 1609
Woodbourne
Road, Suite 302A Levittown,
PA
19057-1511 Tel:
(800)
227-7294 Caps4caregivers.org Children
of Aging Parents provides
information and referrals for nursing homes, retirement
communities, elder law
attorneys, adult day-care centers, respite-care, assisted living
centers, and
state and county agencies. Harris,
Phyllis,The
National
Directory of Adult Day Care
Centers,
Third Edition, Health
Resources Publishing, 2002. The
National Directory of Adult Day Care Centers The
directory
provides
information to evaluate and compare
more than 4000
programs nationwide Lieberman,
Trudy and the editors of
Consumer Reports,Complete
Guide to
Health Services for Seniors. New
York: Three Rivers Press, 2000. The
Complete Guide
National Adult Day Services Association
Tel.: (800) 558-5301 Information on adult day care programs. http://www.nadsa.org Information on adult day care programs.
Seniorsforliving.com
Information about the retirement communities,
assisted living, Alzheimer's care and home
care
options that might be best for you or your
loved one Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Health care Organizations (JCAHO) One
Renaissance
Boulevard Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Tel.: (630) 792-5000 Jcaho.org JAHO
provides
local contact
information and accreditation information
for nursing homes and other senior living facilities.
American Health Care Association Tel.:
(202)
842-4444 Ahcancal.org/Pages/Default.aspx This
is a federation of state
organizations representing
more than 10,000
assisted living, nursing facilities,
developmentally-disabled
and sub-acute care providers.
AHCA provides
information, education and administrative
tools to enhance
quality of life.
American Association of Homes and
Services
For the Aging 901 E Street, NW.,
Suite 500
Washington, DC
20004-2037
Tel. (202) 783-2242 Aahsa.org Provides
information about and
lobbies for the nation's
nonprofit residential care facilities and nursing homes.
Eldercare Locater 1112 16th
St., NW,
Suite 100
Washington, DC
20036
Tel (800) 677-1116 Eldercare.gov This service of
the National
Association of Area Agencies
on Aging provides
information about and
referrals to respite
care and community care agencies around the country.
National Center for Assisted Living 1201 L Street, NW
Washington, DC
20005
Tel. (202) 842-4444 Ncal.org NCALis
the
assisted living voice
of the American Health
Care Association, the nations largest
organization
representing long term care. The web site provides
guiding principles
of
assisted living facilities, consumer
information, resident and facility profiles, news and links.
Assisted Living Facilities
Association of America 9411 Lee Hwy.
Plaza
Suite J
Fairfax, VA 22031
Tel. (703) 691-8100 Alfa.org Provides
information about what to
look for in an assisted
living
facility.
They work to influence public policy by
advocating for
informed
choice,
quality care and accessibility
for all
Americans seeking
assistance
with
long-term care.
Assisted
Living Directory
Assisted Living Facilities Information and Senior Care AssistedLiving
Directory
National
Long Term Ombudsman Resource Center
1828 L Street, NW
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202 332-2275 Ltcombudsman.org
Learn about what ombudsmen do and how to
locate them.
National Citizen’s Coalition for
Nursing Home Reform 1828 L Street, NW
Suite 801
Washington, DC
20036
Tel. (202) 332-2275 Nccnhr.org The
NCCNHR advocates for
nursing
home quality and
reform by
informing and
empowering consumers,
promoting
ombudsman
programs, best
practices in care delivery,
public policy
responsive
to consumer needs and enforcement
for consumer
directed living
standards.
Medicare Rights Center Medicarerights.org 1460 Broadway,
17th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel.( 212) 869-3850 Independent
source of Medicare
information and assistance.
National
Academy of Elder
Law
Attorneys Tel.
(520) 881-4005 Naela.com Assists
those
who provide
specialized legal services to the elderly and
their caregivers. Points
caregivers to local elder law
attorneys.
Legal Services Corporation Tel. (202) 295-1500 Lsc.gov A
private nonprofit
organization
that helps low income
people
gain access
to legal
help for civil cases.
Seniorlaw.com
This is a web site where senior citizens, their families,
attorneys, social workers and financial planners can
access information about elder law, Medicare, Medicaid,
guardianship, estate planning, trusts and the rights of
the elderly and disabled.
Gordon,
Harley,How
to Protect Your Life Savings from
Catastrophic
Illness
and Nursing Homes, Financial
Planning
Institute, Inc., Boston, MA, 2001. How
To Protect Your Life Savings
Matthews,
Joseph,Long-Term
Care: How to Plan & Pay for It,
Nolo, 950 Parker Street,
Berkeley, CA,
94710, 2006 Long
Term Care
Geriatric
Case Management The
National Association of
Professional Geriatric
Care Managers 1604
North Country Club Road Tucson, AZ 85716
Tel.: (520) 881 8008 Caremanager.org
American
association for
Geriatric
Psychiatry 7910
Woodmont Ave. Suite
1050 Bethesda,
MD 20814-3004 Aagponline.org Tel.
(301)-654-7850 Resources
to help older people
with mental
disorders. Hospice Foundation of America 2001
s street, NW Suite 300 Washington,
DC 20009 Tel.
(800) 854 3402 Hospicefoundation.org Information
on end of life care.
Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) National
Institute on Aging Building
31, room 5C27 31
Center Drive, MSC 2292 Bethesda,
MD 20892 Tel.:
(301) 496-1752 Nia.nih.gov/alzheimers This
organization provides lots of fact sheets and the
latest information on research and treatment and help
for caregivers.
The Simon Foundation for Continence Box 835-F Wilmette, IL 60091 Tel.: (800) 237-4666 Simonfoundation.org The
Simon
Foundation for Continence helps
individuals with
incontinence, their families
and the health
professionals who provide their
care. They
provide books, pamphlets, tapes,
self-help groups and other
resources.
Books
about Alzheimer’s Disease and Other
Dementias Lokvig, Jytte,
Becker, John,Alzheimer's
A to Z: A Quick Reference
Guide, New
Harbinger Publications, CA, 2004. Alzheimer's
A to Z This
reference
guide covers topics ranging from Acceptance to
Validation and Communication to Respite, told with anecdotes,
humor and common sense. Resse, Pam Britton, The Source
for Alzheimer's & Dementia, LinguiSystems, Inc.,
2000. The
Source for Alzheimer's & Dementia Information
on
different types of
dementia: characteristics, assessment
and interventions with
emphasis
on communication skills, visual
reminders for social cues and daily living
skills. Shenk, David, The
Forgetting,
Anchor
books,
a
division of Random House, Inc.
New
York, 2001. The Forgetting Smith,
Patricia B., Kenan, Mary Mitchel and
Kunik, Mark Edwin,Alzheimer’s for
Dummies,
Wiley Publishing, Inc., New
Jersey,
2004. Alzheimers
for Dummies
Memoirs by family members
and Victims of Alzheimer's Disease Cohen,
Elizabeth,The House on
Beartown Road: A Memoir
of Learning and Forgetting, Random House, New York,
2003. The
House on Beartown Road Written by a
daughter of an Alzheimer's Disease Victim. DeBaggiio,
Thomasa, Losing
My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's,
Thorndike Press, Waterville, Maine, 2002. Losing
My Mind Written
by a victim of
Alzheimer's
Disease. Grant,
Linda, Remind Me Who I am
Again, Granta
Books, London , 1988 Remind
Me Who I Am Again Written
by a
daughter of an Alzheimer's Disease victim. Shanks,
Lela Knox,Your Name is
Hughes Hannibal Shanks,
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 1996. Your
Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks Written by the
wife of an Alzheimer's Disease victim.
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