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AARP (American Association
of Retired Persons)
www.aarp.org
The AARPs site covers the organizations advocacy positions on a variety of
elder topics including Social Security and Medicare. Helpful features
include: information on comparing Medigap insurance policies (detailed, but
out-of-date), and information on Medicare and the AARP Advocacy Center for
Medicare. The AARP offers its own Web letter service: free bi-weekly e-mail
subscriptions. To promote advocacy on national issues there is a directory,
with direct e-mail links, to every member of Congress. The site is
searchable.
ACTEC
www.actec.org
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is a professional
association consisting of approximately 2,700 lawyers from throughout the
United States. Members are invited to join based upon their professional
reputation and ability in the fields of trusts and estates. ACTEC's Web
site includes many items on its "What's New" page.
ARC of the United States
www.thearc.org
The national organization of and for people with mental retardation and
related disabilities and their families.
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ASAH - Association of
Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped
www.asah.org
A professional organization of private schools and agencies in New Jersey,
which provides highly-specialized services to more than 10,000 children and
adults with special needs.
Americans with
Disabilities Act
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
This U.S. Department of Justice site includes information and numerous
links relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act and enforcement. The
Departments technical assistance manuals are available on-line along with
information on new and pending regulations.
Exceptional Parent
Magazine
www.eparent.com
A magazine for parents of children with special needs.
Families USA
www.familiesusa.org
Families USA Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to
the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for
all Americans. Its site includes companion sites on Medicaid and managed
care with extensive materials from a wide range of similar organizations,
and both national and state-specific information. Families USA offers free
subscriptions to e-mail newsletters and policy alerts in four areas -
Medicaid, managed care, childrens health, and all health care issues. The
site is searchable. This is a valuable site for those involved in advocacy
at the legislative and regulatory arenas and for those with legal problems
with managed care or Medicaid.
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Federal Regulations
www.gpoaccess.gov./cfr/index.html
This Government Printing Office site offers an on-line, searchable and
current version of all federal regulations along with access to the Federal
Register, 1995 to date. This is one of many "gateway" sites that
provide access to the Government Printing Office publications.
Federal Register
www.gpoaccess.gov
This is the University of California "GPO [Government Printing Office]
gate," of which there are several. The gateway provides access to the
full-text databases made available by the GPO Access service of the
Government Printing Office, including in this case the Federal Register
from 1995 to the present, in a searchable database. Items are available in
summary and in "PDF" format and appear to be current daily.
HMOs4seniors.com
www.hmos4seniors.com
This site offers independent Medicare HMO cost comparisons combined with
the convenience of requesting plan information from the Medicare HMOs
available by area. HealthMetrix Research provides independent
decision-support information to a national audience of managed care
organizations, healthcare providers, purchasers, and consumers who are
positioned to influence changes in the healthcare industry.
The Hospice Patients
Alliance
www.hospicepatients.org
The Hospice Patients Alliance (HPA) is a private nonprofit charitable corporation
dedicated to serving the general public, hospice patients, their
families/caregivers, the bereaved and hospice staff. HPA promotes quality
hospice services whether a patient is enrolled in a licensed hospice or
not, whether residing at home or in a facility.
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Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)
www.irs.ustreas.gov
The IRS site is extremely large and includes a link to IRS forms and
publications that can be downloaded and printed using Adobe Acrobat. Quite
often the on-line forms are more up-to-date than the printed forms
available
Last Acts
www.lastacts.org
The Last Acts website is an on-line community dedicated to improving
end-of-life care through the sharing of ideas and solutions by professional
care givers, educators and consumers. The site includes a resource center,
updates on the campaign Task Force groups, news updates, reports on
palliative care, family needs, service providers, education and training.
Legal Issues Important to
Senior Citizens
seniors-site.com
Medicare Information
www.medicare.gov
This Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) site is dedicated to
Medicare. Features include directories of contacts for each state and
downloadable publications on Medicare, nursing home selection and advance
directives. The national nursing home database contains detailed survey and
certification data noting deficiencies and corrective action ordered by
state agencies. This data can be helpful in advising clients on nursing
home selection. There is similar comparative information on all Medicare
managed care organizations.
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Medicare Rights Center
www.medicarerights.org
The Medicare Rights Center, a national, not-for-profit organization located
in New York City, is exclusively devoted to ensuring that seniors and
people with disabilities on Medicare have access to quality, affordable
health care. The site offers direct assistance for Medicare beneficiaries
and on-line versions of 1997 brochures. More current brochures may be
purchased.
NAPSEC
www.napsec.org
National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children.
National Down Syndrome
Society
www.ndss.org
National Health Law
Project (NHeLP)
www.healthlaw.org
NHeLP is a national organization providing health care advocacy for
low-income people. It provides litigation support, training and consulting
services and detailed analysis of current and proposed legislation. Its
links page (www.healthlaw.org/links.html#states )
is quite thorough, with connections to Medicaid agencies in most states and
a wide variety of advocacy groups. NHeLP offers a free e-mail subscriptions
for publishing information on current issues.
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National Family Caregivers
Association
www.nfccares.org
The National Family Caregivers Association offers services in the areas of
information and education, support and validation, and public awareness and
advocacy, toward the goal of minimizing the disparity between a caregiver's
quality of life and that of mainstream Americans.
National Partnership For
Women & Families (NPWF)
www.nationalpartnership.org
National Partnership hosts a special section on caregiving which has
information on important federal laws that can help caregivers; helpful
articles on a range of caregiving issues, from how to prepare for the
possibility of caregiving to what to do when the job suddenly falls on your
shoulders; links to research on caregiving; and a resource section that
highlights other web sites. This helpful information can be found under
their main Work and Family area.
The New Jersey Center for
Outreach and Services for the Autism Community, Inc.
www.njcosac.org
A private, nonprofit corporation funded by the State of New Jersey whose
purpose is to assist families, individuals, and agencies concerned with the
welfare and education of children and adults with autism and pervasive
development disorders.
Nursing Home Ratings - New
Jersey
www.state.nj.us/health/seniors.htm
State of New Jersey
Services Index
www.state.nj.us/alphaserv.html
Alphabetical listing
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The Sharing Network
www.sharenj.org
This is a site which will give you valuable information regarding organ and
tissue donation services.
Social Security
Administration
www.ssa.gov
This is the official site of the Social Security Administration. In addition
to providing basic information, it contains many publications dealing with
Social Security in English and Spanish, the entire Social Security Act
(including Medicare and Medicaid), recent legislation, the Social Security
Handbook, links to federal regulations, and information on legal employment
with the Administration. Users can learn about applying for Social
Security, how benefits are calculated, and how to estimate benefit levels,
and can request a Personal Earnings and Benefit Statement.
Social Security Handbook
www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/ssa-hbk.htm
Offered by the Social Security Administration, this site offers electronic
and printed versions of the Social Security Handbook.
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