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America for Seniors
U.S. government web site for older adults.
www.seniors.gov
Alliance
for Retired Americans
National organization launched in January
2001 by a national coalition of AFL-CIO
affiliated unions and community-based organizations.
www.retiredamericans.org
Alzheimer's
Association
Chicago-based volunteer group providing
caregiver resources, chapter locations,
and treatment and research information.
www.alz.org
American
Association of Homes and Services for the
Aging
Association representing represents 5,600
mission-driven, not-for-profit nursing homes,
continuing care retirement communities,
assisted living and senior housing facilities,
and community service organizations.
http://www.aahsa.org
American
Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Nonprofit association dedicated to shaping
and enriching the experience of aging for
all its members and for all Americans.
www.aarp.org
American
Society on Aging
National network of professionals in the
field of aging.
www.asaging.org
Association
for Gerontology Education in Social Work,
AGE-SW
Provides leadership and assistance to social
work educational programs and professionals
in order to advocate for the integration
of gerontological content in undergraduate
and graduate social work education.
www.agesw.org
Association
for Gerontology in Higher Education
National membership organization devoted
primarily to gerontological and geriatrics
education.
www.aghe.org
Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
A federal agency within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the
Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national
health care programs that benefit about
75 million Americans.
www.cms.hhs.gov
CyberSeniors.org
An organization dedicated to connecting
older adults to the world at their fingertips.
Teaches older adults how to use computers
and access the Internet through hands-on
curriculum specifically to meet the physical
needs and learning capabilities of older
students.
http://cyberseniors.org/index.shtml
Elderhostel
The nation's first and the world's largest
educational and travel organization for
adults 55 and over.
www.elderhostel.org
Family Caregiver Alliance
This national organization provides resources to help those who care for disabled or frail elders. Includes information on managing Alzheimer's disease, tax issues, work and eldercare, an online support group, and much more.
www.caregiver.org
Gerontological
Society of America
Established in 1945 to promote the scientific
study of aging, to encourage exchanges among
researchers and practitioners from various
disciplines related to gerontology, and
to foster the use of gerontological research
in forming public policy.
www.geron.org
Generations
United
The only national membership organization
focused solely on promoting intergenerational
strategies, programs, and public policies.
www.gu.org
Medicare
Rights Center
Not-for-profit organization dedicated to
ensuring that older adults and people with
disabilities get good, affordable health
care. Offers Medicare information for consumers
and professionals.
www.medicarerights.org
National
Aging Information Center
This service of the U.S. Administration
on Aging offers searchable databases on
AoA supported materials and reports, publications,
a calendar of events, statistical resources
on the aging, GAO reports related to aging
issues, and weblinks.
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic
National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging (NAAAA)
The umbrella organization for the 655 area
agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230
Title VI Native American aging programs
in the U.S. Advocates on behalf of the local
aging agencies to ensure that needed resources
and support services are available to older
Americans.
www.n4a.org
National
Association of Professional Geriatric Care
Practitioners (NAPGCM)
Non-profit, professional organization of
practitioners whose purpose is the development,
advancement, and promotion of humane and
dignified social, psychological, and health
care for the elderly and their families
through counseling, treatment, and the delivery
of concrete services by qualified, certified
providers.
www.caremanager.org
National
Association of Social Workers - Section
on Aging
A special membership section of the National
Association of Social Workers that advocates
for public policies that affect the well-being
of older people, their families, and their
communities; develops collaborations with
consumers and organizations in the field
of aging; encourages research to advance
knowledge and enhance practice in aging
increases awareness of issues on aging;
and promotes education and training.
www.naswdc.org/aging.asp
National
Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
National organization working to improve
the quality of life for elderly African
Americans and low income minorities.
www.ncba-aged.org
National
Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Provides information and leadership on federal
and state regulatory and legislative policy
development and models and strategies to
improve care and life for residents of nursing
homes and other long term care facilities.
www.nccnhr.org
National
Council on the Aging
The nation's first association of organizations
and professionals dedicated to promoting
the dignity, self-determination, well being,
and contributions of older persons.
www.ncoa.org
National
Hispanic Council on Aging
National membership-based organization dedicated
to improving the quality of life for Latino
elderly, families, and communities through
advocacy, capacity and institution building,
development of educational materials, technical
assistance, demonstration projects, policy
analysis and research.
www.nhcoa.org
National
Indian Council on Aging (NICOA)
The nation's nonprofit advocate for the
nation's (est.) 296,000 American Indian
and Alaska Native elders. Strives to better
the lives of the nation's indigenous seniors
through advocacy, employment training, dissemination
of information, and data support.
www.nicoa.org
National
Institute on Aging
The Federal Government's principal agency
for conducting and supporting biomedical,
social, and behavioral research on the aging
process and the diseases and special problems
of older people.
www.nia.nih.gov
Older
Women's League
The only national grassroots membership
organization to focus solely on issues unique
to women as they age, OWL strives to improve
the status and quality of life of midlife
and older women. OWL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization that accomplishes its work
through research, education, and advocacy
activities conducted through a chapter network.
www.owl-national.org
U.S.
Administration on Aging
Federal agency providing home and community-based
services to millions of the nation's vulnerable
and hard-to-reach older persons through
the programs funded under the Older Americans
Act.
www.aoa.gov
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