Online resource that provides information on low-cost and affordable health insurance, health care, and hospice. It is a free service from the Actors' Fund of America's Health Insurance Resource Center.

An online service of the National Institutes of Health with current information about federally and privately supported clinical trials in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. The website offers information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to care for themselves, or for a seriously ill family member, or for a new child without losing their jobs or health care insurance. Some states have additional benefits, such as paid family leave.

Provides online directory of nonprofit legal services providers throughout the country.

Nonprofit organization that provides direct assistance to people with questions or concerns about Medicare. Information is provided about Medicare drug coverage, health plan options, and rights and benefits. Assistance is available online or by a telephone hotline.

Provides assistance in obtaining veterans' benefits and answers questions regarding rules and regulations concerning veterans. Wesbite provides directory of Veteran Service Officers across the country.

A non-profit organization that provides online information to those who cannot afford medicine or healthcare costs. Website provides information about prescription assistance programs for specific medications and diseases, as well as government programs.

A monthly cash benefit from the federal government for people who are unable to work for a year or more because of a disability.

Provides primary care, specialized care, and related minor medical and social support services to U.S. veterans, service members and their families. VA benefits and services include:
- Compensation
- Pension
- Health Care
- Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
- Education and Training
- Home Loans
- Life Insurance
- Dependents and Survivors
- Burial

Online resource that provides information on low-cost and affordable health insurance, health care, and hospice. It is a free service from the Actors' Fund of America's Health Insurance Resource Center.

Provides information and planning tips about long-term care and caregiving. Its website includes a Find Facilities and Services search tool to help consumers find long-term care housing, caregiver support, hospice and palliative care programs and other aging services. Offers a Caregiver Kit to help caregivers.

Online Respite Locator is a service to help families and professionals locate respite services in their community from a database of nearly 3,000 members.

Provides support services for anyone affected by cancer including limited financial assistance grants for:
- Transportation
- Child care
- Home care

A program that offers cash back on goods and products that are not typically covered by insurance or Medicare. Products eligible for cash back include nutrition, incontinence supplies, bathing and skin care, and aids for daily living.

A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization that offers free resources and information (online and over the phone) about end-of-life care and services. Includes information about:
- Advance care planning
- Financial assistance
- Hospice care and grief

An online support group for adults caring for their parents or other relatives. Also provides a list of in-person support groups in different states.

Assists children and adults with disabilities and their families by providing adult day services, including medical and social services.

This organization offers educational programs, connective social activities, emotional support, and inter-generational programming designed to help you navigate through your community's continuum of care. Designed to ensure families have access to new, supportive settings created for the purpose of educating, empowering and energizing.

Offers a national telephone hotline, online resources and printed publications which serve as a central source of information and assistance to family caregivers in every state.

Offers a handbook to empower caregivers, concerned friends and neighbors with steps to create and maintain a caregiving family to support the ill, disabled or aging and their family caregiver. Scripted first meeting, 23 forms. Telephone and email support.

Provides older adults and their family members with practical information, advice and legal tools to ensure wishes at end-of-life will be respected, including the Five Wishes Living Will document.

A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization that offers free resources and information (online and over the phone) about end-of-life care and services. Includes information about:
- Advance care planning
- Financial assistance
- Hospice care and grief

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to care for themselves, or for a seriously ill family member, or for a new child without losing their jobs or health care insurance. Some states have additional benefits, such as paid family leave.

LSC, also called Legal Aid, is a government resource that provides legal assistance to low income Americans. The LSC provides an online listing of member organizations that provide free legal assistance to eligible clients.

Provides an online directory of its members to locate attorneys that deal with legal issues affecting elderly and disabled adults, including
- Public benefits
- Probate and estate planning
- Guardianship and conservatorship
- Health and long-term care planning

Offers an online State Resource Directory for Elder Abuse Prevention which includes helplines and hotlines to report suspected elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Also includes state laws and regulations that protect older adults.

A non-profit organization that provides online information to those who cannot afford medicine or healthcare costs. Website provides information about prescription assistance programs for specific medications and diseases, as well as government programs.

Provides mediation between patients and their employers and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis relating to the patient's condition.

Provides information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment, including how to find and purchase it. Also offers an online forum for consumers, caregivers and others to submit and read reviews of products and classified ads of equipment for sale.

Provides reliable information, care consultation and supportive services for dementia caregivers through state and local chapters. The website also includes an interactive tool, CareFinder, which helps families to:
- Recognize dementia care
- Plan and pay for care
- Communicate with care providers
- Find local support and resources

An online directory of AJFCS member agencies throughout the country. Services include:
- Care management
- Chore services
- Adult day services
- Kosher meals on wheels
- Respite care

Provides social services to individuals in need, including family support, respite care and home care services.

Assists children and adults with disabilities and their families by providing adult day services, including medical and social services.

This organization offers educational programs, connective social activities, emotional support, and inter-generational programming designed to help you navigate through your community's continuum of care. Designed to ensure families have access to new, supportive settings created for the purpose of educating, empowering and energizing.

Offers online directory of local meal programs across the country for adults who are elderly, homebound, disabled, frail, or at risk.

Online Agency Locator helps consumers to find and choose a home care provider in their state and local area to match their specific needs. Database consists of NAHC members, more than 20,000 home care and hospice agencies.

Provides information about end-of-life care. Its online Find a Provider search allows the user to search for member hospice and palliative care programs for individuals who have
advanced illness or have been considered terminally ill by a physician.

The National Volunteer Caregiving Network (NVCN) provides technical assistance, educational webinars, national conferences, information and referral, and mentorship, among other benefits for member organizations. Membership is open to any organization or individual who can realize benefits. Interfaith volunteer caregiving is based on the belief that people of ALL faiths include a tenet to help their neighbors by putting their faith into action.

Provides assistance to frail older persons and adults with disabilities so they can live independently in their own homes or communities. Volunteers offer:
- Respite for caregivers
- Companionship to care recipients
- Help with various tasks and chores

Over 1,350 programs operating throughout the country to promote increased access to health care for disease prevention and treatment, and medical rehabilitations for people with disabilities. Services focus on under- and uninsured populations.

Online resource reports on the latest scientific findings, creates and maintains public databases of research data, and produces discussion forums.

Conducts clinical trials on promising medications designed to improve cognitive functioning, decrease behavioral disturbances, slow the rate of decline, or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Provides services, care, and resources to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families, through AFA member organizations.

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Provides a national call center, publications and community programs and services for cancer patients and their caregivers.

Provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public.

Provides advocacy, information about prevention, and health education concerning Kidney disease. Also, offers limited financial assistance for the following programs:
- Health Insurance Premium Program
- Medicare Part D
- Safety Net

Supports research, provides patient and caregiver support and coordinates 65 chapters and 57 information and referral centers.

A division of the American Heart Association, provides information and referrals to stroke survivors and their caregivers through the Stroke Family Warmline.

Promotes and funds research, and provides information, education and support to people with FTD and their caregivers.

Serves as a clearinghouse of scientific and medical information about brain injuries. Also provides information and consultations for additional resources.

A program of the National Cancer Institute, CIS provides personalized, confidential responses to specific questions about cancer. Information specialists are available by telephone and online.

Provides support services for anyone affected by cancer including limited financial assistance grants for:
- Transportation
- Child care
- Home care

Offers more than a dozen online support groups and resources about brain tumors and related conditions.

Provides support, information and educational services to Huntington's disease families through a network of volunteer-based chapters and affiliates.

Offers services and resources to patients, their families and professionals including personal support and educational materials about hydrocephalus.

Provides scientific, clinical, and caregiver information on Lewy Body Dementia and offers phone and email helplines for caregivers.

Provides information and support for brain tumor patients, family members, and healthcare professionals regarding treatment options and community resources. It also offers a range of opportunities to connect with other patients or caregivers through the Internet, by phone or in-person.

An information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the clearinghouse responds to inquiries about diabetes, provides referrals to health professionals, and offers publications about diabetes.

Promotes research, provides education about the disease, and organizes a wide range of programs for people newly diagnosed with MS or those living with the disease over time.

Serves as an on-line educational and support community for persons in pain and their families. Also offers an online database of pain care providers that is searchable by name, specialty, location, pain condition, and/or treatment options.

Provides a toll-free line and an online resource center to answer questions regarding Parkinson's disease.

Online guide for selecting an assisted living facility, retirement community, or other personal care facility.

Online resource provides consumers with information, industry updates, research, and links to other assisted living resources as well as a message board to submit questions and concerns for personalized assistance.

Offers an online Homes and Services Directory which includes:
- Adult day services
- Home health care
- Senior housing
- Assisted living facilities
- Continuing care retirement communities
- Nursing homes

This division of the American Health Care Association, a private company, offers an online resource that provides consumers with information on nursing homes, assisted living/residential care and other types of long term care.

An online resource that defines the role of a long-term care ombudsman and how he/she can help families of nursing home residents. It also includes a state-by-state directory of long-term care ombudsmen.

Provides a searchable database of over 5,000 nonprofit senior housing, assisted living facilities and retirement communities by state and county. Housing options and levels of care are described.

Information and support for caregivers as they care for aging parents, spouses, and other loved ones 50+. They provide articles, helpful tools, a comprehensive local directory of caregiving services, and the collective wisdom of an involved community. Caring.com's content includes advice from a team of more than 50 trusted leaders in geriatric medicine, law, finance, housing, and other key areas of healthcare and eldercare.

Links older adults and their family members to state and local area agencies on aging (AAAs) and community-based organizations that help older adults remain at home and in the community. AAAs offer:
- Information and Assistance
- Care Management
- Nutrition Services (i.e., Meals on Wheels)
- Legal Assistance
- Services for family caregivers through the Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP)

Online resource developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides information on services and financing options for future long-term care needs.

Information and support for caregivers as they care for aging parents, spouses, and other loved ones 50+. They provide articles, helpful tools, a comprehensive local directory of caregiving services, and the collective wisdom of an involved community. Caring.com's content includes advice from a team of more than 50 trusted leaders in geriatric medicine, law, finance, housing, and other key areas of healthcare and eldercare.

This organization offers educational programs, connective social activities, emotional support, and inter-generational programming designed to help you navigate through your community's continuum of care. Designed to ensure families have access to new, supportive settings created for the purpose of educating, empowering and energizing.

The National Volunteer Caregiving Network (NVCN) provides technical assistance, educational webinars, national conferences, information and referral, and mentorship, among other benefits for member organizations. Membership is open to any organization or individual who can realize benefits. Interfaith volunteer caregiving is based on the belief that people of ALL faiths include a tenet to help their neighbors by putting their faith into action.