AARP: maintains the AARP Meeting Place, a support group
for the caregivers available throughout America on line, provides information about AARP and its
services.
Administration on Aging: Information designed for older
Americans and their families.
Adult Day Services :
Provides resources, information, support and public education for the Adult Day Services industry.
Alzheimer's Association:
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
American Cancer Society:
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
American Heart Association: Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do.
American Lung Association:The mission of the American Lung Association® is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
American Red Cross - NH Chapter:
The American Red Cross is a non-profit, community service organization dedicated to providing disaster relief and emergency aid to people living in central and northern New Hampshire. Disaster preparedness for Seniors.
Assisted Living Directory:Assisted Living Directory strives to make quality online advertising accessible and affordable for assisted living facilities of any size.
BenefitsCheckUp: Provides individuals with a
comprehensive list of federal and state programs for which they may qualify, including financial
assistance, educational opportunities, employment programs, health care, home energy assistance,
housing assistance, and volunteer opportunities.
Caring.Com: Created to help you care for your aging parents and other loved ones. Our mission is to give you the information and other resources you need to make better decisions, save time, and feel more supported.
Centers for Disease Control:To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
Department of Health & Human Services:Our mission is to join communities and families in providing for citizens to achieve health and independence.
Disability Resources: Has an extensive
database of disability-related resources and an online guide to disability resources on the
internet.
Eldercare Locator: The Eldercare Locator is the first step to finding resources for older adults in any U.S. community.
fiftypluscaregivers: This New England-based site provides caregiving programs, services, information, education and links to help family caregivers assist elderly loved ones. It also offers pertinent late breaking news.
Foundation Fighting Blindness:
The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. (FFB) is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
Granite State Employment Project Newsletter
Granite State Independent Living: A New Hampshire based
advocacy group providing information to individuals and families.
Greater Salem Caregivers: Dedicated to helping
homebound and elderly maintain independence by providing transportation, home visits, friendly phone
calls, service referrals and minor household assistance through a large network of volunteers.
The office is open Monday through Friday 9AM to 3PM. Call (603) 898-2850 or email salemcare.
Home Health Foundation: Provides Hospice, Home Health VNA, and Home Care services to the southern regions of New Hampshire. Home Health Foundation is the second largest home health agency in New England.
Home Health & Hospice Care : A non-profit Visiting Nurse Association serving patients of all ages and all circumstances in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.
Housing Resources: Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities,
Corporation for Supportive Housing, National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, National Low Income Housing Coalition,
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Language Line: Interpreter services in over 170 languages.
Medicare Information: Information about Medicare for
consumers or providers.
National Family Caregivers Association:
The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders:
The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestion & Kidney Diseases:The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields as well as many basic science disciplines.
National Parkinson's Foundation, Inc.:The Mission of the National Parkinson Foundation is:
- To find the cause of and the cure for Parkinson disease through research.
- To improve the quality of life for persons with Parkinson and their caregivers.
- To educate persons with Parkinson, their caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the general public about Parkinson disease and its treatment.
National Senior Citizens Law Center: Covers the legal
issues that "affect the security and welfare of older persons of limited income."
New Freedom Initiative's Online Resource
Center for American's with Disabilities: Online resources for Americans with disabilities.
New Hampshire Association of Senior Centers :
The New Hampshire Association of Senior Centers is a statewide, professional, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the multipurpose nature of senior centers and professional development of senior center management.
New Hampshire Hospital Association:
The Association's mission is to enhance the clinical and economic performance of hospitals, improve public confidence in hospitals, and expand access to coverage and care for the citizens of New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Housing Authority: Operating a broad range
of programs designed to assist low and moderate income persons and families in obtaining decent,
safe and affordable housing.
New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA): A non-profit law firm offering legal services in civil matters to seniors and eligible low-income persons. NHLA provides high quality legal services to vulnerable low-income people, ranging from simple legal information and advice to vigorous and thorough representation in all of New Hampshire's courts and before many of the local, state and federal agencies which play large roles in the lives of low-income people. In providing legal services to the poor, NHLA helps balance the scales of justice for all citizens.
Northern New England Chapter of Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Geherigs Disease (ALS) Association:
Mission: To lead the fight to cure and treat ALS through global, cutting-edge research, and to empower people with Lou Gehrig’s Disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.
Location: Winooski, VT; Telephone: 1-866-257-6663
Public Health Image Library (PHIL): Center for Disease Control's Public Health Image Library. The PHIL is an extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health. Its images and streaming media are freely available to the public for research, teaching, or publication.
SeniorLaw Home Page: Helps older persons, families, attorneys and financial planners to access information about "elder law", Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trust and the rights of the elderly and disabled.
Senior Net: Has book clubs, learning centers, medication questions-and-answers, and a forum on "successful aging".
Social Security Administration:
The Social Security Administration's mission is to advance the economic security of the nation’s people through compassionate and vigilant leadership in shaping and managing America's Social Security programs.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With more than 130 crisis centers across the country, our mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential.
Women With Disabilities: To help women overcome
social, financial, physical, or other kinds of barriers to health care services and information.
Provides a wealth of information in one place for women with disabilities, caretakers, health care
professionals and researchers.