| The aging of America has led to a booming
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| | include Assisted Living; Food and
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| industry providing for the care of our
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| | Nutrition; Legal Issues; Equipment and
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| seniors. It has also led to difficulties
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| | Personal Health Supplies; Financial
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| with Medicare and dire threats of the
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| | Issues; and several others. For each of
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| collapse of Social Security. What is
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| | these categories the site provides a dozen
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| important however is that the medical
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| | or more major web sites as references. A
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| establishment has responded in a variety
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| | few are commercial; more of them, however,
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| of ways to support the special needs of
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| | appear to be sites put up by professional
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| people in their final years.
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| | associations in the industry or
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| The omnibus site provided by the
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| | non-profits that give unbiased
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| Department of Health and Human Services is
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| | recommendations on resources.
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| This site provides a thorough selection
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| | There is a National Long Term Care
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| of choices for locating eldercare services
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| | Ombudsman Resource Center (ORC)
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| in your community. The site is
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| | established and supported by the Federal
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| multilingual and provides both online
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| | Government. This organization is an
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| support and phone numbers that can be
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| | excellent starting point for localized
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| utilized.
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| | resources. You can click on a map on their
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| A sponsored site with good information can
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| | web site and select a state where you'll
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| be found at It is sponsored by QuietCare,
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| | find listings for such offices as the
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| a security warning device for seniors
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| | State and Regional Ombudsmen, Office of
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| living at home. Nevertheless, the site has
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| | Licensure (where you can check on Long
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| a good collection of "how to" articles for
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| | Term Care facilities); Medicaid Fraud
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| both seniors and those family members who
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| | Control; and so forth. The site is located
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| feel charged with guiding them through the
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| | at:
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| lifestyle changes leading to eldercare.
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| | Ancillary issues facing our senior
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| An extremely well organized site that
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| | population today is what sort of long term
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| provides the same guidance and a library
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| | care insurance is best for them, and the
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| of other online resources is at This site
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| | question of whether or not they should
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| takes the caregiver from first steps right
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| | pursue home equity conversion, a "reverse
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| through facility selection and legal
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| | mortgage," to finance their final years.
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| issues. Perhaps the most valuable portion
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| | There are increasing numbers of online
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| of the site is a list of related online
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| | resources relating to both these areas.
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| sites, broken out by category. Divisions
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