........when you've outgrown the kid stuff

       

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 Internal Medicine/Geriatrics                               

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 American Geriatrics Society Fellow

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Comprehensive Geriatrics Assessment and
Care Management

 

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Family Caregiver Alliance

(See 2006 Policy Statement)

www.caregiver.org

1-800-445-8107

 

Administration on Aging (AoA)

Department of Health and Human Services

Resource Directory for Older People

www.aoa.gov

/eldfam/How_To_Find/ResourceDirectory/resource_directory

.asp

1 -202-619-0724

Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116

 

 

 

National Alliance for Caregiving

www.caregiving.org

1-301-718-8444

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

www.n4a.org

1-202-872-0888

Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116

 

 

 

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, Inc.

www.caremanager.org

1-520-881-8808

 

National Family Caregivers Association

www.nfcacares.org

1-800-896-3650

 

 

A Place for Mom

www.aplaceformom.com

1-877-MOM-DAD9

1877-666-3239

 

Dutiful Daughters (and Sainted Sons)

www.dutifuldaughters.com

1-770-552-1504

 

 

SeniorBridge

www.seniorbridge.net

1-866-506-1212

 

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

www.aarp.org/health

(search "Caregiver Support")

1-888-OUR-AARP

1-888-687-2277

 

 

 

Alzheimer's Association

www.alz.org

1-800-272-3900

American Cancer Society

www.cancer.org

1-800-ACS-2345

1-800-772-2345

 

 

 

American Diabetes Association

www.diabetes.org

1-800-DIABETES

1-800-342-2383

 

American Geriatrics Association (AGS)

www.americangeriatrics.org

1-212-308-1414

 

 

American Heart Association

www.americanheart.org

1-800-AHA-USA1

1-800-242-8721

American Lung Association

www.lungusa.org

1-800-LUNGUSA

1-800-586-4872

 

 

 

American Medical Association (AMA)

www.ama-assn.org

1800-621-8335

American Medical Association: Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers 2005

1-312-464-4179

 

American Stroke Association

www.strokeassociation.org

1-888-4STROKE

1-888-474-7653

 

 

The Arthritis Foundation

www.arthritis.org

1-800-568-4045

The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation

www.memoryfoundation.org

1-888-OKLEEZA

1-888-655-3392

 

 

 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

www.nmss.org

1-800-FIGHTMS

1-800-344-4867

 

National Osteoporosis Foundation

www.nor.org

1-202-223-2226

 

 

National Stroke Association

www.stroke.org

1-800-787-6537

Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc.

www.pdf.org

Parkinson's Information Service (PINS)

1-800-457-6676

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive Geriatrics Assessment and
Care Management

 

  • Block, Joel D., Susan Crain Bakos, Sex Over 50.  Paramus, New Jersey: Reward Books, 1999.

  • Cade, Eleanor. Taking Care of Parents Who Didn't Take Care of You: Making Peace With Aging Parents. Century City, MN: Hazeldon Publishing and Educational Services, 2000.                                                             

  • Capossela, Cappy and Warnock, Sheila, Share the Care: How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who is Seriously Ill, FIRESIDE, NYC (2004)

  • Evans, Jimmy. Marriage on the Rock, God's Design for your Dream Marriage. 1994 Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Corporation, 2005.

  • Gibran, Kahlil.  The Prophet. 1923 New York, NY: Alfred Knopf, Inc., 2001.

  • Greeson, Janice.  It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1990. (out of print, used copies available).

  • Jeffress, Robert M. When Forgiveness Doesn't Make Sense. Colorado Springs, CO: Water Brook Press, 2005 (out of print, used copies available).

  • Jones, Laurie Beth.  Jesus in Blue Jeans, A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality. New York, NY: Hyperion, 1997.

  • Kuba, Cheryl, Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents: What Care Receivers Want, Routledge,  NYC ( 2000)

     

  • McGraw, Phillip M. The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2005.

  • Miller, Alice.  The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self.  New York, NY: Basic Books, 1997.

  • Normandi, Carol Emery and Laurelee Roark.  It's Not About Food: Change Your Mind, Change Your Life, End Your Obsession With Food and Weight.  New York, NY: Perigree Books, 1998.

  • Siegel, Bernie.  Love, Medicine & Miracles, Lessons Learned About Self healing From A Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients. 1986 New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1997.

  • Truman, Karol K. Feelings Buried Alive Never Die. 1991 Phoenix, AZ: Olympus Distributing, 2003.

 

 

 

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