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Helpful Resources

The Internet is a great source of information to use in managing your healthcare or the healthcare of a loved one. It is also a good way to locate the support resources you need as a patient or caregiver. Below is a list of links we hope will help you find the information and support you need. When in need of outside help, a local information/referral service, such as the Human Services Section of your local telephone directory, can be very useful. Even if they don't have the specific information you're looking for they should be able to direct you to the right place. Please give us a call if we can be of assistance to you.

Caregiver-Specific Web Sites

There are a variety of Web sites that offer information and support for family caregivers, in addition to those from specific organizations.

Understand, Prevent & Resolve Life's Challenges - Helpguide.org
http://www.helpguide.org/elder/caring_for_caregivers.htm

Senior Linkage Line
http://www.mnaging.org/advisor/SLL.htm

Linking Seniors to Services
http://www.eldercircle.org/elder_circle_rsvp.htm

Disease-Specific Websites

Sleep/Breathing Disorders:
http://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.html

Asthma:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2058817&content_id={531795E9-AEA5-4917-A81C-E133E52E6E8A}¬oc=1

COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2058829&content_id={12C9AADB-157F-4ABB-A4C4-FC694FBE0323}¬oc=1

Congestive Heart Failure:
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1486

Diabetes:
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Breast Cancer:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/LRN/LRN_0.asp?dt=5

Strokes:
http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037

Healthcare Resource Sites:

AAHomecare - http://www.aahomecare.org
Acupuncture - http://www.acupunturealt.com
Administration on Aging - http://www.aoa.gov
Aging Parents - http://www.aging-parents-and-elder-care.com
Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics - http://www.aanma.org
ALS Association of America (ALSA) - http://www.alsa.org
American Association for Respiratory Care - http://www.AARC.org
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists — http://www.aace.com
American Association of Diabetes Educators — http://www.diabeteseducator.org
American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - http://www.acaai.org
American Diabetes Association — http://www.diabetes.org
American Dietetic Association — http://www.eatright.org
American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org
American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org
American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org
American Sleep Apnea Association - http://www.sleepapnea.org
American Healthcare Association - http://www.ahca.org
Arthritis Foundation - http://www.arthritis.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - http://www.aafa.org
Brain Injury Association of America - http://www.biausa.org
Center for Neurologic Study - http://www.cnsonline.org
Diabetes Care Coalition — http://www.knowyourA1C.org
Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center - http://www.cpmc.org
Herbals — http://www.pdrhealth.com/drugs/altmed/altmed-a-z.aspx
IHS - http://www.ihs.org
Les Turner ALS Foundation - http://www.lesturnerals.org
March of Dimes - http://www.marchofdimes.com
Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.org
Medicare - http://www.medicare.gov
Medline Plus® - http://www.medlineplus.gov
Muscular Dystrophy Association - http://www.mdausa.org
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program -
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine — http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture
National Diabetes Education Program — http://www.ndep.nih.gov
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) - http://www.nfcacares.org
National Home Oxygen Patient's Association: - http://www.homeoxygen.org
National Jewish Medical and Research Center — Pulmonary Disease - http://www.njc.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - http://www.nationalmssociety.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation — http://www.nof.org
The Pulmonary Paper - http://www.pulmonarypaper.org/
Rehabilitation - http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org
Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.gov
Spina Bifida - http://www.sbaa.org
United Ostomy Association - http://www.uoa.org
United States COPD Coalition - http://www.uscopd.com
United Way - http://national.unitedway.org
Visiting Nurses Association - http://www.vnaa.org
WebMD - http://webmd.com
YMCA/YWCA - http://www.ymca.net — http://www.ywca.org