Episcopal Spiritual Support

Episcopal church finder

http://www.ecdplus.org/parish/
National Episcopal Church parish finder. Useful for finding parishes outside the diocese of Milwaukee. Can be searched by parish name, city, or zip code. Will not find the closest local parish to areas which do not have a parish located within their geographical boundaries. Cannot be used to locate specific clergy.

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

http://www.diomil.org/
To find parishes or clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, click on church Finder or Clergy in the left hand side bar headed Welcome.

Episcopal dioceses

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/directory_59281_ENG_HTM.htm
National Episcopal Church directory of dioceses. Includes links to parishes that are online. Each diocesan website is different, but most can be used to locate parishes, and often specific clergy.

Financial Resources

Financial literacy

www.financialliteracy.org
Website prepared by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Sections onretirement and estate planning and on sandwich generation are particularly relevant to aging. Contains practical advice for the aging and their caregivers. Some of the “calculators” on life expectancy, the need for long term care insurance, etc. are overly simplistic, but the site overall is useful and valuable.

Medical Resources

Gerontology

American Society on Aging

http://www.asaging.org/index.cfm
Official website of the American Society on Aging. Offers an enormous range of useful links and online access to the newsletter Aging Today.

Trinity University Website on Aging.

http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/geron.html
Comprehensive webpage prepared by Prof. Michael Kearl of the Sociology and Anthropology department at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.  Includes wide variety of information on all aspects of aging as well as numerous links to other sites.

Hospice

Hospice Directory

http://www.nhpco.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization site directory of members. Available through “Find a Provider” on the left sidebar. Primary searches are by name or city. To search for county/regional hospice services search by Area Served under Additional Organization Searches.

Hospice in Wisconsin.

http://www.wisconsinhospice.org/whatishospice.html
Organizational website with much useful information. Includes information on advance directives and an end-of-life toolkit. Directory list of hospices is by city, not by county/region.

National Hospice Directory

http://www.hospicedirectory.org/
Information about hospice care and listing of hospice facilities prepared by a subsidiary organization of the Hospice Foundation of America. Can search for hospice listing by state. county, city or zip code. Zip code listing may not call up all hospices in area, and may include irrelevant listings. Also includes U.S. and Canada listings of state/province hospice associations.

Wisconsin hospice list

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/provider/hospices.htm
State listing of hospice care providers, including statistical information. Arranged by county. As of 2/2008, is 2005 edition.

Injury Prevention.

Safe Aging – Injury Prevention

http://www.safeaging.org/
The National Resource Center for Safe Aging is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention and Division of Violence Prevention. Its website includes links to general and regional web resources and a best practices section. Its section on Falls includes General Facts and Information – Falls, Activity and Exercise, Balance and Mobility, Home Repair and Modifications and Physical Limitations.

Medical Information

Badgerlink

http://www.badgerlink.net/
State-provided free access link to magazines and journals in all areas. To search for medical information click on Health and Medical under Resources by Type. Must access from a Wisconsin Internet address.

Healthfinder

http://healthfinder.gov/
Federal government site providing access to “reliable health information, sponsored by the Office of Disease Promotion and Health Promotion” of the Department of Health and Human Services. Includes information on prevention and wellness and consumer guides to finding a provider and finding a facility. These lists are arranged alphabetically by type of provider or facility.

Merck Manuals

http://www.merck.com/pubs/
Provides free online access to the highly-regarded Merck manuals. Titles available include the excellent and highly recommended Merck Manual – Home Edition; the Merck Manual of Health and Aging; the Merck Manual of Geriatrics; the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.

MedlinePlus

http://medlineplus.gov/
Superb Federal government website of information for the public on a wide range of topics. MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

National Institutes of Aging

http://www.nia.nih.gov/
Federal government National Institutes of Aging website. NIA is the part of the National Institutes of Health dealing with aging research. Contains  information on clinical trials Government Resources Organizations Senior and Caregiver Resources.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/
Homepage/registration site for PubMed, the government’s public-oriented medical database. Provides public access to medical journals, reports, databases, etc. Useful for finding detailed professional medical information.

Senior health topics

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/listoftopics.html
Excellent souce of information on a wide variety of health topics for seniors. Topics include Alzheimer’s Disease, Arthritis, Balance Problems, Breast Cancer, Caring for Someone With Alzheimers, Cataract, Colorectal Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy, Dry Mouth, Exercise for Older Adults, Falls and Older Adults, Glaucoma, Hearing Loss, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Low Vision, Lung Cancer, Macular Degeneration, Osteoporosis, Paget’s Disease of Bone, Participating in Clinical Trials, Problems with Smell, Problems with Taste, Prostate Cancer, Shingles, Skin Cancer, Sleep and Aging, Stroke, Taking Medicines, and Talking with Your Doctor. Developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National
Library of Medicine.

Organizations

AARP

www.aarp.org
Contains many excellent articles and includes a special session for professionals in the field of aging. AARP has many commercial tie-ins, and unfortunately this site is often marred by excessive commercialism and advertisements.

Alzheimer’s Association

http://www.alz.org/index.asp
National Alzheimer’s Association website containing information on the disease and its progress. Includes much useful material on Alzheimer’s, living with Alzheimer’s, and how the Alzheimer’s Association can help. Also has fact sheet type information on Alzheimer’s Disease, on behavioral changes, on “if you have Alzheimer’s, and on various types of care available.

Alzheimer’s Association – South Central WI

http://www.alz.org/scwisc/
Alzheimer’s Association branch serving Southern Wisconsin from Madison west to the Mississippi River, except for Crawford County which is served by the Greater Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association (http://www.alz.org/gwwi/).

Alzheimer’s Association – Southeastern Wisconsin

http://www.alz.org/sewi/
Information about services for people with Alzheimer’s Disease, support groups, education programs, etc. in southeast Wisconsin. Serves Milwaukee area, as far west as Walworth,. Jefferson and Dodge counties.

Government Websites

Federal

Administration on Aging

http://www.aoa.gov/
U.S. Administration on Aging website. Includes resources for elders and caregivers and for professionals. Alzheimer’s disease information, caregiving tips, and caring for the caregiver.

Healthfinder Federal Government health information source

http://healthfinder.gov/
Federal government site providing access to “reliable health information, sponsored by the Office of Disease Promotion and Health Promotion” of the Department of Health and Human Services. Includes information on prevention and wellness and consumer guides to finding a provider and finding a facility. These lists are arranged alphabetically by type of provider or facility.

Medicaid

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
Medicaid information site of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See also the Wisconsin Medicaid site at http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/MEDICAID/

Medicare information

http://www.ssa.gov/mediinfo.htm
Information on Medicare Part A and B, prescription drug benefits, Medicaid, replacing lost Medicare cards, contact information by state, and much more.

Medicare official site

http://www.medicare.gov/
Comprehensive Federal Government Medicare site. Topics covered include information on medicare plans in your area, on hospitals, on nursing homes, dialysis facilities,home health agencies, presecription drug plans, what Medicare covers, long term care planning, etc.

Medline

http://medlineplus.gov/
Superb Federal government website of information for the public on a wide range of topics. MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

National Institutes of Aging

http://www.nia.nih.gov/
Federal government National Institutes of Aging website. NIA is the part of the National Institutes of Health dealing with aging research. Contains information on clinical trials

Pub Med – Access to medical journal articles, etc.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/
Homepage/registration site for PubMed, the government’s public-oriented medical database. Provides public access to medical journals, reports, databases, etc. Useful for finding detailed professional medical information.

Senior health topics

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/listoftopics.html
Excellent souce of information on a wide variety of health topics for seniors. Topics include Alzheimer’s Disease, Arthritis, Balance Problems, Breast Cancer, Caring for Someone With Alzheimers, Cataract, Colorectal Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy, Dry Mouth, Exercise for Older Adults, Falls and Older Adults, Glaucoma, Hearing Loss, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Low Vision, Lung Cancer, Macular Degeneration, Osteoporosis, Paget’s Disease of Bone, Participating in Clinical Trials, Problems with Smell, Problems with Taste, Prostate Cancer, Shingles, Skin Cancer, Sleep and Aging, Stroke, Taking Medicines, and Talking with Your Doctor. Developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National
Library of Medicine.

Social Security

http://www.ssa.gov
Federal government Social Security site. Includes information on retirement benefits, medicare, survivors and disability benefits, changing your address, replacing a missing card. Comprehensive and well laid out site. Under I. Government B. State of Wisconsin State of Wisconsin Sites

State and County

Aging Resource Center of Milwaukee County

http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/ResourceCenter12673.htm
“The Aging Resource Center of Milwaukee County is your link to support and service for Milwaukee County residents aged 60 and over.” It serves provides information on programs and services for people over 60, can make referrals to relevant agencies, serves as lead agency for elder abuse and has on-call social workers 24/7.

Medicaid – Wisconsin

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/MEDICAID/
Wisconsin state Medicaid site. Includes information on eligibility, on applying for Medicaid, and on the program itself. See also the federal Medicaid site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp

Wisconsin county aging agencies/contacts

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging/contacts/COAGOF.HTM
County government agencies in Wisconsin, listed county by county. They can provide services and “answer questions about needs, services and opportunities for older persons in their communities.”

Wisconsin regional area agencies on aging

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging/contacts/REGAAAS.HTM
Area listing of regional area agencies on aging in Wisconsin. Each area’s listing includes the counties it serves. The agencies serving the Diocese of Milwaukee area are the AgeAdvantAge Area Agency on Aging http://www.agingresource.com/ which serves the southern part of the state outside the Milwaukee and Madison areas, the Area Agency on Aging of Dane County http://www.co.dane.wi.us/aging/ which serves Madison and the rest of Dane County, the Milwaukee County Department on Aging http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/Aging7705.htm which serves as the area agency for Milwaukee County, and the Southeastern Area Agency on Aging
http://www.agingresource.com/ which serves Washington, Walworth, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties.

Wisconsin state list of aging services

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging/
An excellent list of available websites on services for the elderly prepared by the Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services.. Includes federal and state agencies, link to all county aging office websites, and information from various non-profit agencies, both state and national. Topics included are Adult Protective Services, Aging & Disability Resource Centers, Aging, Disabilities and Long-Term Care Training Events, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Resources, Area Agencies on Aging, Assisted Living, Elderly  Benefits Specialists, Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources, Bureau of Long-Term Support, Community Options Program, Demographics, Elderly Nutrition, Family Care, Family Caregiver Support, Foster Grandparents, Governor's Senior Service Awards, Guardianship of Adults, Household Help, Links to Aging Web Sites, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Long Term Care Services, Medigap Hotline, Retired Senior Volunteers, SeniorCare Prescription Drug Assistance, Senior Companion Program, Senior Employment, Wisconsin Senior Employment Program (WISE), State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), Spousal Impoverishment, Transportation Services, and Workforce Project Information

Wisconsin State Lists of Facilities and Agencies

Wisconsin assisted living list

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/bqaconsumer/AssistedLiving/AsLivDirs.htm
State listing of assisted living facilities, including adult day care programs (ADC), adult family homes (AFH), community based residential facilities (CBRF’), and residential care apartment complexes (RCAC). Arranged by county, with counties being accessed via clickable map. Can access facilities by type of facility within county. Includes link to glossary of terms and basic information profiles on each facility, including listing of deficiencies.

Wisconsin home health care agencies

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/provider/homehealthagencies.htm
State listing of home health care agencies, including statistical information. Arranged by county. As of 2/2008, is 2005 edition.

Wisconsin license information (assisted living, adult day care)

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/rl_DSL/
State site with licensing information for.the various types of assisted living facility. Includes definitions, rules and regulations, consumer information, and information on the procedures for setting up a facility. Sub-sites for the different types of assisted living facilities are:
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/rl_DSL/AdultDayCare/AdultDCintro.htm
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/rl_DSL/AdultDayCare/AdultDCintro.htm
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/rl_DSL/CBRF/CBRFintro.htm
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/rl_DSL/RCACs/RCACintro.htm

Wisconsin service providers

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/provider/index.htm
Provides access to state listings of home health agencies, hospices, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. Within type, listed by counties. Also provides access to various statistical reports, etc., and to directories of each type.

For Seniors

Driving

CarFit – Safe driving site

http://www.asaging.org/asav2/carfit/index.cfm
CarFit is an educational program created by the American Society on Aging and developed in collaboration with AAA (American Automobile Association), AARP and the American Occupational Therapy Association. CarFit offers older adults:

• The opportunity to check out how well their personal vehicles "fit" them.

• Information and materials for community-specific resources and activities that could make their personal vehicles "fit" better, enhance their safety as drivers, or increase their mobility in the community.

Drive Well – Safe driving site

http://www.asaging.org/asav2/drivewell/
DriveWell is a comprehensive information program sponsored by the American Society on Aging and designed to:

• Promote community conversations that can lead to increased driver safety and more transportation choices for adults ages 65 and older;

• Encourage older drivers to change when and how they drive;

• Prompt older adults to use alternative forms of transportation

• Stimulate communities to assess the need for and, if needed, offer transportation choices more responsive to the needs of older adults.

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse conference presentations

http://www.asaging.org/elderabuse/resources.cfm
Comprehensive list of documents provided by presenters from the Elder Abuse track in the 2005 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and The National Council on the Aging. Click on an individual underlined link to open or download a specific reference document.

Safe Aging

http://www.safeaging.org/resources/resources.asp
The National Resource Center for Safe Aging’s resource list includes Elder Abuse links on General Facts and Information-Abuse, Legal Resources, and Protective Services.

For Caregivers

American Society on Aging Web-seminars on caregiving

http://www.asaging.org/care%2Dpro/websems.cfm
American Society on Aging free web-seminars on caregiving, seeking to provide professional education to key groups of nurses, occupational therapists and social workers, on issues of family caregiving. Although they are now several years old the information they provide is still valuable. Titles include:Caregiving Awareness through Education and Training for Professionals (2004) and Supporting Family Caregivers: A Single Case Study Explored by Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Nurses. (2003)

Caregiving

Caring website

www.caring.com
Contains numerous practical articles filled with common sense on various aspects of aging. Includes material on health (including Alzheimer’s), housing, finances, legal matters, life issues (including driving) and daily care. A well-managed and informative commercial site.

Wisconsin Alliance for Family Caregiving

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/caregiving/
Wisconsin Alliance for Family Caregiving is made up of over 75 organizations involved with family caregiving in Wisconsin. Includes resources and links to information on hospice-related groups.

Driving

CarFit – Safe driving site

http://www.asaging.org/asav2/carfit/index.cfm
CarFit is an educational program created by the American Society on Aging and developed in collaboration with AAA (American Automobile Association), AARP and the American Occupational Therapy Association. CarFit offers older adults:

• The opportunity to check out how well their personal vehicles "fit" them.

• Information and materials for community-specific resources and activities that could make their personal vehicles "fit" better, enhance their safety as drivers, or increase their mobility in the community.

Drive Well – Safe driving site

http://www.asaging.org/asav2/drivewell/
DriveWell is a comprehensive information program sponsored by the American Society on Aging and designed to:

• Promote community conversations that can lead to increased driver safety and more transportation choices for adults ages 65 and older;

• Encourage older drivers to change when and how they drive;

• Prompt older adults to use alternative forms of transportation

• Stimulate communities to assess the need for and, if needed, offer transportation choices more responsive to the needs of older adults.

Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse conference presentations

http://www.asaging.org/elderabuse/resources.cfm
Comprehensive list of documents provided by presenters from the Elder Abuse track in the 2005 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and The National Council on the Aging. Click on an individual underlined link to open or download a specific reference document.

Safe Aging

http://www.safeaging.org/resources/resources.asp
The National Resource Center for Safe Aging’s resource list includes Elder Abuse links on General Facts and Information-Abuse, Legal Resources, and Protective Services.