National Clearinghouse for Long Term Care Information
The National Clearinghouse was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and resources to help individuals and families plan for future long-term care needs.
Rural Assistance Center
The center provides health and human services for people living in rural America, including funding, information guides, and news.
Whitehouse Conference on Aging
The purpose of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging was to make recommendations to the president and Congress to help guide national aging policies for the next ten years and beyond. The conference which had as its theme: “The Booming Dynamics of Aging: From Awareness to Action,” focused on the aging of today and tomorrow.
National Resource Center on Native American Aging Publications
The National Resource Center on Native American Aging produces a variety of publications, including the Journal of Native Aging and Health, Native Aging Visions Newsletter, Native aging facts, testimony, reports, peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed journals, and other resources.
Nursing Home Compare
Medicaid beneficiaries and families searching for top quality long-term care services can find critical information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) website. For the first time, information about nursing homes on the Compare Web site will list whether a home is or has been on CMS' special focus facility (SFF) list. The agency's SFF initiative gives heightened scrutiny to nursing homes that have a history of poor performance or repeated violations of state and federal health and safety rules.
More information about the SFF Initiative
National Resource Center for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders
The NRC for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders at the University of Alaska-Anchorage produced four papers based on their findings during their first years conferences of Elders.
Federal Agencies
Administration on Aging
AoA Homepage
National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
National Long Term Care Ombudsman Center
National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Native Elder Health Care Resource Center
Pension Information and Counseling Project
Performance Outcomes Measures Project
The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging has made available resources from "Making the Link: Connecting Caregivers with Services through Physicians." The project is designed to strengthen the ability of Area Agencies on Aging and Native American aging programs to serve family caregivers through a local, state and national campaign that will directly involve physicians in identifying caregivers and referring them to National Family Caregiver Support Program services. Available publications include a "getting started" technical assistance web-based seminar, national project presentations and other related materials. More information.
Department of Health and Human Services
Nursing Home Certification and Compliance
Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about being certified as a Medicare and/or Medicaid nursing home provider and includes links to applicable laws, regulations, and compliance information.
Private Organizations, Non-profits, and Foundations
National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA)
The non-profit NICOA advocates for improved, comprehensive health and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.
