Links for your assistance in elder care

I spend a lot of time on the web researching things about elder care for myself and for others. See "links for your assistance". There is a list of a few of the sites I found most helpful. I thought it would be good to give you a brief explanation of what these sites contain.

Caring Connection is a site by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) that gives you information and free resources for Advance Directives and "end of life" care issues.

Senior Citizen's Resources: from the U.S. government, a variety of sites for information and resources. From the home page, at the top click on "seniors".

Elder Care Search posted by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. This is a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. There are lists of resources and explanations of services available from the federal government and your local area. Just enter your city or zip code.

FDA Consumer Education: Ensuring Safe use of Medications: This site has several consumer education articles about the safe use of medications. It gives you information about what questions to ask your health care provider, how to weigh the risks and benefits of medication use, and information regarding seniors and medications.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS): this link will take you to their page on prevention of injury information. There is a helpful article on prevention of back injuries for care givers. There are also some other useful articles on prevention of different kinds of orthopedic injuries that may help for your elder as well.

My Pyramid.gov is the official site from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) with all the information you need to easily provide a healthy and nutritious diet for your elder and you. This is one of my secrets for successful elder care. Nutrition is everything. From the Home page click on "My Pyramid Plan" on the right side of the page. It will ask for height, weight and age of the person, then it will give you the information you need to know about nutritional requirements.

This will get us started. There will be more links added as time goes on.