Other Resources

FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES

Older Americans - http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2000/default.htm

Hospice of Washington County - www.hospiceofwashingtoncounty.org

DISEASE AND ILLNESS INFORMATION

American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org

American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org

American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org

Arthritis Foundation - http://www.arthritis.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -/http://www.cdc.gov/

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - http://www.nmss.org/

National Stroke Association - www.stroke.org

Parkinson’s Disease Information -http://pdweb.mgh.harvard.edu

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) - http://www.aarp.org/

National Family Caregivers Association - http://www.nfcacares.org/

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization - http://www.nhpco.org

STATE AGENCIES

Healthy Child Care of Iowa (HCCI) - http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hcci

Iowa Department of Insurance (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) - http://www.shiip.state.ia.us

Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) - http://www.idph.state.ia.us/

FEDERAL AGENCIES

Administration on Aging - http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.ahcpr.gov/

CMS’s Medicare Information - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare

Food & Drug Administration -http://www.fda.gov/

Home Health Compare - http://www.medicare.gov/

Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.gov/

US Department of Health & Human Services -http://www.dhhs.gov