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Caregiving and Living

~National Family Caregiver

http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/about/about.asp

~Nursing Home 5-Star Rating System

This tool had detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.

http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Include/DataSection/Questions/SearchCriteriaNEW.asp?version=default&browser=IE%7C6%7CWinXP&language=English&defaultstatus=0&pagelist=Home&CookiesEnabledStatus=True

~Department of Health and Human Services

Index to Department of Health and Human Services concerned with aging listings for everything including health care comparison tools for hospitals, nursing homes, etc.

http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.html#hhs

~Medline Plus

Information on health topics, finding a physician, medical encyclopedia, dictionary of medical terms and more

http://medlineplus.gov/

~Department of Health and Human Services

Index to HHS with links to various sites with the main page—nursing homes and hospital comparison tools, Medicare and Medicaid.

http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.html#hhs

~Medicare

Official government site for information concerning Medicare.

http://www.medicare.gov/default.asp

~Meals on Wheels

Provide balanced, nutritious and appealing meals to seniors, people with disabilities and disadvantaged populations.

http://www.mowdelivers.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

~Caring Connections

Contains information on hospice care, advanced directives and wills.

http://www.caringinfo.org/