Some Helpful Links
Living Well has gathered some helpful resources for you. See below and if you do not find what you need, let us know. We will try to help – click here and ask us
AARP Brain Health
A fantastic resource that contains the latest buzz about brain health. They also host chat groups focusing on the topic and have some free games that you can try.
AgingCare.com
An online community for caregivers, this website helps caregivers find support, resources and information, as well as a place to connect with other caregivers.
AgingParents.com
Do you have legal questions, health care concerns about elders, and stress over family conflicts? AgingParents.com can answer many of your most pressing and complex questions. With the combined experience of a nurse-lawyer and a psychologist, they work directly with you to help you find options, solutions, and to know your rights.
At Home with Growing Old
AHWGO was started in 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Susanne Stadler, an architect, and Natasha Boissier, a social worker, with the goal to promote an interdisciplinary dialogue among experts, thinkers, activists and designers on the topic of aging.
Alzheimer's Reading Room
The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one site on the Internet for current information, research, caregiver tools, and insight into Alzheimer's disease. The information is geared to baby boomers, caregivers, families, and those fighting Alzheimer's and dementia.
Bay Area House Call Dentists
Bay Area House Call Dentists is a division of The Blende Dental Group. They start with respect and consideration, two important values at Living Well Assisted Living at Home, when handling the health and wellness of our members. They make regular dental care an important priority and offer house calls for dental patients with special needs who can’t easily get to a dental office, including patients with physical disabilities, emotional issues or phobias (some are so afraid of dentistry they need to be sedated for any kind of procedure).
Caregrade
A site offering free, unbiased information about providers of assisted living, home health care, and other senior services. Search the extensive database by entering a zip code and either the business name or category. Reviews are available for some providers.
Drug Information
Drugwatch.com is a comprehensive Web site featuring extensive information about medications, drug interactions, and drug side effects.
Elder Resources
Research to see what is out there...
Elderluxe
Elderluxe offers innovations best suited to a more sophisticated and educated customer and think that you’ll enjoy more than a few in your everyday life... in your everyday pursuit to "Age Well."
ELDR Magazine
ELDR is a media company, which seeks to inspire the influential 60–plus audience to celebrate the joys, navigate the challenges and discover the meaning of aging.
Healthlinks
A worldwide resource for healthcare consumers and professionals providing links to health services and products, alternative health, education, dental and medical resources, hospitals, employment, healthcare publications, mental health and much more!
Life Care Funding Group
Life Care Funding Group's mission is to educate seniors about how they can access money through a Life Settlement and to make this important financial tool available to as many people as possible.
Mesothelioma
Up-to-date resource for all mesothelioma issues ranging from mesothelioma statistics to asbestos exposure.
myHalo Senior Monitoring
myHalo is helping seniors all over the world to maintain their independence and to be safe and secure in their active lives. If you are like many seniors and are skeptical about the ability to press a button when you need help most, please learn more about myHalo and automatic fall detection.
National Institute on Aging
Leading the federal effort on aging research and publications. Excellent educational materials.
New Old Age – NY Times blog
The New Old Age blog, a place to explore this unprecedented intergenerational challenge and share the stories of readers, the advice of professionals, and the wisdom gleaned from her own experience caring for her late mother in her waning years.
Senior Mental Health Counseling
Advice from Seattle Geriatric Psychiatrist, Ron Sterling, M.D. (Caregiver Support, Online Medical Advice.
SeniorResource.com
Senior Resource is the "E-cyclopedia" of housing options and information for retirement, finance, insurance and care.
Today’s Caregiver
Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers.
Well Spouse Association
Well Spouse provides emotional peer–to–peer support to the wives, husbands, and partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled.
Working Caregiver
Delivering answers to hard questions on aging, quickly! Elderly law and other tips.