- 10 Legal Myths About Advance Medical Directives*
Published by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, this website exposes 10 of the legal myths regarding advance medical directives. *This is an Adobe Acrobat file. The free reader is available here.
- AARP in Your State: Tennessee
This website provides information on the issues of advocacy, community service, news, announcements, and state contact information for the state of Tennessee.
- Caring Connections
Caring Connections is a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. It offers a variety of information on senior issues including information on Advance Care Planning with “free state-specific advance directive documents and instructions.”
- AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
“The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging is a non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society. By scrolling down on the home page of this website, information for seniors on the latest news on issues concerning seniors caregiving in the home."
- Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
Published by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, this tool kit “contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions and resources” to help users discover, clarify and communicate “what is important to you in the face of serious illness.”
- Law and Aging Resource Guide
The Law and Aging Resource Guide “is a comprehensive listing of the state-wide resources available to help older persons with law-related issues. Published by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, the Guide includes important contact numbers and addresses for legal assistance providers and other law-related services for the elderly.”
- Commission on Law and Aging - American Bar Association
The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, covers topics that include age discrimination, retirement rights and benefits, Medicare and private health benefits, Medicaid and long-term care benefits, grandparent’s rights, estate planning and probate and more.
- SeniorNet
SeniorNet is “a nonprofit organization of computer-using adults, age 50 and older. SeniorNet’s mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.”
- Administration on Aging
AoA is a Federal agency that has the single charge of serving the nation's 43 million seniors.
- OWL
OWL is a national membership organization that strives to improve the status and quality of life for midlife and older women.
- National Alliance for Caregiving
Provides support to family caregivers of older persons and the professionals who help them and tries to increase public awareness of issues facing family caregiving.
- AgeNet
Contains informative articles and interactive services that are designed to help with the care of our aging population.
- Elder Care Online
Provides information, education and support to families caring for aging loved ones. Hosted "chat" areas are provided for those wanting to ask questions and needing emotional support.
- WELLComeHome
WELLCome Home is a “home-modification resource center. The information on this site can help you determine how your house or the house someone you know can be improved to allow you to stay at home.”
