Links
Take a look at the links listed below. These websites have been chosen with care by NNC RNs. Please feel free to contact us to suggest other websites or to alert us to problems with these sites.
» Slow Food – Slow Health. Words to ponder.
» Good, All-around Health Care Information
Find medication information, current studies, new drugs and treatments, medical encyclopedia, and interactive tutorials from the US National Library of Medicine.
» Aging Life Care Association (Formerly caremanager.org. Formerly National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Manager)
Includes a “Find a Care Manger” directory by zip code. This association has stringent criteria for inclusion in their national directory. Also an excellent source for elder-care issues and the concept of care management.
» Aging Partners (formerly Lincoln Area Office on Aging) has information on services for elders in southeast Nebraska.
» Lincoln Senior Services Handbook
For a comprehensive directory of a variety of services available to senior citizens in Lincoln Nebraska, contact Care Consultants for the Aging. http://www.careconsultants.com.
» The Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit
This little known but unique benefit is not only for vets but also for a Vet’s spouse or surviving spouse. It can amount to over $2,000/month. Vet must have served in war time. The Vet or spouse must need assistance with activities of daily living. There is a financial qualification.
The link above is a very sketchy description of the benefit. It is best to call the Veterans Service Center in the area where the Vet or spouse lives.
» Finding a Lincoln Area Physician Accepting Medicare Patients
Contact the Lancaster County Medical Society (402-483-4800).
» Long Term Care, Finances, Technology
Award-winning website created by CPA consultant.
» Family and Friends Providing In-home Care
National non-profit organization devoted to home caregivers.
» Medical Diagnoses. National Institutes of Health, Senior Health Page
An excellent resource for information on medical diagnoses that can effect elders.
» AARP Website
Lots of good information about aging issues, legislation, advocacy. Some information on care management.
NOTE: Nebraska does not provide its own nursing home report cards online, but you can access this type of information by using Medicare's Nursing Home Compare tool to research Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities in the state. The state offers a printable roster of nursing homes (note: PDF file), which contains facility information such as bed capacity, ownership and names of key staff members. For more information about nursing homes in Nebraska, contact the state's long-term care ombudsman online or at (402) 471-2307 or (800) 942-7830 (in-state calls only).
» 2001 National Academies Press/The Institute of Medicine’s Report on the State of Health Care, To Err is Human Medical Errors. This 2001 report is included here because the problems revealed by this report remain largely unaddressed. See below for update to this report.
» 2016 Update to To Err Is Human
» Nursing Home Renewal
A new concept in nursing-home living that truly brings the “home” into “nursing home”. Tabitha Nursing Home in Lincoln NE has opened four Green Houses.
» www.medicare.gov
Excellent website for information on Medicare A & B, Medicare Prescription Insurance, Supplemental Insurance, and FAQs which include How to Get a New Card.
Search for "nursing home." See actual, current governmental survey results on nursing homes in any given county in the US. Can compare nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies in your area; find a physician; guide for paying for long term care, alternatives to nursing home care.
» Nursing Home Compare: Medicare survey results giving ratings for any nursing home that accepts Medicare. 
NOTE: Nebraska does not provide its own nursing home report cards online, but you can access this type of information by using Medicare's Nursing Home Compare tool to research Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities in the state. The state offers a printable roster of nursing homes (note: PDF file), which contains facility information such as bed capacity, ownership and names of key staff members. For more information about nursing homes in Nebraska, contact the state's long-term care ombudsman online or at (402) 471-2307 or (800) 942-7830 (in-state calls only).
» Hospital Compare: Medicare survey results giving ratings for any hospital that accepts Medicare
» Good Information on Hospice:
http://www.hospicenet.org/
See also this information on Medicare Hospice Benefit
» Alzheimer’s Association
Excellent source of information about dementia and about caring for someone with dementia. Also: Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center 800-438-4380
» Parkinson’s Disease
One of many good sites on Parkinson’s Disease.
» National Gerontological Nursing Association
» Nebraska Nurses Association
» American Nurses Association
» Nebraska Public Health Association
