IMPORTANT SOURCES

SOCIAL SECURITY – http://www.ssa.gov/

MEDICARE – http://www.medicare.gov/default.aspx

MEDICAID – http://www.cms.gov/MedicaidEligibility/01_Overview.asp

See Also:  http://medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Long-Term-Services-and-Support/Home-and-Community-Based-Services/Home-and-Community-Based-Services.html

VETERANS AFFAIRS – http://www.va.gov/   See also: Aid & Attendance Benefit

VETERANS “AID & ATTENDANCE” – www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1265

INTERNAL REVENUE – http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

ELDER LAW AND OTHER RESOURCES -   http://www.elderweb.com/topics/assisted-living

LOCAL SOURCES

GUARDIANSHIPS, CONSERVATORSHIPS, ELDER LAW – www.fitzwatermeyer.com

FUNERALS, CREMATIONS, PLANNING -  http://www.threadgillmemorial.com

TRI-MET SPECIAL MOBILITY – http://trimet.org/lift/index.htm

SOCIAL SERVICES:

Clackamas County – http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/socialservices/

Washington County – http://www.co.washington.or.us/HHS

Multnomah County – http://web.multco.us/ads

Clark County – http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/default.htm

Marion County – http://www.co.marion.or.us

LOAVES & FISHES CENTERS – http://feedseniors.org/

SPECIFIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS

AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION – http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION – http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/

NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION – http://www.parkinson.org

ALZHEIMER’S ORGANIZATION – http://www.alz.org/

DIABETES ASSOCIATION – http://www.diabetes.org

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION – http://www.arthritis.org