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This site contains free information on how to plan, emotionally prepare for and pay for long-term care – including assisted living residences, nursing homes, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement residences and independent living options. Here you can search for these facilities, find advice on how to cope with the transition, get help writing an advance directive so your desires are known, and learn about ways to meet the considerable costs of long-term care.
 From the navigation bar on the home page, you can choose Assessing Your Needs, which takes you to the “Care Interpreter,” an interactive decision-support tool. By checking the appropriate boxes, the Interpreter will help you decide what level of care you need for your loved one, and what kind of living situation can best provide that care.
This page also offers the “Facility Finder,” which allows you to search by location and financial resources, and the “Guide to Nursing Facilities,” a primer on their services and how to evaluate them. The “Guide to Assisted Living” provides a series of articles on topics ranging from the philosophy of consumer choice to how to pay for assisted living. Quick links to “Evaluate a Nursing Home” and “Evaluate Assisted Living/Residential Care” also appear on this page.
The link on the home page, Coping with the Transition, leads to a list of links covering both the big issues and the small details of moving into long-term care. Paperwork, personal belongings, the first 30 days, guilt and resentment, and finding help when you need it are some of the topics addressed.
Paying for Long Term Care is given its own link on the home page, although this topic appears frequently throughout the site. Here you can research long term care insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, among other topics. The site is rounded out with links to Additional Resources, a short but practical list of topics relevant to being elderly, and a Glossary.
Much of the information on this website is available in printed brochure form by mail, on request using links found on various pages (no charge for single copies). The American Health Care Association in Washington, D.C., maintains the site.
Last modified: 20 Sep 2006.
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