HELPFUL LINKS
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
See which public, private and community programs meet your needs.This tool will help you find the health insurance best suited to your needs, whether it's private insurance for individuals, families, and small businesses, or public programs that may work for you. It was created to help consumers under the health insurance reform law, the Affordable Care Act.
http://finder.healthcare.gov/
AARP
Founded in 1958, AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives. AARP has 40 million members and has offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As the nation's largest membership organization for people 50+, AARP is leading a revolution in the way people view and live life after 50.
http://www.aarp.org
Aging with Aloha
Dedicated to establishing and sustaining a comprehensive, coordinated home and community-based model of services that will foster quality of life and death with dignity for the people of Maui.
http://www.mauilongtermcare.org
American Health Care Association
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
http://www.ahcancal.org/Pages/Default.aspx
National Association of Home Care & Hospice
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is the nation's largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, and home care aide organizations.
http://www.nahc.org
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid. CMS has other responsibilities, including the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and quality standards in long-term care through its survey and certification process.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov
