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CARE PARTNER RESOURCES

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Caregiver Organizations, Information, Advocacy, and Support

Aloha to Aging, Inc. - www.alohatoaging.org
Children of Aging Parents - www.caps4caregivers.org
ElderCareMatters - www.ElderCareMatters.com
Family Caregiver Alliance - www.caregiver.org
Family Caregiving 101 - www.familycaregiving101.0rg
Family Voices, Inc. - www.familyvoices.org
Friends’ Health Connection - www.48friend.org
Georgia ElderCare - www.GeorgiaElderCare.com
National Alliance for Caregiving - www.caregiving.org
National Family Caregivers Association - www.thefamilycaregiver.org
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development - www.rosalynncarter.org
Well Spouse Association - www.wellspouse.org

Caregiver-specific Web sites

Today’s Caregiver Magazine - www.caregiver.com
Care Pages - www.carepages.com
Lotsa Helping Hands - www.nfcalotshelpinghands.com
Strength for Caring - www.strengthforcaring.com

Caring for Elders

AARP - www.aarp.org
Elder Locator
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging - www.eldercare.gov or www.n4a.org
National Association of Geriatric Care Managers - www.caremanager.org
U.S Administration on Aging - www.aoa.gov

Clinical Trials/Research

National Institutes of Health – www.NIH.gov
Clincial Trials – www.clinicaltrials.gov
Fox-Trial-Finder - www.foxtrialfinder.michaeljfox.org

Elder Law Attorneys

The Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, PC – www.elderlawgeorgia.com

End-of-Life Planning, Hospice, and Bereavement Information

Aging with Dignity - www.agingwithdignity.org
Caring Connections - www.caringinfo.org
The Compassionate Friends - www.compassionatefriends.org
Get Palliative Care - www.getpalliativecare.org
Hospice Foundation of America - www.hospicefoundation.org
Hospice Directory - http://hospicedirectory.org

Exercise/Dance

Class in Smyrna:

Where: Aline Wolf Adult Recreation Center - 884 Church Street in Smyrna
When: Every other Tuesday of each month, from 12-1pm
Cost: $4 per class + Wolfe Center Membership ($20 yearly for resident / $50 yearly for non-resident)
Classes are limited to 10 people, please call to register
Contact: For Questions & Registration: Contact Tricia Creel, PT (pcreel@pt-solutions.us) or Doherty Riebesell, PT (mriebesell@pt-solutions.us) at 770-438-5220

***Physical Requirements - The class consists of primarily standing exercises. To participate, participants must be able to get up and down from the floor with a chair and walk 100 feet independently with or without an assistive device.

Class in Decatur:

Where: University Heights United Methodist Church – 1267 Balsam Drive, Decatur, GA 30033 (you'll find us downstairs in the activity room, there is a small parking lot directly in front so you don't have to take the stairs)
When: Wednesdays from 11:30 am – 12:15 pm (ongoing)
Cost: $90 for 9 sessions
Contact: Kirsten Magee, MS for more info. at (678) 592-6801 orkdafitness@hotmail.com

"Motivating Moves for People with Parkinson's"
Video and DVD featuring seated exercises, now available through the Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland. Cost: $19.95. Their website has viewable samples. (You need either QuickTime or Windows Media Player plug-ins to view the samples.)

"Parkinson's Disease & The Art of Moving"
Oakland-based John Argue's exercise book and video/DVD for PD patients. Cost: $19.95 book, $47 DVD or video. A few of the exercises are intended to be done seated.

"Move It! An Exercise and Movement Guide for Parkinson's Disease"
Book and DVD for PD patients developed by Kevin Lockette, a Hawaii-based physical therapist. Cost: $40. Some of the exercises are meant to be done while seated.

Brooks & Company Dance - www.brooksandcompanydance.org

Health Insurance: Prescription Assistance Information

Benefits Check-Up - www.benefitscheckup.org
Health Insurance.com - www.healthinsurance.com
Medicare Rights Center - www.medicarerights.org
Medicare Rx Matters - www.MedicareRxMatters.org
Medicare - www.medicare.gov
Medicine Program - www.themedicineprogram.com
National Association of Counties - https://naco.advancerx.com
Partnership for Prescription Assistance - www.pparx.org
Needy Meds - www.needymeds.com
Rx Assist - www.rxassist.org
Rx Compare - www.maprx.info
Together Rx Access - www.togetherrxaccess.com

Long Term Care Insurance

Burkard Insurance, LLC - www.burkardinsurance.com

Patient Advocacy Assistance and Programs

Patient Advocate Foundation - www.patientadvocate.org
Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living - www.ccal.org
National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform - www.nccnhr.org

Homecare Agencies, Assisted Living, and Nursing Homes

A Place For Mom – www.aplaceformom.com
Atlanta Home Care Partners, Inc. – www.atlantahomecarepartners.com
Atria Senior Living - www.AtriaSeniorLiving.com
Belmont Village – www.belmontvillage.com
National Association for Home Care and Hospice - www.nach.org
New LifeStyles - www.newlifestyles.com
Sunrise Senior Living - www.SunriseSeniorLiving.com
Visiting Nurse Associations of America - www.vnaa.org

Medical Transport and Hospitality Housing

National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses - www.nahhh.org
National Patient Travel Center - www.patienttravel.org

PD Information and Support

American Parkinson Disease Association
Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s
Michael J. Fox Foundation

Respite Resources

Easter Seals - www.easter-seals.org
Faith in Action - www.fiavolunteers.org
Family Friends - www.family-friends.org
National Adult Day Services Association, Inc. - www.nadsa.org
National Respite Coalition - www.archrespite.org/NRC.htm
National Respite Locator - www.respitelocator.org/index.htm
Shepherd’s Centers of America - www.shepherdcenters.org

Training for Family Caregivers

American Red Cross - www.redcross.org
Powerful Tools for Caregivers - www.matherlifeways.com/re_ptconline.asp

Devices to Help with Activities of Daily Living

Adaptive Clothing - www.blvd.com

Assistive, Medical, and Exercise Devices and More

www.makoa.org
www.dynamic-living.com
www.seniorsuperstores.com
www.liftchairs4less.com
www.make-life-easier.com
www.maxiaids.com
www.ustep.com

Chairs

www.phc-online.com
www.liftchairs4less.com
www.spinlife.com

Computer assisted aids and other devices

Adaptive Technology Resources
Assistive Technology for Computers and Printed Material
This site provides links to articles and assistive technology resources for people with disabilities.
AssistiveTechnologies.com
Assistive Technologies strives to remove the "dis" from disability and encourage each person's ability through the implementation of modern Technologies.
Microsoft Accessibility Resources
Microsoft Accessibility makes the computer easier to see, hear, and use. Discover what's possible with Accessibility Today and read inspiring Profiles of Accessibility in Action.
Assistive Technology Product Reviews
Who Should Use an On-Screen Computer Keyboard?
New Mobility
A great site to read reviews on the latest assistive technology devices from actual users.
Assistive Technology Products
MagicCursor 2000-Alternative Clicking Solution
MagicCursor 2000 is for people who can't, or don't want to click the mouse button. MagicCursor 2000 performs all the mouse button functions automatically through software. All you need to be able to do is point: MagicCursor automatically takes care of the rest. It is an ideal companion for the Tracker head operated mouse products. Instead of clicking the mouse button, simply dwell over the item you want to select. After a preset amount of time, MagicCursor will automatically perform the click for you. Compatible with Windows Vista,XP, and 2000. For people using a headpointer like Tracker who have difficulty using a standard mouse to supply mouse clicking functions, including individuals with Quadriplegia, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, ALS, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and any other disability where the user has little or no control of their hands to use a standard mouse.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the world’s best-selling speech recognition software, gives you everything you need to be more efficient with your PC.
SteadyMouse
SteadyMouse is free software designed to assist people with hand tremors commonly associated with Parkinson's and other neurological disorders.
Jobs Access with Speech (JAWS) for Windows
For Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista, this popular screen-reader can pronounce American English, Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Finnish, French, German, and Italian.
WindowEyes Professional
A widely-used screen-reader for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista that supports speech synthesizers and over Braille displays.
Apple's Tiger & Leopard Operating Systems for Mac
Includes a variety of accessibility features that allows those with vision, hearing and motor skills disabilities to more easily use their Macintosh computer.
iBraille
A user friendly Braille editor for Macintosh users.
Google Accessible Web Search for the Visually Impaired
Google search with audio component.
WebAnyWhere
A web-based screen reader that enables blind people to access the web from any computer with a sound card.
BrailleConnect 12
This 12-cell refreshable braille display can be used to write and read SMS text messages and operate your mobile phone or PDA.
Vocal-Eyes
Designed to enhance career opportunities for the visually-impaired by providing fast and flexible access to the wealth of software used by business and professionals.
Books-To-Burn
A text- to-speech file for making books on CD on Macintosh computers by translating text files into audio files that can then be converted to mp3's.
EmacSpeak Complete Audio Desktop
A free text-based UNIX system which works with Emacs that can speak the information on visual screen displays.
e-Speaking Voice and Speech Recognition
Enables you to control your computer, dictate e-mails and letters, and have your computer read documents back to you.
Lynx 2.8.5
A free text-mode browser with voice-synthesizers and Braille-based technology, Lynx works on diverse platforms including MacIntosh MacLynx, Windows, DOS, UNIX, and VMS.
Proloquo 2.0
With speech to iPod-ready iTunes tracks and quick voice access, Proloquo offers a multi-lingual speech and communication system for Mac OS X users who cannot speak.
IBM Easy Web Browsing
Helps people with limited vision access Web content more easily.
Speakup for Linux Operating System
Provides access to all console programs for Lynx, Pine, and GNU/Linux operating systems.
Hal Screen Reader
For Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, and Vista, Hal includes the Dolphin Orpheus Speech System and Microsoft's MSAPI Speech Synthesizer that can pronounce words in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish, as well as Grade 1 and 2 Braille.
Brailliant 24
A 24-cell refreshable Braille display that serves as a Braille terminal for PC screen readers.
BrailleSurf 4
Offers English, French, and Spanish versions of its Internet browser for Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000 that displays on a Braille bar or can be spoken by a speech synthesizer.
Supernova
Offers magnification, speech and Braille support to give people with visual impairments the ability to access Windows.
EIA Web Browser
A specialized Web browser, suitable for touch-screen systems, with fully integrated Web awareness, assessment and training modules.
LightWriter
A text-to-speech communication aid for people with speech impairments offering a dual display option, choice of keyboard layouts and languages.
LunarPlus Screen Magnifier
Offers people with visual impairments the advantage of speech output.
The Magnifier
Offers 2x – 10x screen magnifier amplification for Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, Windows 2000, and Vista that can be positioned anywhere on your computer screen.
ZoomText 9.1
Level 1 provides 2x – 16x magnification, Level 2 provides synchronized magnification and screen reading. Works with Windows Vista, XP, ME, 2000, NT4, 98, 95, and DOS.
Kurzweil 1000
A system for scanning books and other printed materials into a computer and then speaks it aloud through a voice synthesizer.
Cicero Text Reader
This device turns a computer or scanner into a reading machine for people with a visual impairments. Documents placed on the scanner can be translated into speech or Braille.
OpenBook 6.0
Allows books and text embedded in graphics to be spoken back through a voice synthesizer, including the ability to create MP3 and WAV file as well .brf and .brl Grade 2 Braille formats.
Telesensory Ovation
Scans and translates text from books and other printed matter into speech.
i-Scan
This document reader includes a DEC talk Voice, an OCR reader, a flat bed scanner, a computer, and a screen reader.
Poet Compact: Scan & Read Standalone Reader
This compact machine includes an internal hard disk, flat bed scanner, a text recognition program, and a speech synthesizer.
SARA Scanning & Reading Appliance
Scan reading materials and have them read back to you as continuous read, line-by-line, word-by-word, or letter-by-letter. Includes 29 voices in 19 language dialects and 12 major languages.
Click-N-Type Virtual Keyboard 3.03
A free Windows and DOS application that displays a virtual on-screen keyboard for people who cannot type using a physical keyboard.
QPointer Keyboard
Use your keyboard as a pointing device to perform computer operations without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Flexiboard
Built-in optical overlay-detection, allows the keyboard to detect which overlay is placed on top of the keyboard. Overlays can be changed without commands to the computer thus allowing users to handle a large range of overlays independently.
KeyStrokes 4 for the Mac
A virtual on-screen keyboard that allows you to type using a mouse, trackball, head pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into Macintosh applications.
Dwell Clicker
A free utility for people who can move a mouse but have difficulty clicking the mouse buttons.
Dasher
Data entry interface driven by a mouse, stylus, or eye-tracker.
BigKeys
Offer keys that are 4 times larger than a typical keyboard and works with both Windows and Macintosh computer.
Magic Wand Keyboard
Windows or Macintosh keyboard with built-in mouse that allows people with disabilities easy access to the Internet, e-mail, and computer programs with a hand-held wand or mouth-stick.
VirtualKeyboard for Macintosh
An on-screen keyboard that offers point-and-click typing using pointing devices such as a head pointer, mouse, trackball.
SmartNav
A hands-free mouse for people with carpal tunnel, RSI and other disabilities allowing you to control your computer by simple head movements.
EyeGaze Communication System
Enables people to use their eyes to operate a computer or telephone.
VisionKey
Combines an eye tracker and a viewer that measure the position of the eye. Users look at a specific word, letter or character in front of their eyes and "type" by holding their gaze until a selection is confirmed by light and sound.
Assistive Mouse Adapter
Filtering unintentional movements caused by hand tremor, this device allows for much smoother movement of the cursor for improved accuracy of mouse operation.
Boost Tracer
Improves mouse control for people with Quadriplegia, CP, MD, MS, ALS, CTS and other disability where lack of hand control does not allow you to use a standard mouse.
Quadjoy Mouse
Mouse for quadriplegics with all of the functions of a standard 5-button mouse or wheel mouse.
Headmaster Plus
This head pointing device provides full mouse control of computers for persons who cannot use their hands. Compatible with Macintosh, IBM 2 or 3 button serial mouse, or IBM PS/2 mouse.
Smart-Nav AT Package
A hands-free cursor control system for people with ALS, spinal cord injuries and other disabilities.
HeadMouse
Wireless head-pointing device for Macintosh and Windows includes a "sip-and-puff" switch.
NaturalPoint Head-Tracking Mouse
A hands-free mouse alternative that connects to your computer through a USB port allowing precise cursor control through simple head movements.
TrackerPro
Computer device takes the place of a mouse for people with little or no hand movement.
Skipper
This free package for Linux describes simple sensors allowing people with severely limited or involuntary movements to operate a computer.

Speech and Hearing

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment - www.lsvtglobal.com

Personal Security and Alert Systems – www.safetycare.net

Products for Eating, Dressing, Toileting.etc. – www.disabilityproducts.com

Recreation – www.landeez.com

Voice Amplification/Hearing Aids

http://www.tedpa.org/member/washington_telecommunication_equipment_distr...
www.consumer.att.com/relay
www.maxiaids.com

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