Elders with decision-making problems or physical impairment
American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)
Massachusetts Senior Care Association
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
Geriatric Care Managers of New England
Massachusetts Elder Abuse Hot Line
1-800-922-2275; open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA)
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation
Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
Interactive Educational Guardianship Video
Stepping in When Help is Needed: An Interactive Educational Video on Guardianship and Conservatorship in Massachusetts. Produced and distributed by Northnode, Inc. For information, or to obtain a copy of the video and training manual, contact Judith Lennett, at lennett@northnode.org.
Intellectual Disability
Social Security Administration: Disability Benefits
Department of Veterans Affairs: Benefits
Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services
Mental Health Concerns
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Massachusetts
Department of Mental Health, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs: Benefits
Medical Conditions
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Autism
Autism Speaks
US Autism and Asperger Association
Asperger’s Assocation of New England
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Dementia: Binswanger’s Disease
Frontotemporal Dementia or Pick’s Disease
Diabetes: National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
Huntington’s Disease
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Multiple Sclerosis
www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multiple_sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Heart, Lung and Blood Health Information Center:
Parkinson Disease
The American Parkinson Disease Association
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
http://traumaticbraininjury.com/
Other
Massachusetts Initiative to Maximize Assistive Technology
New England INDEX Information on Disabilities Exchange
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities