Health and Aging

• Aging with Dignity's Five Wishes document http://www.agingwithdignity.org
• Alzheimers Disease Education and Referral Center http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers
• Book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Long Term Care Planning by Marilee Driscoll
• Medicare information at: http://www.medicare.gov
• The National Right to Life Committee's "Will to Live": http://www.nrlc.org
• National Hospice and Palliative Care: http://www.caringinfo.org
• Non-medical assistance to help the elderly stay in their homes longer http://www.visitingangels.com http://www.rightathome.net http://www.homeinstead.com
• Wallet-size cards w/ health directive document retrieval service: http://www.healthdirectives.org

• AARP Website: http://www.aarp.org
• AARP's complimentary reverse mortgage booklet Home Made Money: http://www.aarp.org/revmort
• National Association of Home Builders http://www.nahb.org/directory
• Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov
• US Census Bureau For the index of data provided by the US Census Bureau visit: http://www.factfinder.census.gov U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Educating Seniors about investing wisely and avoiding fraud: http://www.sec.gov/investor/seniors.shtml

• Estate Planning: http://www.estateplanning.com/
• Estate Planning: http://www.stephens.com
• Fannie Mae: http://www.fanniemae.com
• Feature CNN Article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/money101/lesson21/
• Information in English and Spanish for buying and owning a home: http://www.freddiemac.com
• National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, Use Your Home to Stay At Home: http://www.reversemortgage.org
• Reverse Mortgage Lending Limits by county: https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/hicostlook.cfm
• U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Top Ten Things to Know if You Are Interested in a Reverse Mortgage: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hecm/rmtopten.cfm
• Wells Fargo: https://www.wellsfargo.com/mortgage/articles/reverse_mortgage
• Reverse Mortgage: http://reversemortgage.bankofamerica.com/?cm_mmc=CRE-SEMAX-_-vanity-_-reverse-_-DM

• Home Inspection/Protection
  • American Society of Home Inspectors: http://www.ashi.org
  • National Association of Certified Home Inspectors: http://www.nachi.org
  • National Association of Home Inspectors: http://www.nahi.org
  • Protect your home from weathering conditions: http://www.flash.org/
• Housing Facility Resources
  • To compare congregate housing facilities, see the checklists at http://www.carepathways.com/checklist-ccrc.cfm or http://www.getcare.com

• The American Moving and Storage Association provides consumer information about moving household goods: http://www.moving.org National Association of Professional Organizers: http://www.napo.net
• A host of assistive devices: http://www.elderstore.com
• A neighborhood information search engine: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com
• Ergonomic gadgets for the kitchen, cleaning, and garden: http://www.oxo.com
• Information about the upper tier residential market: http://www.luxuryhomemarketing.com
• Seniors Superstores: http://www.seniorsuperstores.com
• Technology products to foster independent living: http://www.enablemart.com
Disposal of books, http://www.booksforamerica.com distributes to charities. To sell collections, go to http://www.elephantbooks.com, individual books http://www.amazon.com