"Late Life is a specific and special time of aging, and elders and their families need to engage this time more fully, consciously, practically, and successfully. Slow Medicine is not a plan for getting ready to die; it is a plan for understanding, for caring, and for living well in the time that is left."
-from My Mother, Your Mother
Resources
Get advice from Dr. McCullough on important slow-medicine topics, support associations, plus links to his favorite web sites and tools. These key websites will lead you to a wealth of others through their "links".
Slow Medicine Websites and Resources
The American Geriatric Society (www.americangeriatrics.org)
Use the "patient education" and "health links"
American Geriatric Society Foundation for Health in Aging (www.healthinaging.org)
See the "Eldercare at Home" guide
The American Association of Retired Persons (www.aarp.org)
Broad range of health and aging resources and links
Family Caregiver Alliance and National Center on Caregiving (www.caregiver.org)
Useful information on caregiving issues
National Family Caregiver Association (www.nfcacares.org)
Excellent support resource
National PACE Association (www.npaonline.org)
To locate PACE programs
Official Medicare website (www.cms.hhs.gov)
Start with the more readable Medicare and You Handbook
American Academy of Family Physicians (www.aafp.org)
Use "patients" tab and then go to "seniors" section for medical information
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (www.aahsa.org)
Use "Aging Services: The Facts" and "Consumer Information" for housing and services information
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (www.caringinfo.org)
Family and patient education and resources
National Institute on Aging (www.alzheimers.org)
Addresses Alzheimers comprehensively
Thoughtful Caregiver (thoughtful-caregiver.com)
Caregiving for the spirit
Thoughtful Caregiver Daily Meditations (thoughtful-caregiver.com/2008/03/)
Encouragement and wisdom for those who provide care