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Physical | Mental | Intellectual | Spiritual | Financial | Lifestyle | General NEW! 10 Ways to Help Seniors Prepare for Disaster Click here (.pdf) physical wellness Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Health Administration Center - US Department for Veterans Affairs. Maryland Long Term Care Ombudsman - helps residents in long term care facilities maintain their legal rights, control over their own lives, and personal dignity. Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - program links for chronic disease prevention, flu information, primary care, Medicaid programs & services, adult care, area health agencies. Maryland Senior Health Assistance Insurance Program - meets one of the most universal needs of Medicare beneficiaries, including those under 65 years of age--understanding their health insurance benefits, bills and rights. Tai Chi Network - search results for Maryland area providers. University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine - clinical patient care, educational classes and seminars, links to consumer information & research. mental wellness Alzheimer's Association, Greater Maryland Chapter - 24/7 online support, links to family & caregiver services, workshops & training. Maryland Coalition on Mental Health & Aging - downloadable mental health & aging guidebook. Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - mental health information, psychiatric facilities list, Medicaid waiver program. Mental Health Association of Maryland - helpful links & resources, fact sheets, maintaining mental health, tips on how to help a friend and how to get help. National Alliance on Mental Illness - information on depression, toll-free helpline 888.999.6264, veterans support. intellectual wellness Community Colleges in Maryland - distance learning program offerings. Enoch Pratt Free Library - links to branch events, locations, adult programs, 24/7 Ask Us Now info experts. Thinkport - includes links to online fieldtrips, MPT's Instructional Television Service schedule, online courses. spiritual wellness Campaign for Love & Forgiveness - Inclusive, nonpartisan project that invites everyone to think about and connect on the topics of love and forgiveness in person, in writing, and online. Church Angel online directory - search results for Maryland. Jewish Meditation Online - audio meditations, basics in Kabbalah & Chassidut. Meditation in Maryland - area classes, meditation techniques, area meditation centers & retreats. Pastoral Counseling Services of Maryland The Pluralism Project - The Pluralism Project: World Religions in America is a decade-long research project, with current funding from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, to engage students in studying the new religious diversity in the United States. financial wellness American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys - Estate Planning Information Center includes attorney finder & estate planning techniques. American Stroke Association - request a free brochure on the value & importance of Three Wills. Estate Planning With Help From The Web Experience Works - the nation's leading provider of training, employment, and community service for low-income older people. National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys Project SAFE (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation) - offers training for the financial and law enforcement communities on how to detect and report financial exploitation, and educates older Marylanders about how to avoid financial exploitation. Senior Employment Program - provides subsidized training and employment for a period of up to two years. The goal of the program is to help older workers to develop workplace skills which will enable them to attain permanent, unsubsidized employment, either with their Host Agencies, or with other nonprofit, government or private sector employers. lifestyle Aging Hipsters.com - Covering issues on the Boomer Generation including original Boomer content, bulletin boards, user comments, Sixties and Seventies music, Baby Boomer culture, health and coverage of issues for "Aging Hipsters." Baby Boomer Headquarters - includes stories, music, trivia. BoomerNet.com - includes discussion forum, quizzes, nostalgia, genealogy, blogs. The Middle Ages - Baltimore Sun feature about staying young, growing old and what happens in between. general 2005 White House Conference on Aging Caregiving.com - chat rooms, discussion forums, blogs. Eldercare Locator - National toll-free directory assistance public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging that helps people locate aging services in every community throughout the United States. Emergency Preparedness Tips (.pdf) Maryland Accessible Telecommunications (MAT) - This program believes telephones are an integral part of daily life and provides free assistive telephone communications equipment to qualified individuals residing in the State of Maryland. Maryland Department of Aging - Includes links to Area Agencies on Aging, services and programs for seniors, caregiver resources. Maryland Relay - With Maryland Relay, people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind or Speech Disabled can easily communicate through TTY (text telephone) with anyone using a standard phone. National Family Caregivers Association US Department of Veterans Affairs - directory of Maryland facilities contact Know of another great wellness resource we should list on the Vital Aging site? Contact us: outreach@mpt.org. |
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