Resources Additional links for information on brain injury.

We have attempted to give you the basic information to help you in understanding brain injury. However, you may need more specific information or you may want to learn more about brain injury. The Web offers access to people, information, and resources - from all over the world.

The easiest way to begin is to visit one of the other brain injury sites on the Web. There is a growing network of brain injury sites; most of which are interlinked to one other. Once you have found your way to one site, it is easy to wind your way through to the information you need.

Some of the best pages on the Web are government pages, such as the Social Security home page:

http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

or the ADA pages, which are listed at:

http://www.tbilaw.com/ADA.html

There is a page for almost every major government agency.

A. Literature Searches.

• Medical searches can be done through Healthgate, (abstracts are free):

http://www.healthgate.com/

• or through Medscape:

http://www.medscape.com/

B. Multimedia Learning Tools. A couple of the best things on the Web, are illustrated anatomy pages.

• Harvard has an exceptional site:

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

• The Mayo Clinic has a very good radiology site:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/radiology/

• AssistedLivingFacilities.org strives to serve as the informational resource for assisted living in the United States. We list information on over 36,300 state-licensed assisted living facilities and try to explain the rules and regulations of each state. We try to offer as much useful information as possible to help you decide if assisted living is a good option, and if so, to select the best facility possible.

http://www.assistedlivingfacilities.org/

• Information on Home Health Care Agencies for those on Medicaid/Medicare

http://www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp

• HomeHealthCareAgencies.com has compiled extensive home health care information such as licensing requirements and state contacts. We offer a directory of 11,399 Medicare-certified home health agencies and 19,232 other home care companies in the United States.

http://www.homehealthcareagencies.com/

• The mission of AoA (Administration on Aging) is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated and cost-effective system of home and community-based services that helps elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities.

http://www.aginginplace.org/

• SkilledNursingFacilities.org is a senior care resource that offers a nationwide directory of nursing homes. For over 15,600 nursing homes in our directory, we provide detailed Medicare quality ratings, inspection information and filed complaints to help consumers research the best skilled nursing care options. We also strive to offer extensive information relevant to assist consumers during their senior healthcare search.

http://www.skillednursingfacilities.org/

• National Adult Day Services Association - NADSA advances the national development, recognition and use of adult day services. Adult day service centers provide a coordinated program of professional and compassionate services for adults in a community-based group setting. Services are designed to provide social and some health services to adults who need supervised care in a safe place outside the home during the day. They also afford caregivers respite from the demanding responsibilities of caregiving.

http://www.nadsa.org/

• Adult day care centers typically provide social activities, meals and various health care services that can range from medication management to physical therapy. Adult day care locations may operate as stand-alone facilities, or may be located in nursing facilities, senior centers or other areas. AdultDayCare.org is a national resource for adult day care centers. Our directory contains 4,500 adult day care locations across the United States.

http://www.adultdaycare.org/

One of the things that makes the Web so unique is the ability to continuously update any site. That is why we use the term evolving to describe waiting.com. We hope that waiting.com will always be in a state of evolution, always have something more to offer. When the urgency of what you are going through has waned a little, we hope that you too will become part of our alumni and take part in our evolution.

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