Resources
Helpful Elder Law and Special Needs Links:
- Special Needs Alliance
www.specialneedsalliance.com - Nursing Home Compare
www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp - Medicare
www.medicare.gov - Medicare and You 2006
www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10050.pdf - The Five Wishes (advance directives) www.agingwithdignity.org
- Tim Takacs' website in Hendersonville, Tennessee www.tn-elderlaw.com
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services www.cms.hhs.gov
- Veterans Administration benefits information
- www.va.gov
- VA Benefits Manual (.pdf)
- Good elder law information resource www.elderlawanswers.com
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (elder lawyer locator and information about elder law)
www.naela.org - Long term care insurance information
- Good resource on many issues of interest to older people (California based, but useful to all) www.help4srs.org
- Reverse mortgage information
- Annuity information www.annuitytruth.org
- Tennessee Bar Association Elder Law Section - March 2006 Elder Letter includes articles on Qualified Income Trusts and Part D Medicare www.tba.org/sections
