University of Rochester
School of Nursing

John A. Hartford Foundation Community Initiative
Useful Links
 

http://www.pioneernetwork.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/Search.Form.cfm
(Pioneer Network / Culture Change website)

http://www.agelessdesign.com/news-alz.htm
(Current News on Alzheimer's Disease)
http://www.hartfordign.org/links/geriatric_links.html
(Aging Institutions and Associations)
http://www.alz.org
(Alzheimer's Association)

http://www.alz-rochesterny.org/
(Alzheimer's Association of Rochester)

http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/
(Metlife Foundation Website on Alzheimers)

http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
http://www.healthinaging.org
(Health in Aging)
http://www.nccnhr.org
(National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform)

http://www.geronurseonline.org
(Geriatric Best Practices)

http://www.futureofaging.org
(Institute for the Future of Aging Services)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/diseasesandconditions
/invoke.cfm?id=DS00161
(Mayo Clinic)
http://www.elderweb.com/default.php?PageID=927&Version=0&Font=0
(ElderWeb)
http://www.nccconline.org/pdf/CCN-AD_tools6-03.pdf
(Tools for the Assessment and Treatment of Dementia)
http://www.caregiver.com
(Magazine dedicated to caregivers)
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/consumers_patients/evidence_based.htm
(Evidence Based Protocols-University of Iowa School of Nursing)

http://www.hartfordign.org/policy/counts/NC_Sept01.pdf
(Strengthening the Caregiving Workforce - Sept. 2001)

http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/HomePage/content.html
(Resource regarding end-of-life)
Dangerous abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations related to medication use.
http://www.ismp.org/PDF/ISMPAbbreviations.pdf?itemID=21576
Publications for Care Taking
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centrage/pubs.shtml
Technology for Long Term Care
http://www.techforltc.org/ltc.cfm?CFID=243472&CFTOKEN=6df88fbbdd734b5d-3433D04D-9621-24CE-72C02F6CD7FA8C2B
To learn more about The John A. Hartford "Hartford Initiative"