Assisted Living Resources and Links
You may find the following resources and information useful:
Activity Resources
Advance Directives and Comfort One
- Advance Directives instructions and forms:
- Comfort One reference - forms can only be obtained from physician
- This website is based in Missoula, Montana. Individuals can develop end-of-life plans and "bank" them for their family and medical professional's access, making the individual's wishes known and available.
Assisted Living
- Comprehensive 50-State Report Examines Pros and Cons of Assisted Living
- AIM: The Society of Senior Living Professionals
- ALU Assisted Living Training November 26, 2004
- ALU Course Outline
- Assisted Living University Newsletter
- Change of Ownership
Assisted Living Associations
American Assisted Living Nurses Association (AALNA)- Assisted Living Federation of America
- Montana Assisted Living Facility Associations
- National Assisted Living Nurses Association (NALNA)
-
National Association Directors Of Nursing Administration/Long Term Care
- National Center for Assisted Living
(a branch of the
American Health Care Association) - Senior Living University (formerly known as Assisted Living University, ALU)
- The Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL)
Category C Resources
- Accepting the Challenge
- Alzheimers Organization
- Alzheimers Resource Room Departmentof Health and Human Services
- Specific Selected Activities for Therapeutic Programming
- Stage Related Activities of Alzheimer's
- National Institute of Health News Article titled: Studies Suggest People with Early AD Can Still Learn
Construction
Estate Planning
Falls in the Elderly
- http://nihseniorhealth.gov/balanceproblems/toc.html
- http://www.consumeraffairs.com/age/falls.html
- http://nurse.cyberchalk.com/nurse/courses/nurseweek/nw2032
/20unit/ce95a.htm - http://tristatehealthsystem.client.web-health.com/web-health/topics/SeniorHealth/falls_elderly.htm
- http://www.nursing.wright.edu/practice/falls/
Flame Retardants
- Flame resistant treatment sprays can be obtained from the following sources:
- Flame Safe of the Rockies, (406) 457-8275 or
- FLAME STOPPING on the Internet
Food and meal preparation references
- Hospitality,
Travel, and Tourism Update from Thomson Delmar Learning
- Becky Dorner & Associates
- Nutrition and Health Care Solutions
Registered Dietitian Becky Dorner of Becky Dorner & Associates brings you high quality nutrition and dietary information. Review the free newsletter on line. - Food Services of America
- International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation
- Caffine Content
Forms
- MED-PASS provides forms, reference publications and training resources for pharmacies, long-term care and assisted living facilities, home care providers.
- www.heaton.org provides policy and procedure manuals, regulatory guides, training programs, and other media resources.
Geriatric Information
- American Geriatric Society
- http://www.americangeriatrics.org/news/ags_press_release.shtml
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- http://www.mtha.org/
Heimlich Maneuver
- Information on the abdominal thrust can be obtained from the Heimlick Institute
Incontinency
- http://www.incontinence.org/
- http://www.aboutincontinence.org/
- http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/sec12/ch99.jsp
- National Association for Continence
Mini Mental Exam
- Mini mental exam is copywrited
PETS
- Delta Society - Health Benefits of Animals, Therapy Animals. Delta Soiety program descriptions and reference information related to human-animal interactions.
Poison Control
- American Association of Poison Control: http://www.aapcc.org
- For hazardous material information sheets you may want to check the MSDS web site at: http://www.msds.com
- Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center: http://www.rmpdc.org
State Resources
- Certified Local Ombudsman List (as of March 2004)
- Montana Ombudsman
Page
- DPHHS/Senior and Long Term Care Division CONTACT Listings (Adult Protective Services)
- "Partners for Health" Newsletter published by the Montana Office of Rural Health for people working in the health care industry
- Blind and Low Vision Resources
- Montana DPHHS Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention webpage: This page has various staff training and educational resources.
Senior Fitness
This page last updated 03/28/2007
