Administration on Aging
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is the Federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their caregivers. AoA works with and through the Aging Services Network to promote the development of a comprehensive and coordinated system of home and community-based long-term care that is responsive to the needs and preferences of older people and their family caregivers.

Aging with Dignity
Aging with Dignity is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to affirm and safeguard the human dignity of individuals as they age and to promote better care for those near the end of life. The organization offers a popular living will template known as Five Wishes.

Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for Assisted Living Residences and Nursing Homes were developed from the latest evidence in dementia care research and the experience of professional direct care experts.

American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
AHLA's Public Information Series, a growing collection of consumer-friendly guidebooks and fact sheets. Through the Series, AHLA members address issues and share their expertise in an easy-to-understand manner with healthcare professionals, healthcare executives, public health agencies, pro bono attorneys, consumer groups, and the general public. The Series includes resources on advance care planning and legal issues in life-limiting conditions.

Avila Institute of Gerontology
The Avila Institute of Gerontology, a not for profit organization, provides high quality, affordable educational programs on Gerontology. The workshops presented by the Avila Institute address the most current issues facing geriatric healthcare providers. Regional seminars throughout the United States and Ireland bring qualified speakers who are experts in their field to present interesting and innovative studies in the geriatric field. Regulatory requirements, ethics, management skills, and resident care are among the relevant issues presented.

The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.

The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish)
Based at the George Washington Medical Center, GWish focuses on research, education and policy work that brings increased attention to the spiritual needs of patients, families and healthcare professionals. Visit the GWish website for free resources including an interactive tool to assess spirituality in clinical practices and new guidelines to incorporate spirituality into palliative care.

The foundation is a nonpartisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. Their product is information, always provided free of charge – from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to information young people can use to improve their health or elderly people can use to understand their Medicare benefits.

LeadingAge (formerly American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
The members of LeadingAge help millions of individuals and their families every day through mission-driven, not-for-profit organizations dedicated to providing the services that people need, when they need them, in the place they call home. Our 5,700 member organizations, many of which have served their communities for generations, offer the continuum of aging services: adult day services, home health, community services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes. LeadingAge's commitment is to create the future of aging services through quality people can trust.

CHA and LeadingAge have developed a joint membership program that provides the benefits of these two national organizations to long-term care providers. Click here to learn more.

Long-term care: Facts on Care in the US
This website provides data on nursing home care in the US. The goal of the site is to allow researchers to trace relationships between state policies, local market forces and the quality of long-term care and enable policymakers to craft state and local guidelines that promote high-quality, cost-effective, equitable care for older Americans. LTCFocUS.org is a product of the Shaping Long-Term Care in America Project being conducted at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research and supported, in part, by the National Institute on Aging.

Mercy Housing
Mercy Housing is a national organization that acquires and develops program-enriched housing for a variety of low-income populations, including families, seniors and people with special needs.

The National PACE Association (NPA)
NPA exists to advance the efforts of Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). PACE programs coordinate and provide all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community. NPA supports PACE programs through federal policy and advocacy, educational opportunities, benchmarking data and research. Visit the NPA website to learn more about PACE and the NPA's supporting resources.

Supportive Care Coalition
A coalition of Catholic health care organizations committed to assisting ministry organizations and their health care professionals to address the physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs of those suffering from life-threatening and/or chronic illness as well as those approaching the end of life. Visit the coalition's website to learn more.