UT Southwestern Medical Center has a caring staff of medical professionals who are committed to enhancing patients’ quality of life as well as meeting the needs of patients’ families. Our staff can direct them to a variety of informative and enriching support groups and other resources, which can be tailored to meet a specific situation.
At UT Southwestern, excellence in patient care includes pointing the way to resources patients and their families may not be familiar with, but which have proved invaluable to others. We trust these services will assist patients on the road to healing and improved health.
Patient Education Materials
Web Sites
Aging Parents and Elder Care
This site offers a wide variety of resources for elder care providers, including an e-mail newsletter, a set of checklists, a glossary and information about Medicare.
American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging
The mission of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging is to strengthen and secure the legal rights, dignity, autonomy, quality of life and quality of care of elders. It carries out this mission through research, policy development, technical assistance, advocacy, education and training.
American Geriatrics Society
Founded in 1942, the American Geriatrics Society is a nationwide, nonprofit association of geriatrics health-care professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The society supports this mission through activities in clinical practice, professional and public education, research and public policy.
InfoAging
Infoaging.org is dedicated to providing the knowledge we all need to live healthier, longer lives. The site delivers the latest research-based information on a wide range of age-related diseases, conditions, issues, features and news.
Medicare Rights Center
Medicare Rights Center (MRC) is the largest independent source of health-care information and assistance in the United States for people with Medicare. Founded in 1989, MRC helps older adults and people with disabilities get good, affordable health care.
National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
NCCNHR provides information and leadership on federal and state regulatory and legislative policy development, and models and strategies to improve care and life for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination and other programs. The NIA is the primary federal agency for Alzheimer’s disease research, and it supports and conducts research on aging processes, age-related diseases, and the special problems and needs of the aged.
NIHSeniorHealth.gov
NIHSeniorHealth makes aging-related health information easily accessible for family members and friends seeking reliable, easy-to-understand online health information. The site was developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
