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Elder Abuse
Anti-Crime Tips for Seniors -- National Crime Prevention Council
(Separate Website)
Fight crime against seniors and find out how not to fall prey to criminals who target older people.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Avoid Investment Fraud
(Separate Website)
Helpful things to know to avoid investment fraud. Information from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Avoid Telemarketing Scams
(Separate Website)
Find out how to deal with scam artists who use telemarketing to steal or rip you off.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Charitable Giving Done Wisely
(Separate Website)
Tips for making sure your charity dollars are going where you want them to go. Tips from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Help from Louisiana's Elderly Protective Services Hotline.
Louisiana's toll-free hotline to report abuse of the elderly is 1-800-259-4990 (within Louisiana).
By: Elder Law Task Force
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Identity Theft -- Tips to Avoid Predators Learn how to protect yourself against identity theft.
By: National Crime Prevention Council.
Safer Seniors -- Anti-Crime Tips
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Tips for staying safe in on the street and at home.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Spot a Con Artist
(Separate Website)
How to spot a con artist trying to rip you off -- information from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
What To Do About Abuse & Neglect
(Separate Website)
Find out here about nursing home residents' rights to be free from neglect and abuse. Learn what to do if these rights are ignored.
By: National Citizens? Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Interdiction
Louisiana's Interdiction Law
(Separate Website)
Guidelines, self-help forms and background information on Louisiana's Interdiction Law.
By: Mental Health Advocacy Service
Living Wills
Getting Your Affairs in Order
(Separate Website)
Step by step guide to what you may need.
By: National Institute on Aging
Long Term Care & Nursing Homes
Find a hospice program
(Separate Website)
After you choose a city or county, this site will give you a list of hospice providers near you with contact information.
By: National Hospice & Pallative Care Organzation
Helping you choose quality home care and hospice services
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Here is a list of questions to help you get the information you need. You can also check to see if a facility is approved by JCAHO using their Quality Check.
By: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Helping you choose quality long term health care
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This is a list of questions to ask when you visit a center. Check here to see if a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or long term care facility is approved by JCAHO using their Quality Check.
By: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
What to consider when looking for a nursing home
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Here is a list to help you decide if a nursing home is the right one.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
What To Do About Abuse & Neglect
(Separate Website)
Find out here about nursing home residents' rights to be free from neglect and abuse. Learn what to do if these rights are ignored.
By: National Citizens? Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Pensions
Contact the Employee Benefits Security Administration
(Separate Website)
Different ways to contact the federal agency that administers different federal laws which protect your rights in health insurance and pension plans.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Federal Department of Labor Forms
(Separate Website)
Forms that may help with your legal problem.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Find a Missing Pension
(Separate Website)
Is it possible that you or someone you know may be owed a pension benefit without knowing it? If you worked for a company in the past that went out of business or ended its defined benefit pension plan, you may be entitled to pension money.
By: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Get help with pensions
(Separate Website)
Gives you websites, addresses and phone numbers for help with union and company pensions, terminated plans and "lost" participants, military pensions, railroad pensions, and more.
By: Pension Rights Center
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