Through our years of working with seniors we have researched and found these many resources which are available to help you through the journey of aging as well as caregiving for those you love.

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• Resources for Assistance
• Miscellaneous Resoures
• Government - State
• Governmnet - Federal
• Home Products
• Assessing Your Home
• Associations
• Caregiver Support
• Library Resources

Governor Tim Pawlenty
Office of the Governor
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-3391
1-800-657-3717
Facsimile: 651-296-2089
email: tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us

Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson
1400 Bremer Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-296-3353
1-800-657-3787
TTY: 651-297-7206
TTY: 1-800-366-4812
www.ag.state.mn.us/Contact/Default.htm

Minnesota Department of Commerce
(for banking and securities)
651-296-4026

Minnesota State Legislature
www.leg.state.mn.us

Minnesota Better Business Bureau
651-699-1111 or 1-800-955-5100

Do-Not-Call List Registration
1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236)
www.donotcall.gov

Free Credit Reports
1-877-322-8228
www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

Charities Review Council
651-224-7030 or 1-800-733-4483

National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
202-682-4140
www.preventelderabuse.org

Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
301-657-2248
www.shhh.org

Property Tax Deferral
www.taxes.state.mn.us

Rebuilding Together (assistance for home repair/modifications)
1-800-4-Rehab-9
www.rebuildingtogether.org

Energy Assistance (various programs providing funds for emergency crisis assistance for people who may otherwise be without heat)
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (liheap) Clearing House
1-800-657-3805
www.liheap.ncat.org/profiles/energyhelp.htm
www.state.mn.us

Benefits Checkup/A service of the National Council on the Aging (helps connect to government programs for prescription drugs, healthcare, utilities, and other needs)
www.benefitscheckup.org

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (provides funding for a variety of housing needs)
612-296-7608 or 1-800-657-3769
www.mhfa.state.mn.us

National Aging in Place: www.seniorsafehome.com

FHA/Housing and Urban Development (HUD): www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hecm/hecmabou.cfm

AARP: www.aarp.org

Alliance for Retired Americans:  www.retiredamericans.org

National Center for Home Equity Conversion: www.reverse.org

Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging:  www.tcaging.org

Minnesota Help: www.MinnesotaHelp.info

Senior Linkage Line: www.mnaging.org/advisor/SLL.htm

American Bar Association: www.abanet.org/aging
 
Vital Aging Network (VAN): www.vital-aging-network.org

Financing Long Term Care: www.financinglongtermcare.umn.edu

ElderCare Rights Alliance: www.eldercarerights.org

The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers: www.caremanager.org

National Association for Home Care: www.nahc.org

American Geriatrics Society: www.americangeriatrics.org

American Society on Aging: www.asaging.org

National Council on the Aging: www.ncoa.org

Children of Aging Parents: www.caps4caregivers.org

Who Get’s Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate (guide to passing on personal belongings):  www.yellowpieplate.umn.edu/indexB.html

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.: www.ncba-aged.org

National Council of La Raza: www.nclr.org

National Hispanic Council on Aging: www.incacorp.com/nhcoa

National Institute on Aging: www.nih.gov/nia

Minnesota Board on Aging: www.mnaging.org

Minnesota Department of Human Services: www.dhs.state.mn.us

Minnesota Department of Health:  www.health.state.mn.us

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Home Accessibility Design & Funding Guides: www.mhfa.state.mn.us/accessibility

Minnesota Statewide Independent Living Councils: www.mnsilc.org

Administration on Aging: www.aoa.gov

Federal Department of Health & Human Services: www.eldercare.gov

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): www.cms.hhs.gov

FirstGov.gov/U.S.Government’s Official Web Portal: www.seniors.gov

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging: http://aging.senate.gov

Dynamic Living: www.dynamic-living.com

Ageless Design - Alzheimer’s specialists: www.alzstore.com

Barrier Free Architecturals, Inc.:  www.barrierfree.org

Lifease, Inc.: www.lifease.com

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists (CAPS):  www.nahb.org/category.aspx?sectionID=686

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging:  www.hhs.gov/aging/index.html

Alzheimer’s Association: www.alz.org

American Parkinson’s Disease Association: www.apdaparkinson.org

American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org

American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org

American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation:  www.aacvpr.org

American Stroke Association: www.strokeassociation.org

National Stroke Association: www.stroke.org

American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org

National Osteoporosis Foundation: www.nof.org

Brain Injury Association of Minnesota: www.braininjurymn.org

National Arthritis Foundation:  www.arthritis.org

The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.: www.aota.org

CaregiverMN.org: www.caregivermn.org

Family Caregiver Alliance:  www.caregiver.org

National Family Caregivers Association: www.nfcacares.org

And Thou Shalt Honor: www.andthoushalthonor.org

Family Caregivine 101:  www.familycaregiving101.org

Family Caregivers Online:  www.familycaregiversonline.com

Full Circle Care:  www.fullcirclecare.org

GriefNet.org (Internet community of persons dealing with grief):  www.Griefnet.org

National Alliance for Caregiving: www.caregiving.org

National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlinepulse/caregivers.asp

Well Spouse: www.wellspouse.org

Age Net:  www.agenet.com

Caregiver’s Home Companion: www.caregivershome.com

Caregiving Solutions: www.caregiving.com

Today’s Caregiver Magazine: www.caregiver.com

Coping With Caregiving Radio Show (This radio show airs on Saturdays on your computer.  You can listen to past shows anytime.):  www.wsradio.com/copingwithcaregiving

A group of Minnesota libraries have resources on Universal Design and home accessibility. You can go to their websites for a list of the books and videos they have as well as receive a description of their contents. The materials were obtained with federal Family Caregiver Support grant funds administered by the Minnesota Board on Aging.

Hennepin County: www.hclib.org

Minneapolis: www.mplib.org

St. Paul: www.stpaul.lib.mn.us

Minnesota Public Libraries Metronet directory:  www.metrolibraries.net/library-wire/overview.html