Links to Internet Resources for Health Care Personnel
Long-Term Care and Aging

• Administration on Aging
• Alzheimer’s Association
• (AAHSA) American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• State Associations of Homes and Services for the Aging
• American Federation for Aging Research
• American Geriatrics Society
• AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
• (AHCA) American Health Care Association
• State Nursing Home Associations
• American Society on Aging
• (CMS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Medicare/Medicaid Certification & Compliance for Nursing Homes
• Medicare Nursing Home Comparisons- The primary purpose of this tool is to provide detailed information about the past performance of every Medicaid and Medicare certified nursing home in the country.
• Care Pathways- This site was created and is maintained by RNs dedicated to providing seniors and their families access to quality information, products and services.
• Eldercare Locator Service
• Geriatric Video Productions
• Gerontological Society of America
• (JCAHO) Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Long Term Care Info - (CRG) Cowles Research Group
• (NADONA) National Association Directors of Nursing Administration - Long Term Care
• NADONA State Chapters
• National Association for the Support of Long Term Care -
  Your advocacy voice for excellence in post acute care.
• National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners
• National Gerontological Nursing Association
• National Institute on Aging
• Nursing Center
• State Nursing Home Survey Agencies

Infection Control

• (APIC) Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
• APIC Affiliates:
• (CBIC) Certification Board of Infection Control
• Research Foundation for Prevention of Complications Associated with Health Care
• APIC Chapters with Web Sites
• (CDC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• CDC Infection Control in Healthcare Settings 
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• (NNIS) National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance
• (EID) Emerging Infectious Diseases
• (CHICA - Canada)The Community and Hospital Infection Control Association Canada
• (IDSA) Infectious Diseases Society of America
• (NFID) National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• (RID) Committee to Reduce Infectious Disease
• (SHEA) Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America