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Virginia Health Care Association
http://www.vhca.org/
Whether you are seeking information about one of VHCA's member nursing or assisted living facilities or information about the activities of the association itself, you've come to the right place.
American Health Care Association
http://www.ahcancal.org/Pages/Default.aspx
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
SeniorNavigator.com
http://www.seniornavigator.com/vaprovider/consumer/snConsumerHome.do
SeniorNavigator is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides free information about the health and aging resources available to Virginians.
Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/index.asp
The Alzheimer's Association, a national network of chapters, is the largest national voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing Alzheimer's research and helping those affected by the disease.
Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc
http://www.pdf.org/
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) is a national non-profit organization devoted to education, advocacy, and the funding of research. We strive to bring help and hope to as many as one million Americans who now suffer from this debilitating condition
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Programs for which CMS is responsible include Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA, and CLIA.
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
http://www.dmas.state.va.us/ - under construction!
DMAS strives to ensure that program integrity is maintained in the array of preventive, acute and long-term care services it provides, and that fraud, abuse, and waste are detected and eliminated to the maximum extent possible.
National Long Term Care
Ombudsman Resource Center
http://www.ltcombudsman.org/
Ombudsmen are dedicated to enhancing the lives of long term care residents. The National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center provides support, technical assistance and training to the 53 State Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs.