Senior & Disease Support Links

Seniors  
American Association of Retired PersonsMembership organization that helps people, age 50 and overwww.aarp.org
Fall PreventionNational Association for Home Modification and Senior Independencewww.homemods.org
National Aging in Place CouncilSenior support networkwww.naipc.org
National Association of Geriatric Care ManagersHealth and human services specialists who help families who are caring for older relativeswww.caremanager.org
Barrington Area Council on AgingBarrington IL support groupwww.bacoa.org
Dupage County Senior ServicesDupage County support groupwww.dupageco.org/seniorsvcs/
   
General Disability Support Organizations  
American Association of People with DisabilitiesOrganizes the disability communitywww.aapd.com
National Association for Home Care & HospiceProfessional association for home caregiverswww.nahc.org
DisaboomOnline community for people with disabilitieswww.disaboom.com
   
Chicago/Northern Illinois Area Resources  
Access LivingNonresidential Center for Independent Living providing advocacy and resourceswww.accessliving.org
MOPD – City of Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with DisabilitiesRepresents the diverse needs of Chicago’s citizens with disabilitieswww.cityofchicago.org/disabilities
Department of Human ServicesProviding integrated support and the Department of Rehabilitation Serviceswww.dhs.state.il.us
Department of Specialized Care for ChildrenFocused on the needs of children with disabilitieswww.uic.edu/hsc/dscc/
Suburban Cook CountyWest Suburban Accesswww.wasan.org
   
Disease Resources  
ALS - Les Turner FoundationDedicated to serving people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosiswww.lesturnerals.org
ALS AssociationDedicated to serving people with ALSwww.alschicago.org
CP – United Cerebral PalsyHelps people with physical and cognitive disabilities and the economically disadvantagedwww.ucpnet.org
CP – Ramp Up FoundationProvides ramps and interior modifications that make homes accessible to people with disabilitieswww.ucpnet.org/ramp-up.php
MD – Muscular Dystrophy AssociationDedicated to curing muscular related diseaseswww.mda.org
MS – National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyDedicated to curing MSwww.nationalmssociety.org
Parkinsons Disease FoundationFunding research and support for people with Parkinsonswww.pdf.org
Do you have another organization that you would like to see highlighted here?

Credentials

nahb_logo.jpg logo.gif BBB logo.jpg naec_logo.jpg care_logo.jpg naers_logo.jpg home_mood.jpg