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09 - Health Care Checklists
for consumers are available from the Brookdale Center on Aging, which provides educational programs for the eldercare community. Three checklists sell as a set for $17.25 (payable to: "Brookdale Center on Aging") (includes S&H). The three 1998 checklists address purchase of long term care insurance policies, selecting Medicare HMOs, and purchasing Medicare Supplement Health Insurance. Contact: Sadin Institute on Law, Brookdale Center on Aging, 425 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. 1-800-64-STAFF.
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10 - Starting Points for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
is a new (1998) resource guide designed to inform grandparents on everything from legal and financial matters to schools and day care. Published by the Illinois Department on Aging (IDOA), the guide is part of an overall public awareness effort to support elders who have become grandparent caregivers due to parental drug abuse, abandonment, death, or other factors. To obtain a free copy of the guide, e-mail the IDOA's Senior Helpline at: ilsenior@age084R1.state.il.us
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11 - Fibromyalgia Relief Book
by Miryam Williamson offers 213 practical, drug-free strategies for dealing with this syndrome that affects 12 million Americans. Fibromyalgia is a condition of musculoskeletal pain and severe fatigue accompanied by disturbed, non-restorative sleep. Williamson, President of the Fibromyalgia Alliance in America, suffers from the condition, and developed these strategies for reducing pain, maximizing energy, and assuming self-control. 1998. $14.95. Walker and Company, NY. In bookstores this October.
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12 - Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
is an online rating and review guide that helps Internet surfers sort through the large volume of nutrition information available on the worldwide web in order to find reliable and accurate sources. The service rates and scores hundreds of nutrition websites based on content and usability. Ratings range from "Not Recommended" to "Among the Best". The Tufts University Nutrition Navigator (TUNN) was underwritten by a grant from Kraft Foods, Inc. The TUNN website address is http://navigator.tufts.edu/
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