Links
Health care changes constantly. These links are a starting point. Please see the disease-specific section for groups that also do advocacy and/or have their own professional organizations. NOTE: Clicking on a link will open it in a new window, which may or may not be reused, depending upon your browser settings.
General Sites
Accreditation
- Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)
- Joint Commission on Accredition of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
Advocacy
- Children's Alliance
- Washington State Hospital Association
- Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Health Care For All
- Washington Rural Health Association
Aging / Caregiving
- AARP's Caregiver Site
- Senior Services King County - Main Page
- Senior Services King County Online Resource Center
- Senior Services Snohomish County
- National Center on Caregiving (Family Caregiver Alliance)
- National Family Caregivers Association
Chemical Dependency
- Alcohol/Drug 24 Hour Hotline
- Highline Hospital Addiction Recovery Center
- Perinatal Treatment Services
- Union Gospel Mission Recovery Services
Continuing Education
- Antioch University - Psychology Continuing Education
- North Sound Training Institute (Compass Health)
- University of Washington School of Social Work
- University of Washington School of Nursing - Continuing Nursing Education
Disease-specific Groups
Cancer
- American Cancer Society
- National Cancer Institute
- Central Brain Tumor Registry
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- The Brain Tumor Center at Duke University
- Focus on Healing
- Gilda's Club Seattle - Home Page
- John Hopkins Cancer Center
- OncoLink (Abramson Cancer Center - University of Pennsylvania)
- The American Brain Tumor Association
- Oncologychannel - Your Oncology Community
Mental Health
Other
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Heart Association
- American Parkinson Disease Association - Washington State Chapter
- American Parkinson Disease Association
- American Stroke Association
- Lifelong Aids Alliance
- Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Parkinson Foundation
- Northwest Parkinson's Foundation
- United Ostomy Association, Inc. State Chapters
Federal Agencies
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Medicare.gov
- Medicare Part D
- Social Security Disability Fast Track Process (Compassionate Allowances)
Licensure
Professional Organizations
- Council on Social Work Education
- NASW Washington State Chapter
- National Association of Social Workers
- Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care - National
- Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work
State Agencies: Washington
- Basic Health Plan (Washington State Health Care Authority)
- Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS) - Main Page
- DSHS Adult Family Home Search Tool
- DSHS Boarding Home Search Tool
- DSHS Nursing Home Search Tool
- Office of Public Guardianship
State Agencies: Other States
- Montana Senior & Long Term Care (Department of Public Health & Human Services)
- Oregon Department of Human Services
Updated 5/26/2009