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Nonprofit Organizations As part of our mission to become your one stop for everything related to assisted living and other adult care facilities, Adult-Care.ORG offers you the following directory of Nonprofit Organizations. Although we cannot endorse any websites outside of our own or guarantee the currency or accuracy of the information contained therein, we have scoured the Internet in an attempt to find simple and reliable references. Click on the links below (they look like this: Example) to find the information you want.
AARP (formerly American Association of Retired Persons), is the country’s largest organization of and for people over 50 years old. AARP pursues a better life for all aging Americans through advocacy, publications and research, campaigns, contributions, volunteering, and focused marketing. AARP features AgeLine, a database of publications for and about seniors: Click here to access AgeLine.
The private, nonprofit Alliance for Aging Research promotes the improvement of the universal human experience of aging and health by developing, implementing and advocating programs in research, professional and consumer health education and public policy.
Alliance For Retired Americans The Alliance’s mission is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens, so they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy works to increase access to comprehensive Medicare coverage and excellent health care for elders and people with disabilities by providing the highest quality analysis, education and advocacy.
Elders in Action’s mission is to assure a vibrant community through the active involvement of older adults.
Family Caregiver Alliance is a public voice for caregivers whose programs—information, education, services, research, and advocacy—support and sustain the important work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions.
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation The Geriatric Mental Health Foundation’s mission is to raise awareness of psychiatric and mental health disorders affecting the elderly, eliminate the stigma of mental illness and treatment, promote healthy aging strategies, and increase access to quality mental health care for the elderly.
Grantmakers In Aging is dedicated to promoting and strengthening grantmaking for an aging society.
International Longevity Center USA The International Longevity Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, international research, policy, and education organization formed to educate individuals on how to live longer and better, and advise society on how to maximize the benefits of todays age boom.
The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs and public policy initiatives.
National Alliance For Caregiving The National Alliance For Caregiving was created to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop national programs, increase public awareness of family caregiving issues, work to strengthen state and local caregiving coalitions, and represent the US caregiving community internationally.
The National Council On Aging is a national voice for older adults—especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged—and the community organizations that serve them.
National Senior Citizens Law Center The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates before the courts, Congress and federal agencies to promote the independence and well-being of low-income elderly and disabled Americans.
Older Adult Consumer Mental Health Alliance The mission of the OACMHA is to improve the quality of life of older persons affected by mental illness, and their family caregivers, by promoting, through advocacy and public education, the development of accessible, affordable and age-appropriate mental health services.
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