VITAL RECORDS
Copies of birth certificates, death certificates and marriage records.
State-by-state links to obtain copies of your records - birth, death, marriage or divorce.
Organized by State http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
Medicare - https://www.medicare.gov/
Social Security Office - https://www.socialsecurity.gov/
Military Papers and Veterans Service Records - http://www.archives.gov/veterans/
Passports - http://travel.state.gov/passport/
Veterans Administration - www.va.gov
CAREGIVING ELDERCARE ASSISTANCE
National Caregivers Library - http://www.caregiverslibrary.org/home.aspx
Alzheimers Association - http://www.alz.org
Home Instead Senior Care - https://www.homeinstead.com
Eldercare - https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx
Care Managers - http://www.caremanager.org
LEGAL, ESTATE & MUST-HAVE DOCUMENTS
Wills, healthcare, directives and health care power of attorney.
Legal Zoom – http://www.LegalZoom.com
NOLO - Our mission is to help consumers and small businesses find answers to their everyday legal and business questions - http://www.nolo.com
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys - https://www.naela.org
Suze Orman “Must Have Documents” - http://www.suzeorman.com/books-kits/collections-and-kits/must-have-documents/
EMERGENCY PREPARATION & DISASTER RELIEF
American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management - http://www.fema.gov
Ready.gov - http://www.ready.gov
Disaster Assistance - www.disasterassistance.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -http://www.cdc.gov
Operation Hope - www.operationhope.org
The Salvation Army - www.salvationarmyusa.org
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Cancer Support Community - http://www.cancersupportcommunity.org
American Heart Association - http://www.heart.org
American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org
Alzheimer's Association - http://www.alz.org
American Lung Association - http://www.lung.org
FARA – Freidriech’s Ataxia Research Alliance – http://www.curefa.org
PETS
The Humane Society - www.humanesociety.org
FEMA for Pet Owners - www.fema.gov/helping-pets
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