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AARP's 2008 Best Employers for Workers over 50: The top 50 employers from AARP's annual recognition program that awards companies and organizations who are leaders in best practices and policies for addressing the issues affecting our aging labor force.
http://www.aarp.org/money/work/best_employers/Best_Employer_Winners/

Area Agency on Aging: Services to Allegheny County's seniors include caregiver support, support for caregiving grandparents, home-delivered meals, and much more.
http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/dhs/aaa.aspx

Benefits Check Up: This service of the National Council on Aging provides confidential questionnaires which then compare your information with eligibility requirements for programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Weatherization, pharmacy assistance, vocational rehabilitation and in-home services. Users then receive a printable report that tells them which programs they may likely qualify for and where to go to enroll.
http://www.benefitscheckup.org/

COMPASS: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services: Allows individuals and community based organizations access to screen for, apply for, and renew a broad range of social programs including health care, energy assistance, and long-term care.
http://www.compass.state.pa.us/

Family Caregiver Alliance: Maintained by the National Center on Caregiving. Includes fact sheets, statistics, information for long-distance caregivers, and resource directories, and more.
http://www.caregiver.org

Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers: Recruits volunteers who then provide critical in-home, non-medical services that assist frail Western Pennsylvania seniors with the tasks of daily living.
http://www.ivcswpa.org/

Long Term Living in PA: This website provides quick access to information about the many long term living services and planning resources available for people over the age of sixty and adults with physical disabilities throughout Pennsylvania.
http://www.ltlinpa.com/

National Family Caregiver Support Program. A U. S. Administration on Aging site with fact sheets and brochures on caregiving topics, links to resources, and updates on legislative issues.
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.aspx

United Way's Help Connections is an extensive directory of health and human service programs in Western Pennsylvania. Includes children's programs, caregiver directories, and support groups.
http://www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org/HelpConnections.aspx?id=284

University of Pittsburgh. Institute on Aging: Family and Caregivers Includes information on caregiving and work issues, legal rights, ethical issues, social and emotional support, conditions and diseases that affect older adults, and other issues related to caregiving.
http://www.aging.upmc.com/

UPMC Home Care: a network of services that work together to provide a patient's total in-home needs, from nursing to medical equipment.
http://www.upmc.com/services/homehealthservices/