Resources
Washington State Links
General Links
Indexes
Eldercare/Nursing Homes
Social Security
Medicare
Legal/Financial Issues
Useful Numbers
Washington State Links
Access
- Washington State Govenment Home Page
Ask George Washington, not Masten
Governor
Christine Gregoire
Health Care Authority also
Public Employees Benefits Board
Index of State Agencies, Boards and Commissions
Joint Committee on Pension
Policy
Legislature Information -
Legislature Home page
Retirement Systems,
Deptartment of
Secretary of
State - elections and voting portion
State Investment Board
General
Links
AARP - American Association of
Retired Persons
AFSCME - American Federation
of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
ARA - Alliance for
Retired Americans
BenefitsCheckUp -
It's simple. It's fast. It's free. And it's confidential.
FirstGov - FirstGov for
Seniors homepage (U.S. Goverment main portal)
FTE Magazine
GovBenefits.gov
MediCare - Medicare
website
Retired.Com - retirement
portal featuring articles on travel, finance, and wellness as well as a business
directory
Roberts Rules of Order
- the official site for the rule book on parliamentary procedure
SCORE - Service Corps of
Retired Executives
Social Security Administration
- U.S. Government's SSA site
Washington Federation for State
Employees
Washington Public Employees
Association
Washington State School Retirees'
Association
Indexes
Wired Seniors
Senior Resource
Third Age
Yahoo! Seniors' Guide
The Resource Directory for
Older People — Administration on Aging and National Institute on Aging
Senior Journal
InfoAging.org — American Federation for
Aging Research; geriatric medicine
Merck Manual of Geriatrics
(3rd edition)
NIH Senior Health
Eldercare/Nursing Homes
Senior Housing - Washington
ElderWeb
Eldercare Locator
CareGuide
New Lifestyles
Senior Housing
CarePlanner — decisionmaking guide for
appropriate level of care for elderly or disabled person
Nursing Homes —
Health Care Financing Administration
National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home
Reform
Nursing Facilities,
Staffing, Residents, and Facility Deficiencies, 1995 Through 2001 — National
Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Long-Term Care Insurance:
An Assessment of States' Capacity to Review and Regulate Rates — AARP
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Social Security Retirement Planner
Social Security Online for Women
Social Security Network
Social Security (AFL-CIO)
Sign the Pledge to Protect Social
Security and Medicare
Medicare
Medicare Information
Medicare
Medicare & You
2003 (PDF format)
Medicare Plan Choices
— Health Care Financing Administration
National Bipartisan
Commission on the Future of Medicare
Enough to Make You
Sick: Prescription Drug Prices for the Elderly — Families U.S.A. (PDF)
Legal/Financial Issues
Workforce and Aging
— Administration On Aging
SeniorLaw Home Page
Elder Law Answers
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Older Americans
Facts About Law and
the Elderly — American Bar Association
RetireNet
Society for Human
Resource Management - Retirement Planning Links
Kiplinger's Retirement
Savings Calculator
Useful Numbers
Wa State Dept of
Retirement Systems
1-800-547-6657
Wa State Health Care
Authority
1-800-200-1004
Legislative Hotline
1-800-562-6000 (only during session)
Senior Lobby Legislative
Hotline
1-800-562-6118