- Administration on Aging
Includes information designed for older Americans and their families as well as those concerned about providing the opportunities and services to enrich the lives of older persons and support their independence.
- America's Best Hospitals 2003
If you're looking for the best in medical care, check out the 14th annual edition of "America's Best Hospitals" on-line.
- Caregiver Network
A Canadian based support site created by Karen Henderson during her 14 years of caring for her father.
- CNS - Centre for Neuro Skills - Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
This link has a map of the sections of the brain, each sections' functions and the problems that can be observed when injury happens to that particular section.
- Clare's TBI Online-Cookbook
This cookbook is for easy and fast recipes to help brain injured survivors and their caregivers prepare meals.
- Click-N-Type Virtual Keyboard
An on-screen virtual keyboard designed for anyone with a disability that prevents one from typing on a physical computer keyboard. Downloadable FREE from this site
- Coma Waiting Page
An excellent resource for family members of those in a coma.
- Educational Kinesiology Foundation
Brain Gym® is a trademarked program of 26 targeted physical activities that enhance learning and cognitive abilities built upon more than 80 years of research by specialists in physical movement, learning, and development. Although originally designed for children, these activities can also help the damaged brain of stroke survivors.
- eMedicine on spasticity
Spasticity from a medical perspective in considerable depth.
- Exercises for Balance
An exercise program to improve balance used by some stroke survivors (although this one was designed for a condition that resulted in cerebellar damage caused by a condition other than stroke).
- Exercise for the disabled
Good general information with many references for those with stroke. Searching the website for references to stroke produces some 45 hits - see search results
- The FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America
A series of precise movements that alter habitual patterns and provide new learning directly to the neuromuscular system It is especially useful for people who want to learn to overcome limitations brought on by stress, misuse, accident, or illness (such as stroke).
- FirstGov - The Official Site for U.S. Government information, services, transactions, and forms
Includes Health, Benefits & Grants and Disability links.
- Food & Nutrition Information Center
An excellent and extensive resource for definitive food and nutrition data.
- Point-N-Click Virtual Mouse
An on-screen virtual mouse designed for anyone with a disability that prevents one from "clicking" with a physical computer mouse. As long as they can move a pointing device, they can send clicks to any Windows application or DOS application that can run within a window. Point-N-Click can be used stand-alone or in conjunction with the Click-N-Type Virtual Keyboard. Downloadable FREE from this site.
- Spasticity Information
All aspects of spasticity covered in depth.
- Stroke Recovery Association of Ontario
An informative website covering almost all aspects of stroke.
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