| Resource Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Advance Directives | On-line storage of your Advance Directives |
| Aspen Club | For safe driving resources, fall prevention assessments and workshops, pain management, health screenings, plus more (Sign up for the newsletter!) |
| Colorado Advance Directives Consortium | For links to Colorado Hospital Association’s Publication – Your Right to Make Healthcare Decisions (includes CO forms); Caring Connections – National Hospice and Palliative Care (NHPCO); and the Conversation Project – free starter kits to help you to loved ones and doctors about your desires for end-of-life care |
| Colorado Volunteers of America | Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. |
| Davis Phinney Foundation | Resources helping people with Parkinson’s live well today |
| Every Victory Counts Manual | A resource to help you live well with Parkinson’s and achieve your wellness goals |
| Elder Care Network of Larimer County | Eldercare Network of Northern Colorado is a volunteer organization of family members and both private and non-profit service providers who have joined together to ensure that family caregivers of frail elders have access to the information and resources they need to provide and manage care, health, and well being for their loved ones as well as to care for themselves. |
| Five Wishes | Advance Directive with information for your medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual preferences |
| HARDY Parkinson’s Support Group | The HARDY group is a support group that is based in Fort Collins, CO. We meet in the evening to accommodate people who cannot meet during working hours. The group meets on Mondays approximately once every six weeks at the Council Tree Library in Fort Collins. |
| Larimer County Advanced Planning | No charge – helps you create, notarize, and distribute advance directives. Partners with UCHealth Aspen Club, UCHealth Medical Group, Palliative Care Team @ UCHealth, Larimer County Office on Aging, and Sharing the Care Campaign in Northern Colorado (970/482-1909) |
| Larimer County assistance | For help with health insurance |
| Larimer County Office on Aging | Provides services to Larimer County residents who are 60 and older, and serves as the lead agency for planning and coordinating those services. |
| Loveland Support Group | PAR support group which meets in Loveland |
| Michael J. Fox Foundation | Foundation for Parkinson’s research |
| Parkinson Association of the Rockies | (PAR) Connects and empowers people with Parkinson’s to Thrive |
| Parkinson’s Disease Information | General educational information about Parkinson’s Disease |
| Parkinson’s Kits | Offers a variety of kits to help with hospital action plans and medication safety |
| Plan Your Life Span | Helps bridge the gap between your hopes for successfully aging in place and the reality of the possibility of increasing dependence. Plan for preferences re: need for skilled nursing home placement or hospitalization, emergency contacts, what to do with falls or dementia |
| Prepare for Your Care | Is State-specific. Forms for choosing a decision-maker, and preferences for healthcare in your current state of health and for end of life. Easy to understand educational section |
| United Way Assistance | Basic Needs – will lead, partner, and support activities in the community that provide the ability for seniors to live productive, healthy lifestyles by contributing to and benefiting from community resources. |
Thank you to our generous supporters!
Thad Pawlikowski
