Resource Directory

Annuity.org has been providing visitors with carefully researched, timely information about annuities and structured settlements for nearly a decade. This free, comprehensive web resource offers professional insight from experienced financial experts on a variety of financial topics to help you make smart decisions about your money.

Be sure to check out their information on Financial Literacy. 

Find out if a loved one or you qualifies for public benefits via Benefits Check Up, a service of the National Council on Aging.

CAN is the nation’s leading family caregiver organization working to improve the quality of life for the more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. CAN serves a broad spectrum of family caregivers ranging from the parents of children with special needs, to the families and friends of wounded soldiers; from a young couple dealing with a diagnosis of MS, to adult children caring for parents with Alzheimer’s disease. CAN (formerly the National Family Caregivers Association) is a non-profit organization providing education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers across the country free of charge.

Easy access to resources, community programs and services - made available by the Alzheimer's Association and AARP.

Connect to Care is a web-based resource center created to provide access and assistance to older adults and individuals with disabilities needing information on the resources available.

This web-based resource center may also serve as a source for those planning for future long-term care needs. Connect to Care strives to serve as the entry point for professionals, caregivers, and family members who are seeking resources and assistance on behalf of their clients or family members.

Connect to Care is part of a national initiative put in place by the Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

The American Bar Association's website offers a self-guided tutorial covering:

• Estate Planning Overview
• Wills
• Revocable Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Living wills, Health Care Proxies, and Advance Health Care Directives
• The Probate Process
• Planning with Retirement Benefits
• Guidelines for Individual Executors and Trustees
• Lawyer's Role vs. "Do It Yourself" Estate Planning
• Asset Protection Planning

Green Cross provides trauma relief to first responders, community members, and healthcare professionals responding to a disaster.

HealthinAging.org is a trusted source for up-to-date information and advice on health and aging, created by the American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation.

Through the Health in Aging Foundation, it advances a commitment to helping older adults and caregivers maintain health, independence, and quality of life. HealthinAging.org features education materials for older adults and caregivers, as well as information on finding a geriatrics healthcare professional in your area. These tools have been reviewed by geriatrics healthcare professionals and members of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS)—a community of experts in the care we all need as we age. 

Be sure to check out: 

• Tools & Tips
• Garegiver Guide: Caregiving

An online search engine provided by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. This page will take you through a process to provide you with contact information for those providers for your area. Visit the page, then select the type of help you need then enter your city or county.