This page contains links of general interest and links specifically associated with health care. Hospice of Michigan takes no responsibility for their content.

Professional Parent Care
For over 25 years PPC has assisted thousands of Michigan families facing the added responsibilities of caring for their aging parents. They have an extensive network of experienced, compassionate professionals. Each is highly skilled at caring for older adults during virtually every stage of life and wherever they call "home."

Consumer & Industry Services
Consumer and Industry Services provides a database of nursing homes located throughout the State of Michigan.

The Michigan Electronic Library
The Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) provides information resources for the citizens of the state of Michigan and is brought to you by the libraries of the state of Michigan and the Merit Network.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
The goal of NHPCO is to educate about and advocate for the fundamental philosophy and principles of hospice care to meet the unique needs of each terminally ill person and his or her family.

Michigan Comnet
Michigan Comnet is a community of individuals and organizations concerned with increasing communication and information-sharing within the nonprofit public service sector.

Michigan Department of Community Health/Circle of Life
Circle of Life is dedicated to preserving the dignity and the rights of people who have a terminal or chronic illness.

Hospice Web
Hospice Web is a public service web site listing hospice programs and facilities throughout the United States.

Last Acts
Last Acts is a call-to-action campaign designed to improve care at the end of life. The goals are to bring end-of-life issues out in the open and to help individuals and organizations pursue the search for better ways to care for the dying.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) is committed to advancing the vision of healthy, affordable, ethical long-term care for America. The association represents 5,600 mission-driven, not-for-profit nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and senior housing facilities, and community service organizations.

HCAM
HCAM is a non-profit association representing more than 400 nursing homes and other long term care organizations operating within the state of Michigan.

The Center for Medicare Education
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center for Medicare Education (CME) is a resource for public agencies and private organizations that provide consumer education about the Medicare program and its health plan options. CME is part of the Institute for the Future of Aging Services, a policy research institute within the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans.

The Michigan Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (MHPCO)
The Michigan Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (MHPCO) serves its members and the general public as an advocate for all terminally ill people and their families by promoting access to quality hospice and palliative care throughout Michigan. This website is designed to provide Michigan residents with an understanding of hospice care and other issues related to a very serious illness that is likely to become a terminal illness.