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101 Mobility • 19, 33 211 • 15, 55 AARP • 15, 53 ABC Medical Supply and Equipment • 33 Ability Tools • 34 Abilities United (affiliated with Gatepath) • 45 Able People Foundation • 34 Abledata • 34 Access Options • 34 Access Northern California • 27 ACT for Mental Health • 1 Active In-home Therapy • 46, 59 Adaptive Driving Evaluators and Trainers • 23 Adaptive Driving Services • 23 Adaptive Physical Education • 44 ADA Information • 38 ADA National Network • 15 ADT Companion Services • 33 Adult Day Centers • 52 Adult Protective Services of Santa Clara County • 42 Agiliity Health • 55, 59, 61 Aging and Adult Services Department of Santa Clara

County • 38, 55 Aging and Adult Services of San Mateo County • 1, 38, 55 Aging Care Caregiver Forum • 6 Aging Lifecare Association • 55 Aging Life Care, CA • 55 Aging Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Advocacy Groups • 38 AHA • 59, 62 Alegre Home Care • 59, 62 All Eyes On You • 51 American Association of People with Disabilities • 9 American Association of Retired People (AARP) • 15, 53 American Medical Alert • 33 American Medical and Equipment Supply • 34 American Occupational Therapy Association • 9 American Physical Therapy Association • 9 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association • 9, 49 American Stroke Association • 4, 6, 9, 15 American Stroke Association, Stroke Family Support Network • 9 American Therapeutic Association • 9 Americans with Disabilities Act • 15 Aphasia Center of California • 4, 49 Aphasia Caregiver Guide • 12 Aphasia Hope Foundation • 15 Aphasia Treatment Program California State University • 49 Arbor Free Clinic • 7 Area Agency on Aging • 38 Argentum • 53 Asian Americans for Community Involvement • 1, 7, 56 Assisted Living & Skilled Nursing Facilities • 53 Assistivetech.net • 34 Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists • 23 Auxilio-Home-Aide - AHA • 59, 62 Avenidas • 8, 26, 56 Avenidas Handyman Services • 19 Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center • 21, 52 AXIS Dance Company • 28

B

B Center • 1 Bay Area GCM • 19, 56 Bay Area Legal Aid • 42 Bay City Medical Supplies • 34 Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center • 56 Bioness • 34, 37 Bischoff Medical Supplies • 34 Books • 13 Books Aloud, Inc. • 12 Brain Aneurysm Foundation • 15 Brain Injury Association of America • 10 Brain Injury Association of California • 10 Brain Injury Information Center • 10 Brainline • 15 Buck & Buck • 34 Bungalow Speech Software • 50

C

Cabrillo College Stroke Center • 47 California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform • 39, 53 California Board of Psychology • 39 California Commission on Aging • 38 California Department of Consumer Affairs • 39 California Department of Health Services • 39 California Department of Managed Health Care • 40 California Department of Parks and Recreation • 27 California Department of Rehabilitation • 28 Califonia Health Advocates • 40 California Registry • 54 California Source Registry • 54 California State Board of Pharmacies • 40 CALL Primrose • 20 Cañada College • 29 Caregiver Online Support Group • 6 Care Management • 55 Care Services Registry • 54 Caring Bridge • 6 Catholic Charities CYO-Adult Day Support Center • 52 Catholic Charities of San Francisco, Marin & San Mateo • 56 Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County • 56 Center for Communication Disorders at San Jose State

University • 49 Center for Independence of Individuals with Disablities • 19, 30, 60 Center for International Rehabilitation Research

Information and Exchange (CIRRIE) • 15 Center for Living with Dying • 1 Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and

Rehabilitation Research • 15

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Center for Medicare/Medicaid • 40 Center for Neuro Skills • 47 Children’s Hemiplegic & Stroke Association • 15 City College of San Francisco • 29 City College of San Francisco Disabled Students Program • 47, 49 City of Palo Alto Disability Resources • 15 City of Palo Alto Library Home Connection • 12 City of San Jose All Access Sports and Recreation • 45 Clinical Trials • 16 Coastside Adult Day Health Center • 52 Colin Kageyama • 51 Colleges • 29 College of San Mateo • 29, 44 Community Heallth Awareness Council (CHAC) • 1 Community Services Agency • 26, 56 Community Solutions • 1 Complaints About Hospitals • 39 Counseling Services • 1

D

Daly City Senior/Adult Services • 20 DayBreak Respite and Caregiver Support Services • 5, 52 De Anza College • 29, 44 Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program • 30, 50 Dementia Action Alliance • 54 Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care

System • 10, 11 Department of Rehabilitation • 23 Different Strokes • 16 Disability Benefits 101 • 16, 40 Disability Rights • 38 DMV Drivers Safety Offices • 23 DoorDash • 20 DynaVox Mayer-Johnson • 50

E

El Camino Hospital • 11, 33, 49, back cover Eldercare Locator • 16, 56 Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) • 27 Evergreen Valley College • 29, 44 Exercise & Fitness • 44 Expandability • 31

F

Family and Children Services • 1 Family Caregiver Alliance • 5, 12, 56 Federal Transit Administration • 38 Five Branches Graduate School of Chinese Medicine • 24, 43, 46 Foothill College • 29, 44 Forty-Niner Driving Traffic School • 23 Friends in Service to Humanity (FISH) • 25 Friendship Line • 2

G

Gardner Family Care Corporation • 2 Gatepath (affiliated with Abilities United) • 45 Gavilan College • 29, 44 Get Up & Go Senior Transportation Services • 25 Golden Castle Adult Day Health Center • 52 Golf 4 Life • 14, 44, 58 Good Samaritan Hospital • 5, 11, 46 Goodwill of Silicon Valley • 31 Grace Adult Day Health Care • 52 Gronowski Center • 2 Grubhub • 20

H

Handicapables Program • 5 Health Centers and Clinics • 7 Health Libraries • 8 Health Library and Resource Center • 8, 56 Health Plan of San Mateo • 41 Heart of the Valley • 19, 26, 57 HICAP • 16, 40 HIP Housing • 54 Home Based Primary Care • 60 Home Health Care Agencies • 59 Home Safety Services • 18, 19, 34, 67 Hometown Medical Supplies • 34 Hospice of the Valley • viii, 2, 10, 60 Hospitals • 10 Housing Adaptation and Maintenance • 19

I

Identification Placard for the Disabled • 23 In Home Supportive Services • 57 Independent Living Support • 30 Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley • 7, 57 Information and Awareness • 33 Institute on Aging • 57 Internet Stroke Center • 16

J

Japanese American Community Senior Services • 52, 57 Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley • 57 Job Accommodation Network • 31 Joint Commission • 40, 54

K

Kaiser Permanente • 10, 11 Kara Grief • 2 Kickstart Orthosis (by Cadence) • 35

L

LC Technologies/Eyegaze Systems • 35 Leading Age • 54 Learning Ally • 16 Learning Services • 47 Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County • 42 Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County • 42 Legal and Financial Services • 42 Lifeline Personal Emergency Alert • 33 Life on Wheels • 27 Lighthouse Optometric Vision Performance Center • 51

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LingraphiCare America Inc. • 50 Live Oak Adult Day Services • 53 Love In The Name of Christ • 57

M

Mack E. Mickelson Arthritis and Rehabilitation Center • 45 Magic Kitchen • 20 MAX-Ability • 35 Meals and Nutrition • 20 Meals on Wheels • 20 Medic Alert Foundation International • 33 Medi-Cal • 41 Medical Alarm Services • 33 Medical Board of California • 39 Medical, Mobility Equipment & Assistive Equipment • 33 Medical, Mobility Equipment & Assistive Technology • 33 Medical Insurance, Social Security & Prescription Drugs • 40 Medicare • 40, 41, 54 Mills-Peninsula Medical Center • ii, 10, 23, 52 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program • 2 Mission College • 30, 44 Mobility Works • 27, 32, 36 Motayar, Naz, Ph.D. • 2

N

National Alliance for Caregiving • 16, 57 National Alliance on Mental Illness • 3 National Aphasia Association • 10, 49 National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy • 45 National Center for Parents With Disabilities • 17 National Council On Aging • 17 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke • 10, 17 National Rehabilitation Information Center • 17 National Stroke and Disabilities Educational Resources • 9 National Stroke Association • 10 National Stroke Association Group Registry • 5 Need-A-Ride • 26 Network of Care • 17 Neuro Restorative • 17 Norma S. & Ray R. Rees Speech, Language and Hearing Center • 4 North Coast Medical & Rehabilitation • 35 Nursing and Rehabilitation at Home • 46, 60 Nursing Home Compare • 54 Nurse Registry • 21, 46, 60, 61 NuMotion • 35

O

O’Connor Hospital • 11, 45, 46 Occupational Therapy Clinic at San Jose State Univ. • 48 Office of Quality Monitoring • 40 Ombudsman • 39 On Lok Lifeways • 42 One Hand Can • 35 One-Handed Woodwinds Program • 35 Online Stroke Support Groups • 6 Operation – C.A.R.E. • 33 Optometric Center for Family vision • 51 Our Parents • 17, 54 Outpatient & Rehabilitation at Home • 46

P

Pacific Free Clinic • 8 Pacific Gas & Electric Company • 19 Pacific Stroke Association • vi, 5, 12 Palo Alto Medical Foundation • 8 Pathways • 3, 60 Peninsula Associates • 49 Peninsula Family Service • 3, 28 Peninsula Volunteers Rosener House • 52 People with Disabilities Foundation • 38 Physical Therapy Services • 47 Post Acute Resiidential Neuro Rehabilitation Services • 47 Premier Care in Bathing • 35 Prentke Romich Company • 50 Project Hired • 31 Psychological Association • 3 Public and Paratransit Transportation • 25

R

Ravenswood Family Health Center • 7 R.J. Cooper & Associates • 50 REACH • 5, 48, 50 Real Time Health • 17 Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley and Peninsula • 19 RediCoast • 25 Redi-Wheels • 25 Rees Speech, Language and Hearing Center • 4 Regional Medical Center of San Jose • inside front cover 11, 45, 47 Regional Medical Center, Stroke Support Group • 6 Rehab Center Outpatient El Camino Hosptal • 49 Rehab Without Walls • 47 Rehabilitation Programs • 45 Return to Driving Plan • 22 RoadRunners • 26 Ron Robinson Senior Care Center • 7 RotaCare Bay Area • 8

S

Safe Driver – Driver Rehabilitation • 23 Samaritan House • 7, 20 San Francisco Stroke Resource Directory • 12 San Francisco VA Health Care System • 12 San Jose Adult Day Health Care • 53 San Jose City College • 30 San Mateo County Behavioral Health & Recovery Services • 3 San Mateo County Commission on Aging • 12, 39 San Mateo County, Commission on Disabilities • 39 San Mateo County Crisis Intervention • 3 San Mateo County Mental Health Services • 3 San Mateo County Network of Care • 58 San Mateo County Transit District • 26 San Mateo Medical Center • 7, 10

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Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Call Center • 4 Santa Clara County Library • 8 Santa Clara County Mental Health Urgent Care • 4 Santa Clara Home Care Registry • 60 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center • 9, 11 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Brain Injury Support Group • 5 Santa Clara Valley Monthly Post Stroke Support Group • 6 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority • 26 Saratoga Adult Day Care • 53 Second Harvest Food Bank • 21 Selected Readings • 12 Self-Help for the Elderly • 53, 58 Senior Adults Legal Assistance • 43 Senior and Community Centers • 59 Senior Care Connection • 58 Senior Coastsiders • 58 Senior Focus Center • 58 Senior Focus-Wise and Well Heart Smart Program • 17 Senior Nutrition on Wheels • 21 Senior Medi-Benefits • 42 Senior Net • 31 Senior New Ways • 58 Senior Nutritiion • 21 Seniors At Home • 19, 43, 58 Sequoia Hospital • 7, 10 Services for Brain Injury • 31 Seton Medical Center • 10, 33 Silicon Valley Eye Physician • 51 Silicon Valley’s Advanced Therapy Vision • 51 Silicon Valley Independent Living Center • 9, 31, 61 Silicon Valley Pharmacy • 35 Skills Plus • 6, 31, 48, 50 Skyline College • 30 SMC Connect • 17 Social Security Administration • 42 Sourcewise • 13, 17, 59 South San Francisco Adult Day Care Center • 52, 53 Speech Software & Devices • 50 Speech Therapy & Aphasia Group • 50 Speech Therapy Programs • 48 Stanford Aging Adult Services • 58 Stanford Health Library • 9 Stanford Hospital and Clinics • 11, 47 St. James Associates • 59 St. Louise Hospital - Gilroy • 11 Stroke Awareness Foundation • 17 Stroke Connection Magazine • 13 Stroke Network • 6, 17, 59 Stroke Smart Magazine • 13 Stroke Survivor Strategies • 18 Suicide Hotline 24-Hour Response • 4 Support Groups • 4 Sutter Health • ii Synergy HomeCare • 61

T

Tele-Care Programs • 33 Therapeutic Community Programs • 47 Therapy In Your Home • 47 Timpany Center Aquatic Therapy • 45 Transportation Services • 25 Travel • 27

USC Telehealth • 4

V

VA Palo Alto Health Care System • 8, 12 VetAssist • 61 Veterans Health Administration • 12, 23 Villages of San Mateo County • 32 Vocational Rehabilitation Services • 28, 32 VTA Access Paratransit• 26 Vision Care Clinic • 51 Vision Therapy • 51 Vocational Rehabilitation, Education & Employment • 28 Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) • 32

W

We Care Personal Services, Inc. • 61 Websites and Help Lines • 15 Well Spouse Association • 6, 18 West Valley College • 30, 44 Wheelchair Foundation • 36 Wheelchair Getaways • 27 Wheelchairs of San Mateo • 36 World Institute on Disability • 18

U

ZYGO • 50

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