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As a resource for visitors and clients of the Boxer & Gerson website, please find below a compendium of links relating to workers’ compensation, employment law, nursing home and elder abuse, labor, medical resources, research tools and California politics.

Workers’ Comp
Employment Law
Social Security Disability
Nursing Homes and Elder Abuse
Elder Abuse Laws
Personal Injury
Labor
California Politics
Medical
Research Tools

WORKERS’ COMP

www.viaw.org (Voters Injured At Work)
www.caaa.org (California Applicants Attorneys)
www.dir.ca.gov/DWC/dwc_home_page.htm (California Department of Industrial Relations Workers’ Comp Page)
www.ciaw.org (website by some injured workers)
www.pressdemo.com/workerscomp (Santa Rosa Press expose on workers’ comp)
www.injuredonthejob.tv (Injured Worker Advocate)
http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/index.asp (The Construction Specifications Institute)
www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/forms.html (Workers’ comp forms)
www.workcompcentral.com (Workers’ Comp news and opinion on a daily basis/some content is free and some is by subscription)
www.dir.ca.gov/workers’_comp.html (Workers’ Comp Appeals Board Home Page)
www.dir.ca.gov/imc/FAQBYIW.html (Industrial Medical Council)
www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/owcp/stwclaw/stwclaw.htm (Federal Long-shore and Harbor Workers Benefits)

EMPLOYMENT LAW

www.celaweb.org (California Employment Lawyers Association)
www.workplacefairness.org/ (Promotes workplace fairness)
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Employment_discrimination (Employment discrimination law resources)
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ (Americans With Disabilities Act information)
www.eeoc.gov/ (Federal EEOC home page)

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

www.ssa.gov/pubs/10029.html

NURSING HOMES AND ELDER ABUSE

www.canhr.org California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
www.nursinghomeguide.org (CANHR - nursing home guide and is an excellent source relating to advocacy for rights of nursing home residents)
www.medicare.gov/NHcompare (Medicare - information on choosing a nursing home)
www.calnhs.org (California Nursing Home Search - includes rating on quality measures for nursing homes)
www.elderabusecenter.org (The National Center on Elder Abuse)
www.aarp.org/families/housing_choices. (American Association of Retired Person - check list for choosing a nursing home)
www.nccnhr.org/default.cfm. (National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform)

ELDER ABUSE LAWS

(Laws Regulating Nursing Homes and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly)

The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Protection Act - can be found at Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code Section 15600 et seq. You can view a copy of the Act here (provide a link to PDF file). On the web, the Act is available at www.legalinfo.ca.gov.

The licensing statutes for California nursing homes and long term care facilities are found at California Health & Safety Code Section Section 1250-1339.70, available at www.legalinfo.ca.gov The applicable regulations are found at Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations SectionSection 72001-72713, available at www.oal.ca.gov.

The licensing statutes for California residential care facilities for the elderly and assisted living facilities are found at California Health & Safety Code SectionSection 1569-1569.889, available on the webs at www.legalinfo.ca.gov. The applicable regulations are found at Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations Section Section 72001-72713, available at www.ccld.ca.gov.

The federal Nursing Home Reform Law is found at Title 42 of the United States Code SectionSection 72001-72713, on the web at http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_42.php

PERSONAL INJURY

http://www.atla.org/ (The American Association for Justice)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
http://www.msf-usa.org/ (Motorcycle Safety Foundation)
http://www.atla.org/pressroom/FACTS/health/baker.pdf (The Medical Malpractice Myth, by Tom Baker)

LABOR

www.aflcio.org (labor information)
www.lib.berkeley.edu/IIRL/ (U.C. Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations)
www.epinet.org (Economic Policy Institute)
www.nlrb.gov (National Labor Relations Board)
www.transtats.bts.gov/ (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
www.labornet.org (news about labor organizing worldwide)
www.osh.net (occupational health information)
www.osha.gov/pls/imis/citedstandard.html (Occupational health standards information)
www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/dosh1.html (California OSHA official site)

CALIFORNIA POLITICS

www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html (California legislative info)
www.californiaprogressreport.com/ (California political news)
www.capitolweekly.net/ (California state capitol news)
www.capitolbasement.com/ (California political news)
www.ppic.org/main/home.asp (Public policy think tank)
www.youngdems.org/ (Young democrats organization)
www.newwestnotes.com (Blog on California politics)
www.rtumble.com (California politics and policy news)

MEDICAL

www.medbd.ca.gov/
webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/html/patient.html
www.medlineplus.gov (Medical research site)
www.nlm.nih.gov (Medical research site)
www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html (Medical research site)
www.pohly.com/terms.html (Glossary of medical and managed healthcare terms)
www.guideline.gov (Listing of medical treatment guidelines)
www.ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/interact/calc/
www.medscape.com/home (Medical treatment research)
www.familydoctor.org/symptom.xml (Medical treatment research)
www.acoem.org (official ACOEM site-ACOEM is used as official California treatment standard)

RESEARCH TOOLS

www.google.com (Google web portal)
www.yahoo.com (Yahoo web portal)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ (California courts website)
www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks (Federal courts website)
www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html (Federal register for federal administrative regulations)
www.leginfo.ca.gov (California legislative information)
www.loc.gov/index (Library of Congress)
www.archive.org/index.php (Internet wayback website)
www.findarticles.com (Research articles)
www.mapquest.com (Maps and distance calculators) www.newspapers.com (website to access newspapers)