Resident Councils in Public Housing Authorities
This HUD Web site discusses forming resident advisory boards in public housing facilities.

Helps and Ideas for Residents’ Councils in LTC
Helps and Ideas is a 20-page manual compiled by PennState "to help you strengthen your residents’ council or to form one if it does not already exist."

Best Practice: Resident Councils Promote Quality
This guide from the National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center provides information on setting up a resident council.

Guide to Creating a Resident Council
The Delaware Housing Coalition shares information on creating a resident council for your senior housing organization.

Revolutionizing Family Councils with the Pioneer Network
Learn how a group of nursing home professionals and advocates moved from the traditional "medical" model to a "social" model of care. By sharing unique and diverse care approaches, practices, principals and values, the Pioneer Network has evolved into a growing national movement.

How to Organize and Improve Your Family Council
Guides, videos, essays, training information, and other instructional material provided by the National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform.

The Family Council Guide
The Family Council Guide is written to help family members and/or nursing homes develop or maintain a strong family council. It is designed to assist family groups and/or nursing homes of different sizes as well as those that have special needs. The guide includes meeting outlines, sample activites and resource readers can use in their own organizations.

Family Councils Help Nursing Homes Maintain Quality Care
Article written by the editor of ElderCare Online, with additional links and assistance.

Why Family Led Family Councils Benefit Families, Residents and Facility Personnel
An article from the National Long Term Care Ombudsman Web site.

Meeting the Needs of Family Caregivers
Through its services in the areas of education and information, support and validation, public awareness and advocacy, the National Family Caregivers Association strives to minimize the disparity between a caregiver's quality of life and that of mainstream Americans. Services for family caregivers are noted below.