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Senior Resources

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Aging Organizations and General Interest

AARP www.aarp.org
Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov
AgeNet Eldercare Network www.agenet.com
AGS Foundation for Health in Aging www.healthinaging.org
American Geriatrics Society www.americangeriatrics.org
American Society on Aging www.asaging.org
Benefits Check Up www.benefitscheckup.org
Boomerater www.boomerater.com
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
Federal Consumer Information Center www.pueblo.gsa.gov
FirstGov for Seniors www.seniors.gov
Gerontological Society of America www.geron.org
Global Action on Aging www.globalaging.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging www.n4a.org
National Council on the Aging www.ncoa.org
National Hispanic Council on Aging www.nhcoa.org
National Institute on Aging www.nia.nih.gov
SeniorDiscounts.com www.seniordiscounts.com
SeniorJournal.com www.seniorjournal.com
The Seniors Coalition www.senior.org
Seniors Grand Central www.seniorsgrandcentral.com
Suddenly Senior www.suddenlysenior.com
ThirdAge www.thirdage.com
WiredSeniors www.wiredseniors.com

Assistive Devices and Senior Gadgets

AbilityHub www.abilityhub.com
Able Data www.abledata.com
Active Forever www.activeforever.com
Alzheimer's Store www.alzstore.com
Assisted Living Store www.assistedlivingstore.com
Assistivetech.net www.assistivetech.net
Center for Aging Services Technologies www.agingtech.org
Dynamic Living www.dynamic-living.com
Easy Comforts www.easycomforts.com
Ez-Living www.ez-living.com
Golden Violin www.goldviolin.com
HITEC Assistive Communication Products www.hitec.com
Independent Living Aids www.independentliving.com
Magnifying Aids www.magnifyingaids.com
Maxi-Aids.com www.maxiaids.com
Mobility-Advisor www.mobility-advisor.com
Ocelco www.ocelco.com
Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/pers.shtm
RehabTool.com www.rehabtool.com
Senior Shops www.seniorshops.com
Simple Comforts www.simplecomforts.com
SpinLife.Com www.spinlife.com
Technology for Long Term Care www.techforltc.org
Telecommunications Equip. Distribution Program (hearing loss telephone equip.) www.tedpa.org
Used Medical Equipment www.usedHME.com

Caregiving and Support Services

AARP Caregiving www.aarp.org/family/caregiving
AgingCare.com www.agingcare.com
Agis www.agis.com
Ask Medicare www.medicare.gov/caregivers
AttentiveCare www.caregivertech.com
Cancer Care www.cancercare.org
Care.com http://www.care.com/senior-care-p1006.html
CareCall www.parentcarecall.com
Care Community www.mycarecommunity.org
CareGiverHelper www.caregiverhelper.com
CareGuide www.eldercare.com
Caring.com www.caring.com
Catholic Charities USA www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Children of Aging Parents www.caps4caregivers.org
Daily Money Managers www.aadmm.com
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
Family Caregiver Alliance www.caregiver.org
Family Caregivers Online www.familycaregiversonline.com
Family Caregiving 101 www.familycaregiving101.org
Genworth Long-Term Care Resources
Gilbert Guide www.gilbertguide.com
Lotsa Helping Hands www.lotsahelpinghands.com
MySeniorCare www.myseniorcare.com
National Adult Day Services Association www.nadsa.org
National Alliance for Caregiving www.caregiving.org
National Association of Home Care & Hospice www.nahc.org
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers www.caremanager.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging www.n4a.org
National Family Caregivers Association www.nfcacares.org
QuietCare www.quietcare.com Respite Locator www.respitelocator.org
Strength for Caring www.strengthforcaring.com
Well Spouse Foundation www.wellspouse.org

Computer and Internet

AARP Computers and Technology www.aarp.org/learntech/computers
Computers Made Easy for Seniors www.csuchico.edu/~csu/seniors/computing2.html
CyberSeniors.org www.cyberseniors.org
EnableMart www.enablemart.com
Generations Online www.generationsonline.com
Learn The Net www.learnthenet.com
Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable
SeniorNet www.seniornet.org
WebEyes www.webeyes.us

Employment

AARP Careers www.aarp.org/money/careers
BizStarters www.bizstarters.com
Career One-Stop Centers www.careeronestop.org
Employment Network for Retired Government Experts www.enrge.us
Experience Works www.experienceworks.org
Monster: Career Changers www.careersat50.monster.com
My Next Phase www.mynextphase.com
National Career Development Association www.ncda.org
National Older Worker Career Center www.nowcc.org
NotYetRetired www.notyetretired.com
Retired Brains www.retiredbrains.com
Retiree Careers www.retireecareers.com
RetirementJobs.com www.retirementjobs.com
Senior Community Service Employment Program www.doleta.gov/seniors
Seniors4Hire www.seniors4hire.org
Senior Job Bank www.seniorjobbank.org
The Next Chapter www.civicventures.org/nextchapter
The Phoenix Link www.thephoenixlink.com
Too Young to Retire: www.2young2retire.com
U.S. Department of Labor www.dol.gov
U.S. Small Business Administration. www.sba.gov
YourEncore www.yourencore.com

End of Life Issues

Aging with Dignity www.agingwithdignity.org
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine www.aahpm.org
American Hospice Foundation www.americanhospice.org
Americans for Better Care of the Dying www.abcd-caring.org
Association for Death Education and Counseling www.adec.org
Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement www.aplb.org
BeyondLoss home.earthlink.net/~meta_arts/beyondloss.htm
Caring Connections (advance directives) www.caringinfo.org
Center to Advance Palliative Care www.capcmssm.org
Completing a Life commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/completingalife
Cremation.com www.cremation.com
Cremation Association of North America www.cremationassociation.org
Death with Dignity National Center www.deathwithdignity.org
End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center www.eperc.mcw.edu
Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America www.findingourway.net
Funeral Consumers Alliance www.funerals.org
Funeral Services Information Portal and Directory www.thefuneraldirectory.com
Funeralplan.com www.funeralplan.com
Growth House: End of Life Resources www.growthhouse.org
Hospice Association of America www.nahc.org/HAA
Hospice Foundation of America www.hospicefoundation.org
Hospice Web www.hospiceweb.com
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care www.hospicecare.com
Internet Cremation Society www.cremation.org
National Funeral Directors Association www.nfda.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization www.nhpco.org
United Network for Organ Sharing www.unos.org
U.S. Living Will Registry www.uslivingwillregistry.com
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate www.yellowpieplate.umn.edu
WidowNet www.widownet.org

Finances and Retirement

AARP Tax-Aide www.aarp.org/money/taxaide
AARP: Reverse Mortgages www.aarp.org/money/revmort
Bankrate.com www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp
Choose to Save www.choosetosave.org
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards www.cfp-board.org
Civic Ventures www.civicventures.org
Daily Money Managers www.aadmm.com
Financial Literacy and Education Commission www.mymoney.gov
Financial Planning Association plannersearch.org
Independent Information on Reverse Mortgages www.reverse.org
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
Kiplinger.com www.kiplinger.com
Motley Fool www.fool.com
MsMoney.com www.msmoney.com
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors napfa.org
National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators www.unclaimed.org
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association www.reversemortgage.org
Retire Early Home Page www.retireearlyhomepage.com
Retire to Enjoy www.retire2enjoy.com
Setting Priorities for Retirement Years www.spry.org
Social Security Retirement Planner www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration www.dol.gov/ebsa
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation www.pbgc.gov
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory www.taxsites.com/state.html
Too Young to Retire www.2young2retire.com
Veterans Administration www.va.gov
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement www.wiser.heinz.org

Grandparenting and Intergenerational Family

Grandparent Foundation www.grandparenting.org
Grandboomers www.grandboomers.com
Grandparenting Today www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/grandparent
Grandparents Forum ths.gardenweb.com/forums/grandp
Grandparents Magazine www.grandparentsmagazine.net
Grandparents Resource Center grc4usa.org
Grandparents' Guide for Family Nurturing and Safety www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/grand/704.html
Grandparents' Web www.cyberparent.com/gran
GrandsPlace www.grandsplace.com
Grandtravel grandtrvl.com
Generations Together www.gt.pitt.edu
Generations United www.gu.org
Intergenerational Innovations www.intergenerate.org
Legacy Project www.legacyproject.org
MyGrandChild.com www.mygrandchild.com
Rainbow Bridge www.rainbowb.org
Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning www.temple.edu/CIL
Wisconsin Intergenerational Network www.wi-win.org

Government Resources and Assistance

Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov
AgingStats.Gov www.agingstats.gov
Alliance for Retired Americans www.retiredamericans.org
BenefitsCheckUp - find government programs and services www.benefitscheckup.org
ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov
Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/older.html
DisabilityInfo.gov www.disabilityinfo.gov
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
Federal Citizen Information Center www.info.gov
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Protection www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
FirstGov for Seniors www.seniors.gov
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Food Stamps for the Elderly Resource www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/fselderlycenter.htm
National Academy on an Aging Society www.agingsociety.org
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association www.narfe.org
National Association of State Units on Aging www.nasua.org
National Council on Aging www.ncoa.org
National Institute on Aging www.nih.gov/nia
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism www.niaaa.nih.gov
Medicare www.medicare.gov
Railroad Retirement Board www.rrb.gov
Resource Directory for Older People www.nia.nih.gov/healthinformation/resourcedirectory.htm
Social Security www.socialsecurity.gov
State and Area Agencies on Aging www.aoa.gov/eldfam/How_To_Find/Agencies/Agencies.asp
State Medicaid Offices cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/allstatecontacts.asp
Veterans Administration www.va.gov

Health Resources

General Health and Medical Care
Mental Health, Alzheimer's/Dementia
Medication
Dental
Hearing
Vision
Sleep
Nutrition and Exercise

General Health and Medical Care

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov
American Academy of Dermatology www.aad.org
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons www.aaos.org
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
American Foundation for Urologic Diseases www.afud.org
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
American Heart, Lung, Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov
American Hospital Association www.aha.org
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org
American Menopause Foundation www.americanmenopause.org
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
American Nurses Association www.nursingworld.org
American Occupational Therapy Association www.aota.org
American Osteopathic Association www.osteopathic.org
American Parkinson Disease Association www.apdaparkinson.org
American Physical Therapy Association www.apta.org
American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Geriatrics www.geriatricspt.org
American Podiatric Medical Association www.apma.org
American Stroke Association www.strokeassociation.org
Arthritis Foundation www.arthritis.org
American Vascular Association www.vascularweb.org
BrightFocus Foundation www.brightfocus.org
Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Clinical Trials www.clinicaltrials.gov
Diabetes Mall www.diabetesnet.com
DisabilityInfo.gov www.disabilityinfo.gov
Epilepsy Foundation www.efa.org
Flu Shot Locator www.findaflushot.com
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide: Health of Seniors www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/fhgupdate/V/V1.shtml
Health and Age Centers www.healthandage.com
Health Assistance Partnership www.healthassistancepartnership.org
Health Grades www.healthgrades.com
Hill-Burton Free Health Care www.hrsa.gov/hillburton
Huntington's Disease Society of America www.hdsa.org
Infoaging.org www.infoaging.org
International Tremor Foundation www.essentialtremor.org
Intercultural Cancer Council: Elderly and Cancer www.iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/cfs10.htm
Johns Hopkins Health After 50 www.hopkinsafter50.com
Legs for Life www.legsforlife.org
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Life Line Screening www.lifelinescreening.com
Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org
Mayo Clinic Senior Health Center www.mayoclinic.com
Medical Billing Advocates www.billadvocates.com
MEDLINEplus Health Information www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
My Family Health Portrait www.hhs.gov/familyhistory
National Association for Continence www.nafc.org
National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease Information Clearinghouse www.niams.nih.gov/hi
National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov
National Center for Complementary and Alt. Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov
National Diabetes Education Program www.ndep.nih.gov
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse digestive.niddk.nih.gov
National Health Information Center healthfinder.gov
National Heartburn Alliance www.heartburnalliance.org
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases www3.niaid.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse www.nida.nih.gov
National Kidney and Urological Diseases kidney.niddk.nih.gov
National Kidney Foundation www.kidney.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society www.nmss.org
National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation www.nof.org
National Pain Foundation www.painconnection.org
National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com
National Stroke Association www.stroke.org
National Women's Health Network www.nwhn.org
National Women's Health Resource Center www.healthywomen.org
NIHSeniorHealth Health Information for Older Adults nihseniorhealth.gov
Medicare Hospital Compare hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Office of the Surgeon Genera www.surgeongeneral.gov
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center www.osteo.org
Paget Foundation www.paget.org
Patient Advocate Foundation www.patientadvocate.org
Subimo myhealthcareadvisor.com
Vitals (doctor research site) www.vitals.com
WebMD www.webmd.com

With data and image management technologies like the Dell pacs system, it is easier for providers and seniors to maintain accurate health records.

Mental Health, Alzheimer's and Dementia

Alzheimer's Association www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Information Site www.alzinfo.org
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry www.aagpgpa.org
American Counseling Association www.counseling.org
American Psychological Association Office on Aging www.apa.org/pi/aging
Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia www.alz.uci.edu
National Center on Elder Abuse www.elderabusecenter.org
National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov
National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Suicide Among the Elderly www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/elderly.asp

Medication

American Pharmaceutical Association www.aphanet.org
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists www.ascp.com
Benefits Check Up Rx www.benefitscheckuprx.org
Canadian International Pharmacy Association www.ciparx.ca
DrugDigest www.drugdigest.org
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Medication Reminders www.epill.com
MyMedSchedule.com www.mymedschedule.com
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov
National Council on Patient Information and Education www.talkaboutrx.org
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov
NeedyMeds www.needymeds.com
On Time Medication Reminder www.ontimerx.com
Partnership for Prescription Assistance www.pparx.org
PharmacyChecker.com www.pharmacychecker.com
Physicians Desk Reference pdrhealth.com
RxAssist www.rxassist.org
Senior Care Pharmacists www.seniorcarepharmacist.com
Your Pharmacy Benefit www.yourpharmacybenefit.org

Dental

American Dental Association www.ada.org
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research www.nidcr.nih.gov
Bureau of Primary Health Care (discounted or free dental care) www.ask.hrsa.gov/pc
DentalPlans.com (dental discount plans) dentalplans.com
Donated Dental Services (free dental care for elderly and disabled) www.nfdh.org/DDS.html

Hearing

American Academy of Audiology www.audiology.org
American Hearing Research Foundation www.american-hearing.org
American Speech-Language Hearing Association www.asha.org
American Tinnitus Association www.ata.org
Audient (discounted hearing aids for income qualified) www.audientalliance.org/
Better Hearing Institute www.betterhearing.org
Deafness Research Foundation www.drf.org
The EAR Foundation www.earfoundation.org Hearing Loss Association of America www.hearingloss.org
Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project lionsclubs.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov
Starkey Hearing Foundation starkeyhearingfoundation.org

Vision

All About Vision www.allaboutvision.com
American Academy of Ophthalmology www.aao.org
American Council of the Blind www.acb.org
American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
American Macular Degeneration Foundation: www.macular.org
American Optometric Association www.aoa.org
Better Vision Institute www.visionsite.org
Choice Magazine Listening, www.choicemagazinelistening.org
Ears for Eyes www.earsforeyes.org
EyeCare America (free eye care) www.eyecareamerica.org
Glaucoma Foundation www.glaucomafoundation.org
Glaucoma Research Foundation www.glaucoma.org
Lighthouse International www.lighthouse.org
Lions Clubs Vision Programs www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_index.shtml
Macular Degeneration Foundation: www.eyesight.org
Macular Degeneration Network: www.macular-degeneration.org
National Association for Visually Handicapped www.navh.org
National Eye Health Education Program www.nei.nih.gov/nehep
Prevent Blindness America www.preventblindness.org
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped www.loc.gov/nls
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation www.rdpfs.org
VisionAWARE www.visionaware.org

Sleep

American Academy of Sleep Medicine www.aasmnet.org
American Sleep Apnea Association www.sleepapnea.org
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research www.nhlbi.nih.gov/sleep
National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation www.rls.org

Nutrition and Exercise

5 A Day for Better Health www.5aday.gov
American College of Sports Medicine www.acsm.org
American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org
American Volkssport Association www.ava.org
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Food and Nutrition Information Center www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
Food Stamps for the Elderly Resource Center www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/fselderlycenter.htm
GeezerJock www.geezerjock.com
Infoaging.org www.infoaging.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging www.n4a.org
National Association of Health and Fitness www.physicalfitness.org
National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs www.nanasp.org
National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging www.fiu.edu/~nutreldr/
National Senior Games Association www.nsga.com
Meals on Wheels www.mowaa.org
The Walking Site www.thewalkingsite.com
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion www.mypyramid.gov

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Housing, Long Term Care and Universal Design

AARP Housing and Mobility www.aarp.org/family/housing
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging www.aahsa.org
Assisted Living Federation of America www.alfa.org
Care Interpreter www.v2.tlchoices.com
Care Like www.carelike.com
Continuing Care Accreditation Commission www.carf.org
Eden Alternative www.edenalt.com
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
HOMECARE Online www.nahc.org
Home Safety Council www.mysafehome.net
HUD: Senior Citizens www.hud.gov/groups/seniors.cfm
Independent living center www.ilru.org
Medicare Nursing Home Compare www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Overview.asp
My Guide for Seniors www.myguideforseniors.com
MySeniorCare www.myseniorcare.com
National Association of Senior Move Managers www.nasmm.org
National Center for Assisted Living www.ncal.org
National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center www.ltcombudsman.org
National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification www.homemods.org
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association www.reversemortgage.org
A Place for Mom www.aplaceformom.com
Rebuilding Together www.rebuildingtogether.com
Retirement Living Information Center www.retirementliving.com
SeniorDecision - www.seniordecision.com
Senior Housing Net www.seniorhousingnet.com/seniors
Senior Living www.seniorliving.org
Seniors Real Estate Specialists www.seniorsrealestate.com
Sharp Seniors www.sharpseniors.com

Insurance

American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance www.aaltci.org
COBRA www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm
eHealthInsurance - health insurance policy finder www.ehealthinsurance.com
Families USA www.familiesusa.org
Health Assistance Partnership www.healthassistancepartnership.org
Health Insurance Consumer Guide www.healthinsuranceinfo.net
Health Insurance Association of America www.ahip.org
HSA Insider - Health Savings Account finder www.hsainsider.com
Insure.com - free insurance quotes www.insure.com
Kaiser Family Foundation www.kff.org
Long-Term Care Financial Partners www.ltcfp.com
Long Term Care Insurance Information Page www.ltc-info.com
Long-Term Care Quote www.ltcq.net
Medical Billing Advocates www.billadvocates.com
National Association of Insurance Commissioners www.naic.org/state_contacts/sid_websites.htm
Patient Advocate Foundation www.patientadvocate.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) - free health insurance counseling to people with Medicare www.shiptalk.org
TRICARE, Military Health System www.tricare.osd.mil
Veterans Health Administration: Health Benefits and Services www1.va.gov/health_benefits
Viatical and Life Settlement Association of America www.viatical.org

Legal Issues and Resources

AARP Legal Services Network www.aarp.org/lsn
American Bar Association www.abanet.org/aging/statemap.html
Association for Protection of the Elderly www.apeape.org
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Older Consumers Safety Publications www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/older.html
Elder Law Answers www.elderlawanswers.com
Federal Trade Commission Identity Theft Resource Center www.idtheftcenter.org
Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers www.fraud.org/elderfraud/elderfraud.htm
Senior Legal Hotlines www.legalhotlines.org
Legal Services www.lsc.gov
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys www.naela.com
National Center on Elder Abuse www.elderabusecenter.org
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse www.preventelderabuse.org
National Senior Citizens Law Center www.nsclc.org
Nolo Law Center: www.nolo.com
Pension Rights Center www.pensionrights.org
U.S. Department of Labor: Equal Employment Opportunity www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/index.htm
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission www.eeoc.gov/types/age.html
Wills.com www.wills.com

Leisure, Learning and Personal Growth

Elderhostel www.elderhostel.org
OASIS www.oasisnet.org
Senior Summer School www.seniorsummerschool.com
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet www.cyndislist.com
Genealogy Resources on the Internet www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration www.archives.gov/index.html
Age Exchange www.age-exchange.org.uk
Fifties Web www.fiftiesweb.com
Old-Time Radio www.old-time.com
GeezerJock www.geezerjock.com
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies www.nasaa-arts.org
National Center for Creative Aging www.creativeaging.org
National Endowment for the Arts www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/OlderResources.html
National Senior Games Association www.nsga.com
Senior Golfers Association of America www.seniorgolfersamerica.com
Center for Aging, Religion and Spirituality www.aging-religion-spirituality.com
Forum on Religion, Spirituality, and Aging www.asaging.org/forsa/index.html
Retirement With a Purpose www.retirementwithapurpose.com
Senior Adult Ministry www.senioradultministry.com
American Horticultural Therapy Association www.ahta.org
American Music Therapy Association www.musictherapy.org
Delta Society www.deltasociety.org

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

Medicare www.medicare.gov
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services www.cms.hhs.gov
Medicare Rights Center www.medicarerights.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program - free health insurance counseling to people with Medicare www.shiptalk.org
State Medicaid Offices cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/allstatecontacts.asp
Social Security www.socialsecurity.gov
Railroad Retirement Board www.rrb.gov

Older Drivers and Transportation

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety www.seniordrivers.org
AARP Driver Safety Program www.aarp.org/drive
American Medical Association Older Driver Safety www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8925.html
American Public Transportation Association www.apta.com
American Occupational Therapy Association www.aota.org/olderdriver
Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists www.driver-ed.org
Beverly Foundation www.beverlyfoundation.org
Community Transportation Association www.ctaa.org
Easter Seals Transportation Solutions for Caregivers www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_trans_care
HowsMyDriving.com http://howsmydriving.com/drive4life.nsf
I DRIVE SAFELY Mature Driver Improvement http://mature.idrivesafely.com
Mature Driver Course Online www.maturedrivercourseonline.com
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Older Driver Safety www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive
Older Drivers www.drivers.com/topic/10
Transit Resource Guide for Older Adults www.apta.com/research/info/briefings/briefing_3.cfm
The Hartford Financial Services Group and MIT AgeLab - How to Talk with Older Drivers www.thehartford.com/talkwitholderdrivers
U.S. Licensing Renewal Procedures for Older Drivers www.iihs.org/laws/state_laws/older_drivers.html

Relationships and Online Dating

AARP: Message Boards www.aarp.org/boards
OverFifties.com www.overfifties.com
Write a Senior Citizen www.writeseniors.com
Silver Singles www.silversingles.com
eHarmony www.eharmony.com
Senior Friend Finder www.seniorfriendfinder.com
Prime Singles www.primesingles.net
Senior Circle www.seniorscircle.com
Senior Match www.seniormatch.com
Match.com www.match.com

Research and Statistics


Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov
AgeLine Database www.aarp.org/research/ageline
AgeSource Worldwide www.aarp.org/research/agesource
AgingStats.Gov www.agingstats.gov
Alliance for Aging Research www.agingresearch.org
American Federation for Aging Research www.afar.org
American Geriatrics Society www.americangeriatrics.org
American Society on Aging www.asaging.org
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education www.aghe.org
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/csom/executive/crr
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center www.brain.northwestern.edu
Gerontological Society of America www.geron.org
Grantmakers in Aging www.giaging.org
Health and Retirement Study www.umich.edu/~hrswww
Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia www.alz.uci.edu
International Longevity Center www.ilcusa.org
Kaiser Family Foundation: State Health Facts Online www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
MedWeb www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb
MetLife Mature Market Institute www.maturemarketinstitute.com
Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute www.jdc.org.il/brookdale
National Ageing Research Institute www.mednwh.unimelb.edu.au
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACDA
National Institute on Aging www.nih.gov/nia
NIA Demography Centers agingmeta.psc.isr.umich.edu/index.html
Pension Research Council prc.wharton.upenn.edu/~prc/prc.html
Resources in Social Gerontology www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/geron.html
Science of Aging (SAGE) Crossroads www.sagecrossroads.net
Secrets of Aging www.secretsofaging.org

Travel

AARP: Travel www.aarp.org/travel
Access-Able Travel Source www.access-able.com
Connecting Solo Travel Network www.cstn.org
Elderhostel www.elderhostel.org
Elder Treks www.eldertreks.com
Evergreen Club www.evergreenclub.com
Grandtravel grandtrvl.com
Grand Circle www.50plusexpeditions.com
Overseas Adventure Travel www.oattravel.com
SeniorDiscounts.com www.seniordiscounts.com
Seniors Vacation and Home Exchange www.seniorshomeexchange.com
Smart Travel www.smartertravel.com/senior-travel
Snowbirdhelper.com www.snowbirdhelper.com
Transitions Abroad: Senior Travel www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/senior/
Travel Tips for Older Americans www.travel.state.gov/travel/olderamericans.html
USDA Forest Service Passes and Permits www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/
Interhostel www.learn.unh.edu/interhostel

Volunteering

1-800-VOLUNTEER www.1-800-volunteer.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America www.bbbsa.org
Corporation for National and Community Service www.getinvolved.gov
Experience Corps www.experiencecorps.org
Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
Little Brothers: Friends of The Elderly www.littlebrothers.org
Network for Good www.networkforgood.org
Peace Corps: Older Applicants www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whovol.older
Senior Corps www.seniorcorps.org
VolunteerMatch www.volunteermatch.org

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Florida

AARP Florida Home Page www.aarp.org/fl
Advance Directive Forms for Florida www.fdhc.state.fl.us
Area Agency on Aging www.agingcarefl.org
ElderHelpLine www.elderhelpline.org
Florida Department of Elder Affairs fcn.state.fl.us/doea
Florida Silver Saver Prescription Drug Program www.floridahealthstat.com/silversaver.shtml
Medicaid Information for Florida www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/state.asp?state=FL
Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. www.mfaaa.org
Neighborly Care Network www.neighborly.org
Sunshine for Seniors Program elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/english/SHINE/folder/SFSfact.pdf