Administration on Aging The Elders and Families section of the Administration on Aging website is designed to assist older persons and their caregivers quickly obtain information and resources on a variety of aging-related topics. Topics include:
Age Concern (UK) Age Concern supports all people over 50 in the UK, ensuring that they get the most from life, and provides essential services such as day care and information. Preview Website -
1-Dec-2006 - Hits: 32 - Rate This | Details
Alcohol and Seniors This newly developed site focuses on alcohol issues that impact seniors. The health focussed site covers prevention, education, and treatment. It also includes alcohol information specific to older women, such as health concerns, treatment barriers, and alcohol's relationship to caregiving, dementia, and elder abuse. Preview Website -
26-Feb-2003 - Hits: 603 - Rate This | Details
Depression and the Elderly In our natural life process, aging can be a time of loneliness, aches and even depression. In the article, Dr. Framingham helps to show that depression can occur in the elderly and that it does need to be treated.
Listed in the article are items to watch out for which may tell of elderly depression, and how to tell the difference between "the blues" and depression itself. Preview Website -
1-Mar-2006 - Hits: 476 - Rate This | Details
ElderWeb A huge resource of elderly resources, including topics on health, living arrangements, dying, financial, social, mental, spiritual and many others aspects of aging. A great aging resource. Preview Website -
20-Jan-2000 - Hits: 445 - Rate This | Details
FDA Information for Seniors The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has numerous articles, brochures and other publications with information for older people on a wide range of health issues, including arthritis, cancer, health fraud, and nutrition. Preview Website -
29-Nov-2006 - Hits: 27 - Rate This | Details
Foundation for Health in Aging The American Geriatrics Society's (AGS) Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) aims to build a bridge between the research and practice of Geriatrics and the Public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special health care needs.
HelpGuide.orgTop Rated Helpguide.org is a friendly, easy-to-use gateway that offers information and online resources focused on mental health, elder care, and aging well. A non-profit enterprise, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and the Center for Healthy Aging, their editors continually search the Web for the best non-commercial links related to their topics. Preview Website -
15-Jun-2003 - Hits: 193 - Rate This | Details
LongTermCareLiving.com LongTermCareLiving.com provides consumers with needed information nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care.
Learn how to:
Find and select a nursing home or assisted living facility;
Prepare yourself and your family for the transition to long term care ;
Write an advance directive, making sure your wishes are known; and
NIH Senior Health NIH Senior Health delivers up-to-date health information in easily accessible formats for seniors or persons with disabilities. Topics include:
Positive Aging Resource Center Positive Aging Resource Center (PARC) provides information to older adults and caregivers. Learn about mental health, it's impact on emotional wellness, and what you can do to manage it. Check out PARC's tips on keeping your body healthy and section on staying connected to the world. Read stories on how others have coped with major life changes. Preview Website -
30-Nov-2006 - Hits: 89 - Rate This | Details
Senior Corps Senior Corps provides service opportunities for Americans 55 and over by connecting you with the people and organizations that need you most. Preview Website -
29-Nov-2006 - Hits: 23 - Rate This | Details
Senior Service America Senior Service America is a non-profit organization that provides community service and employment opportunities for adults age 55 and older who wish to re-enter the workforce. Preview Website -
30-Nov-2006 - Hits: 30 - Rate This | Details
SeniorNet SeniorNet helps provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.
Check out SeniorNet's Health Guides. Learn how to search the Web for trustworthy health information health sites abound on the World Wide Web. SeniorNet also offers online discussion, chat, low-cost courses, and more! Preview Website -
30-Nov-2006 - Hits: 32 - Rate This | Details
