Senior Sites
General Senior Sites
These links provide useful information for senior citizens and their families.
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Baby Boomer Lifeboat
Tips, helpful information and resources for Baby Boomers seeking to retire on a limited or fixed income. Also a portal to selected sites that provide useful information, products and services for these Boomers.
http://www.BabyBoomerLifeBoat.com
Dignity Resource Council, Inc
Dignity Resource Council is a non-profit organization with the mission to provide educational and public awareness of the need for dignity preservation for persons with disabilities, the frail and elderly during assisted bathing and other personal care.
www.dignityrc.org
EndAlzheimers.com
Download Your Free Alzheimer's LifePlan Book
Readers are encouraged to develop healthy lifestyle habits for disease prevention, establish their personal memory fitness baseline record, and look ahead in developing a mild cognitive impairment treatment strategy - should mild cognitive impairment ever develop.
http://www.EndAlzheimers.com
Forward In Time
Community Awareness Programs for Public Television
http://www.forwardintime.com/
Free e-zine from Seniorresource.com
delivered monthly via email. Articles focus on housing and lifestyle issues, health and finances, travel, senior humor, URLs to surf for special information, discounts and free things, and timely topics for those rich in years.
http://www.Seniorresource.com
Long Term Care Link
A Comprehensive Source of Long Term Care Information
http://www.LongTermCareLink.net
Medicare
The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information with available inspection reports on nursing homes.
http://www.medicare.gov
Mobility-Advisor.com: Live More Independently
Educational resource with extensive articles on wheelchairs, scooters, accessories, wheel chair sports, disabled travel, transportation, and other mobility aids to enhance the lives of individuals of all ages who need mobility assistance.
http://www.mobility-advisor.com
National Council for Aging Care
Resources for living your fullest life
http://www.aginginplace.org
The National Institute on Aging
NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
National PACE Association
Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provide and coordinate all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community.
http://www.npaonline.org
NursingHomeAlert.com
Focused on the prevention, recognition and correction of nursing home abuse.
http://www.NursingHomeAlert.com
Nursing Home Abuse Center
Provides information, resources and legal advice to victims of elder abuse in nursing homes.
https://www.nursinghomeabusecenter.com
Nursing Home InspectorTM
Powered by CarePathways.com
Detailed reports, ratings, rankings, graphics and analysis of every Medicare or Medicaid certified Nursing Home in the USA. Over 44,000 individual inspections available for review on-line!
http://www.CarePathways.com
Organ Donation
This site is devoted to providing information and resources on organ donation and transplantation issues and to promote organ and tissue donation awareness.
http://www.organdonor.gov
Savvy Senior
A question-and-answer weekly newspaper column that channels useful information and valuable resources to the growing senior population and the families who support them.
http://www.savvysenior.org
SeniorDiscounts.com
Find the Gold in Golden Years. Get a 20% discount off membership in the SeniorDicounts Card Program
http://www.SeniorDiscounts.com
Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service
A private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization established to assist retired members of the American Foreign Service who are physically or mentally unable to cope with old age. The Foundation provides information about and assistance in obtaining community, State, Federal and private resources. The Foundation offers senior citizens guidance through the often difficult process of gaining access to available resources.
http://www.slfoundation.org
Tebra.com - Helping Retirees Navigate The Healthcare System
Helping Retirees Navigate The Healthcare System
It's crucial to remember that although the US healthcare system has considerable advantages, there are drawbacks as well, such as problems with accessibility, affordability, and inequities in patient results. This extensive resource includes information about preventative healthcare, Medicare coverage, medical care expenses, retiree healthcare, and other issues that would be helpful to students and healthcare workers wishing to pursue careers in this sector.
https://www.tebra.com/theintake/checklists-and-guides/patient-care/helping-retirees-navigate-the-healthcare-system
The Alexander Technique
The Alexander technique is a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your body.
https://www.alexandertechnique.com
The Silver Lining News
"First With The Good News"Updated World Wide News Stories, (International). Inspirational Stories. Submissions From Readers. Grandparent's Fun & Children's Happiness. Five Little Angels Story. Captain Moke's Quests. Web-ring Membership & Awards Available.
http://www.SilverLiningNews.com