Web Resources
Links to useful reference and information sites for seniors.
U.S. Government sites:
The U.S. National
Aging Information Center (NAIC) has developed an extensive
database of web sites on a variety of aging topics. "Links are
selected on the basis of their relevance to aging and older
adults, educational content, objectivity and representation of
public policy issues."They also have a number of fact sheets on
topics of interest to seniors, at:
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/NAIC/Notes/default.htm
The U.S. National Institute
on Aging (NIA) has a collection of fact sheets and other
publications available on a variety of health and fitness
topics. The best place to see what's available is actually the
site map - just page down to Health Information:
http://www.nih.gov/nia/site-index.htm
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has a number of
publications online of interest to older people:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/olderpersons/olderpubs.html
Administration on Aging
has a number of fact sheets available, at
http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/fact.asp
For information about Alzheimer's, try the National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center. http://www.alzheimers.org/
Academic research:
AARP has a database
of over 60,000 abstracts and
content summaries of current literature on aging, on its
AgeLine:
http://research.aarp.org/ageline/
Florida International University hosts the National Policy & Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging. This is a resource for professionals working in the field of long-term care, but if you want to get your information from the horse's mouth (the academic papers), try the above listed site. The Dietary Guidelines topic, for example, tells you about the modified food pyramid for the over 70s.
The American Federation for Aging Research
(AFAR), a national, nonprofit organization that supports basic aging research,
has launched a website to "provide easy access to authoritative and current
scientific research on aging and age-related diseases and conditions".
http://www.infoaging.org
Directories for seniors:
ElderWeb is "designed to be a research site for both
professionals and family members looking for information on
eldercare and long term care, and includes links to information
on legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, as well as
policy, research, and statistics". It claims to have over 6000
reviewed links.
http://www.elderweb.com/
And a more select list "for intelligent users on-line" from BigEye: http://www.bigeye.com/senior.htm
For news items and other
information of interest to seniors:
http://www.seniorjournal.com/index.html
Special interests:
For training and practice in attention and memory skills, try
the Happy Neuron site:
http://www.happyneuron.com/GBHappyNeuron/default.asp
The
Novartis Foundation for Gerontology has a health site, of which the bulk of the
articles are based on articles appearing in peer-reviewed medical journals, and
are written and reviewed by experts. " No data, facts or opinions are included
unless they can be traced to a reference source."
http://www.healthandage.com/fpatient.htm
AARP have an article on Evaluating Health Information on the
Internet:
http://www.aarp.org/confacts/health/wwwhealth.html
For
financial aspects of aging, try FAAR. "The site features cutting-edge,
high-quality, and timely research studies concerning monetary issues related to
aging that individuals face as they approach and enter their retirement years."
http://www.faar.org/
Seniors USA is an advocacy group, with a particular interest in the cost of prescription drugs and better health care. Their site, while emphasizing these subjects, offers articles on a broad range of topics assumed to be of interest to their constituency. http://www.senrs.com/
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