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Seniors Page

Links to useful sites for Seniors on healthcare, travel, entertainment, and much more!

Pennsylvania Resources | Agencies | Caregiving/Long-Term Care | Health/Health Insurance | Law | Travel | General Interest

Pennsylvania Resources

Bucks County Area Agency on Aging
www.p4a.org/bucks.htm

Aging – PA
agingpa.psu.edu/general.htm

Association of Pennsylvania Nonprofit Senior Services
www.panpha.org

Pennsylvania Department of Aging
www.aging.state.pa.us/aging/site/default.asp

Pennsylvania Senior Centers
www.paseniorcenters.org

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Agencies

AARP
www.aarp.org

Administration on Aging/Elders and Families
www.aoa.gov/eldfam/eldfam.asp

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov

Corporation for National Service: Senior Corps!
www.seniorcorps.org

Department of Veterans Affairs
www.va.gov

Eldercare Locator/U.S. Administration on Aging
www.eldercare.gov

ElderPage
www.aoa.dhhs.gov/elderpage.html

FirstGov for Seniors
www.seniors.gov

Medicare.gov: The Official U.S. Government Site
www.medicare.gov

Medicare Rights Center
www.medicarerights.org

The National Council on the Aging
www.ncoa.org

National Institute on Aging
www.nia.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov

Social Security Online
www.ssa.gov

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Caregiving/Long-Term Care

C.A.R.I.E. (The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly)
www.carie.org/pages/main.htm

ElderWeb
www.elderweb.com

Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org

National Alliance for Caregiving
www.caregiving.org

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Database
www.nhpco.org/Directory

Senior Housing – Assisted Living Facilities, Nursing Homes and Independent Living
www.springstreet.com/seniors/

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Health/Health Insurance

Alliance for Aging Research: Resources for Women’s Health and Aging
www.agingresearch.org/brochures/resourceguide/header.html

Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center
www.alzheimers.org

Benefits Checkup
www.benefitscheckup.org

50plus
www.50plus.org

Health.gov
www.health.gov

Health and Age
www.healthandage.com

MEDLINEplus: Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/contents.jsp

Seniors’ Health Resources
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealthgeneral.html

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Law

National Center on Elder Abuse
www.elderabusecenter.org

National Senior Citizens Law Center
www.nsclc.org

Senior Law Home Page Center
www.seniorlaw.com

Will & Estate Planning: Nolo’s Legal Encyclopedia
www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/ep_ency.html

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Travel

Elderhostel
www.elderhostel.org

Eldertreks
www.eldertreks.com

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General Interest

BestPlaces.net
www.bestplaces.net

FDA’s Older Persons Website
www.fda.gov/oc/seniors

National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch
www.fraud.org

New LifeStyles Online
www.newlifestyles.com

Senior Corps National Service Program
www.seniorcorps.org

SeniorNet
www.seniornet.org

Senior Sites: Non-Profit Housing and Services for Seniors
www.seniorsites.com

WidowNet (for and by widows and widowers)
www.widownet.org

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