The "People Power" Disability-Serious Illness-Senior Citizen Superbook:
Book 9. Senior Citizens Guide 1
(Aging, Law, Retirement, Travel, Alzheimers, Health)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Older Basics
Growing Old in Your Mind
Growing Old Gracefully
Aging Prose
Aging One-Liners
Chapter 2. Basic Senior Information 1
Senior Introduction
Seniors at The Library
Senior Help Info
Major Senior Websites
Senior Websites Master List
Senior Activist Websites
Government Senior Websites
Aging Lifestyle Websites/ Senior Lifestyle Websites
Chapter 3. Basic Senior Information 2
Senior Women Websites
Senior on the Internet/ Seniors on Computers
Older People Social Networking Websites
Local Senior Programs/ Neighborhood Senior Services
Senior Benefits/ Senior Services
Senior Blogs
Senior Magazine Websites
Baby Boomer Websites/ Zoomer Websites/ Nostalgia Websites
Senior Fraud/ Senior Scam
Senior Citizen News/ Senior News
Senior Publications
Caregiver Software to be Organized
Senior Food/ Meals-on-Wheels Program
Local Senior Programs/ Neighborhood Senior Services
Australia Senior Websites
British Senior Websites
India Senior
New Zealand Senior
Chapter 5. Senior Citizen Resources
American Assn. of Retired Persons/ AARP
The Major Senior Organizations
Senior Organizations Info
Christian Senior Websites
Senior Discounts/ Senior Bargains
Disabled, Elderly & Senior Local Transportation
Senior Car Driver/ Disabled Driver
Elder Abuse Info/ Elder Abuse Websites
Elder Financial Abuse Websites
Elder Nutrition Programs
Minority Senior Websites
Senior Insurance Websites
Senior Radio Info
Senior Social Clubs
Senior Taxes Info
Some Senior Programs
The Empty Nest Syndrome
Chapter 7. Older People at Work
Seniors Looking for Work 1-2
Older People Job Knowledge
Midlife Career Change/ Job Change
Encore Career/ Retirement Career
Older People Job Websites/ Mature Job Websites
British Senior Citizen Jobs
Canadian Older People Job Websites
Age Discrimination At Work
Caretaker/ Personal Home Services/ House Sitter/ Pet Sitter
Forty Plus Clubs
Chapter 8. Grandparents Basics
Grandparents As Caregivers
Grandparents Visitation Rights
Grandparent Resources/ Grandparent Websites
Grandparent-Grandchild Vacations
Chapter 9. Senior Dating, Love, Sex
Over 50 Dating Websites
Older People Love & Sex Websites
Chapter 10. Senior Healthcare Basics
Senior Health Insurance Resources
Senior Healthcare by State
State Medical Assistance for Seniors
State Medicaid Assistance Offices for Seniors
Nursing Home Abuse/ Nursing Home Neglect Lawyers
Senior Law Websites/ Elder Law Info/ Senior Legal Help
Chapter 12. Senior Citizens & Business
Senior Citizen Business Websites
Marketing to Seniors
Grey Gay/ Older Gay/ Mature Gay/ Senior Gay
Gay Older Men Dating Websites
Gay Senior Housing
Chapter 14. Retirement Lifestyle
Prepare to Retire
The Psychology of Retirement
Why Work If You Don’t Need the Money?
Early Retirement is Boredom & Social Isolation for Many People
Retirement Information
General Retirement Websites
Retirement Resources
Volume 2. Senior Travel/ Senior Tourism
Chapter 1. Senior Travel Basics
Senior Travel Info
Senior Travel Websites
Senior Travel Resources
Senior Discounts on Travel
Senior Hotel Discounts
Airline Senior Coupon Programs
Senior Hospitality/ Senior Home Exchange
Stay at a Retirement Community
British Senior Travel
Chapter 2. Senior Tours/ Places to Go
Major Senior Tour Operators
Senior Tour Operators
Senior Education & Learning
Senior Summer School
Senior Travel Clubs
Chapter 3. Dance Cruises Basics
Dance Cruises Info
Gentlemen Hosts on Dance Cruises
Single Women Dance Cruises
Chapter 4. Senior Sports Basics
Senior Fitness & Recreation Info
Senior Outdoor Info
Senior Sports Websites
Senior Games Associations
State Senior Games Associations
Winter Sports Websites
Senior Activities In The Winter
Senior Bowling Info
Senior Golf Info
Chapter 1. Senior Info by State 1
United States Senior
Senior Links by State
State Agencies for The Aging
Alabama Senior Info
Alaska Senior Info
Arizona Senior Info
Arkansas Senior Info
California Senior Info
Colorado Senior Info
Connecticut Senior Info
Delaware Senior Info
District of Columbia Senior Info
Florida Senior Info
Georgia Senior Info
Hawaii Senior Info
Idaho Senior Info
Illinois Senior Info
Indiana Senior Info
Iowa Senior Info
Chapter 2. Senior Info by State 2
Kansas Senior Info
Kentucky Senior Info
Louisiana Senior Info
Maine Senior Info
Maryland Senior Info
Massachusetts Senior Info
Michigan Senior Info
Minnesota Senior Info
Mississippi Senior Info
Missouri Senior Info
Montana Senior Info
Nebraska Senior Info
Nevada Senior Info
New Hampshire Senior Info
New Jersey Senior Info
New Mexico Senior Info
New York Senior Info
Chapter 3. Senior Info by State 3
North Carolina Senior Info
North Dakota Senior Info
Ohio Senior Info
Oklahoma Senior Info
Oregon Senior Info
Pennsylvania Senior Info
Rhode Island Senior Info
South Carolina Senior Info
South Dakota Senior Info
Tennessee Senior Info
Texas Senior Info
Utah Senior Info
Vermont Senior Info
Virginia Senior Info
Washington Senior Info
West Virginia Senior Info
Wisconsin Senior Info
Wyoming Senior Info
Puerto Rico Senior Info
U.S. Virgin Islands Senior Info
Chapter 1. Alzheimer's Disease Basics
Alzheimer's Disease Info/ AZ Info 1-2
Alzheimer One-Liner Ideas
Dementia is Irreversible, Permanent Memory Loss
Dementia Websites
Major Alzheimer Websites
Alzheimer Websites/ ALZ Websites
Alzheimer Organizations/ Alzheimer Resources
Australia Alzheimer’s Info
British Alzheimer’s Info
Canadian Alzheimer Info
South Africa Alzheimer’s
World Alzheimer Websites
Alzheimer Clinics in the United States
Chapter 2. AZ Topics/ Alzheimer Topics
Alzheimer Disease & Aluminum Cookware
Familial Alzheimer's Disease/ FAD
Holistic Alzheimer’s/ Alzheimer’s Herbs
Docosahexaenoic Acid/ DHA & Alzheimer’s
Ginkgo Biloba & Alzheimer’s
Lesbian & Gay Alzheimer's
Mercury Fillings & Alzheimer’s
Amalgam Removal & Alternative Fillings/ Mercury-Free Dentists
Mind Power Basics
Sex & Alzheimers
Sundowning Info
The Gender Gap in Alzheimer’s: Women Get it More
Vitamin B12/ Cobalamin & Alzheimer’s
Volume 5. Senior Health/ Longevity/ Aging Issues
Chapter 1. Longevity/ Spunk Basics
Longevity/ Spunk Info
Pockets of Longevity Worldwide
Vilcabamba, Ecuador; Longevity & Peyote
Centagenerians/ People Who Live Past 100
The Most Basic Rules for a Superlife
Longevity One-Liners
Life Extension Info
Aging Organizations
Biogerontology Websites
Super Centenarian, 100+ Years Old
Gerontology Websites
Aging Science Research
Longevity Websites/ Anti-Aging Websites
Immortality Websites
Anti-Aging Medicine/ Longevity Products & Services For Sale Websites
Very Low Calorie Diet/ VLCD & Calorie Restriction (CR) Diet Info
The Science of Aging 1-3
Holistic Aging Info
Deprenyl Info
DHEA/ Dehydroepiandrosterone
Hormone Precursors for Bigger Muscles, Aging, Menopause, etc.
Human Growth Hormone/ HGH
N-Acetyl-Cysteine/ NAC
Nanotechnology: Hope for the Future
The Tithonus Error
Chapter 4. Senior Medical Information
Senior Health Websites/ Senior Medical Websites
Senior Mental Health/ Psychogeriatrics
Geriatric Psychiatry
Lists of Aging Websites
Aging Websites
Age-Related Diseases/ Degenerative Diseases
Age-Related Eye Diseases Websites
Degenerative Disc Disease/ Degenerative Spine Disease
Chapter 5. Aging Research Info
Aging Research Info
Regenerative Medicine Info
Reverse Aging Info
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer For Aging/ SCNT
Chapter 6. Antioxidants/ Free Radicals
Antioxidants Info
Free Radicals Info
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity/ ORAC
Aging is Free Radical Damage
Free Radicals Websites
The Battle Between Supplements & Real Food
Foods High in Antioxidants
Antioxidant Therapy
Antioxidant Websites
Chapter 7. Transhumanism: Becoming Bionic
Paradise Engineering/ Hedonistic Imperative
Transhumanism Info
Chapter 1. Getting Older Basics
Growing Old in Your Mind
You're as old as you feel.
Keep smiling.
I read a lot of psychobabble and softball articles about the psychology of aging. It's all basically simple and the same:
Use it or lose it.
The idea is to stay active both by yourself in doing inspired activities and in contact with other people.
I can go back to Erik Erickson's archaic theory of eight stages of life from around 1971 which despite all its psychobabble, comes down to one thing:
You're either active doing something you feel has meaning and interacting socially and intimately with other people or you're alone in a room somewhere, not doing much of anything, feeling sorry for yourself.
One reason I don't like psychobabble is that they make everything a dramatic either-or situation. Most older people aren't intensely active or popular with a big group of people but they don't feel lonely and depressed either. They live adequate, comfortable lives day by day.
You don't need some great purpose in life or deep intimate relations with other people. There are enough divorces and deaths around for many millions of seniors to be living alone. They might have pets and some casual friends but by the time you're 65, you should be cool with the solitary nature of the human condition. It's not desperate. It's the natural state of affairs to spend most of your time alone in your head. Most old people end up alone. In a couple, one will die before the other.
If you want some knowledge about living by your true nature and releasing most of your natural energy everyday, read my book A Free Spirit's Search for Enlightenment.
Other than that, you are what you think and do.
Think you're old, you will be old.
Don't do much but sit around watching TV and you're a couch potato.
Enjoy the present. Don't worry about possibilities including your death. Reverend Sun Moon, the leader of an Eastern cult, said enjoy your life, enjoy your death. There is nothing you can do about it. He believed in reincarnation as most Orientals do.
If you're healthy, you'll outlive most of your friends and relatives. Be ready for it.
If you got something deep you want to tell your kids, do it now. Get it over with.
Death is common. It's better to die in your bed than to die in some accident or crime. Count your blessings.
I say to myself that the day I die I'll be doing the exact same thing I'm doing now, releasing most of my natural energy with love for the process and intensity everyday. How could I possibly live a better life than that?
Some people enter the world of memory and reflection.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1969) describes five stages of impending death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Diet and exercise can counterbalance a lot of the effects of aging.
If your spouse dies, you owe it to yourself to continue on with joy.
The general belief is that capacities such as memory and problem-solving decline with age. Keeping on reading and learning. Read some of my books.
Develop new interests and activities.
The major issues of aging are:
health
retirement
dealing with the death of partner or spouse dealing with the declines of old age
facing eventual death
Reverend Sun Moon said you create all your misery. Problems happen but you choose how you deal with them.
Growing Old Gracefully
Many artists and great thinkers get better with age, like a fine wine or good cheese; Bellini, Braque, Cezanne, Degas, Edison, Einstein, Goya, Matisse, Michelangelo, Monet, Picasso, Poussin, Rembrandt, Schweitzer, Shaw, Tintoretto, Titian and Frank Lloyd Wright all stayed productive and inspired as they aged.
To age gracefully means one thing which is to move towards simplicity and youth, to culture a strong mental attitude that enables you to carry on as though you're still young, strong and vital. Take care of yourself in mind, body and soul, it's that simple. Just because you're older than most doesn't mean you're spiritually dead as a non-person.
Don't let others take advantage of you. Have self-respect. You have as much right as anyone else to do exactly as you please.
Grief and loneliness are parts of life at any age. Deal with them by being easy on yourself, trying to stay calm and strong, regularly doing some soulful pursuits to stay young in spirit.
Aside from the generic explanation of staying active, the biggest killers in old age are loneliness, demoralization, loss of the physical and vital self and the onset of a spiritual death in the mind as you increasingly feel more neglected and forgotten by society.
The only real solution is to keep your connection to your soul, surround yourself with likeminded people and stay active either within yourself or within the community.
The extended family with the grandparents living with their children is all but gone so you must find other ways to feed the love that you need either by having good friends, working at something you enjoy, volunteering somewhere, having a social network, a pet or two, talking via the internet or any of any number of other outlets where you can be with nice people who'll share time with you. That's it in a nutshell.
I know an older guy, 62 years old who married a younger woman and now has several babies running around the house. He told me that's his key to staying young.
Aging is generally accompanied by a loss in physical and mental abilities. The performance and ability of the elderly has long been underestimated and can be greatly improved by a proper diet, sleep and exercise along with rest and relaxation. Many elderly people tend to lose their joy and will to live and may mope and withdraw.
Laughter is one of the best medicines. You can always keep your sense of humor tuned up by surrounding yourself with pleasant and interesting people. Just act your age and don't be afraid to laugh at yourself even when no else is around.
Accepting inevitable death is tough but you have to make some kind of peace with your spiritual views about death so that you can deal with it better when the time comes.
Many older people make religious pilgrimages to Jerusalem or some other shrine. If you're not religious now, consider checking it out. Prayer is a kind of meditation. Try to get close to your God whomever he or she may be. Pray or sing softly to yourself.
You have to recognize your mortality, accept it and move on from there. When you're near death, you'll want to feel as though you've lived a full life so do it now.
When you're dead, you hope that some loved ones will keep your memories in their hearts and pass the torch on from whatever beauty and strengths you brought to the world.
Accept your role as a grandparent. Try to have contact with your grandchildren no matter what the situation is with your own children. Many people have estranged children. Try to make peace with them. If you have anything you want to say to your kids, say it now.
If you need help from your kids or they offer, accept it gracefully. Treat them with respect, show them your independence but also your openness to let them in to help you and get closer as you get older.
Throughout your life, you will have many hard times and some sadness. Think it over, resolve it in your mind but don't get caught in the trap that old age becomes a time of self-pity. Negativity can be good if used as a springboard for inspiration.
Basically life in old age goes on the same as life at any age except that it'll probably be at a limited pace. Just adjust yourself a little bit and go on loving and being productive the same as you did when you were younger. You get your joy a bit at a time out of special moments during the day.
If you've been just getting along with your wife, strive to rekindle the sparks by doing passionate things together.
Continue on with work or a passion that you feel strongly about. If you want to change course, consider doing something where you can help people. I call it soul work, helping people in some way.
Many people become solitary and lonely with age. The way to fight this is to be active, get out there and doing something with people. Go to your local Senior Community Center. Statistics claim that isolated people are 10 times more likely to get sick and die earlier than people in intimate relationships.
Try to make peace with your brothers and sisters and anyone else you feel you should settle things with.
Battle the urge to feel old. It's all about mental and physical strength which can be improved via exercise.
Books about the psychology of aging are at #155.67 and 612.67 at the library.
Books about seniors, retirement and aging are at #301.435, #305.26 and #646.79-80.
You'll find some inspirational, psychology type books at #155.67.
Religious books about aging are at #248.85 or BV4580 at the library.
Books about dealing with death and widowhood are at #155.937, #301.428 and #306.87-90.
Books about small towns relating to retirement are at #307.76.
Housing books are at #301.54.
Alternative living books are at #307.774.
Medical books go from #610-619, for seniors in particular, they're at #612.67, #613 and #618.97.
Health and nursing care books go from #362.61 to #362.82. There are also books at #371.334.
Try 782.421 or BF724.5 at the library.
Books about RVs are at #796.79.
Books about middle-aged health are at #618.2082 and RA778 at the library.
Phenix Society
Pob 351
Cheshire, Ct 06410
203-387-6913
Holistic, spiritual group which explores the later years of life.
Aging Prose
Seventy years is all we have -
Eighty years if we are strong;
Yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow;
Life is soon over and we are gone.
Psalms 90:10
And now every fresh day finds me more filled with wonder and better qualified to draw the last drop of delight from it. For up until now, I had never known time's inexpressible wealth; and my youth had never entirely yielded itself to happiness. Is it indeed this that they call growing old, this continual surge of memories that come breaking in on my inner silence, this contained and sober joy, this lighthearted music that bears me up, this spreading, kindly feeling and this gentleness?
Maurice Goudeket, The Delights of Growing Old, 1965
Hold fast to time! Use it! Be conscious of each day, each hour! They slip away unnoticed all too easily and swiftly.
Thomas Mann, Sept 1938, Diaries, 1918-1939
When I Come to Be Old
Not to marry a young woman.
Not to keep young company unless they really desire it.
Not to be peevish, morose or suspicious.
Not to scorn present ways or wits or fashions or men or war.
Not to be fond of children or let them come near me hardly
Not to tell the same story over and over to the same people.
Not to be covetous.
Not to neglect decency or cleanliness for fear of falling into nastiness.
Not to be severe with young people but give allowances for their youthful follies and weaknesses.
Not to be influenced by or give ear to knavish tattling servants or others.
Not to be too free of advice nor trouble any but those that desire it.
To desire some good friends to inform me which of these resolutions I break or neglect and wherein; and reform accordingly.
Not to talk much, nor of myself.
Not to boast of my former beauty or strength or favour with ladies.
Not to hearken to flatteries nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman.
Not to be positive or opinionative.
Not to set up for observing all these rules; for fear I should observe none.
Jonathan Swift, 1699
Time, they say, makes a man mellow. I do not believe it. Time makes a man afraid and fear makes him concilatory and being concilatory, he endeavours to appear to others what they will think mellow. and with fear comes the need for affection, of some human warmth to keep away the chill of the cold universe. When I speak of fear, I do not mean merely or mainly personal fear; the fear of death or decrepitude or penury or any such merely mundane misfortune. I am thinking of a more metaphysical fear. I am thinking of the fear that enters the soul through experience of the major evils to which life is subject; the treachery of friends, the death of those whom we love, the discovery of the cruelty that lurks in the average human nature.
Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1968
I am conscious also that during this year I have become much older. I do not think that my deafness has seriously increased, nor are my limbs less supple than they were in 1948. But I have put on weight and lost many teeth and much hair and perhaps vigor. I am not really conscious of a decline in my mental energy. But I have intimations that my thoughts move in the old grooves and do not push out into new grooves and that my ways of expression are becoming stereotyped. It is not a good period of history into which to grow old.
Harold Nicolson, Diaries, 31 Dec 1949
To be exactly as I am, decrepit nature yet supernature in one, equally alert on the damp ground and in the turbulent air. Perhaps I don't have to wait for old age for that invisible trespass and pedestrian tread, insensible of mortality and desperately mortal.
Miss Marple
Age is a state of mind
If you have left your dreams behind
If hope is cold
If you no longer look ahead
If your ambition's fires are dead
Then you are old.
But if from life you take the best
And if in life you keep the jest
If love you hold
No matter how the years go by
No matter how the birthdays fly
You are not old.
Anonymous Jailbird
Mailer never had a particular age - he carried different ages within him like different models of his experience; parts of him were 81 years old, 57, 48, 36, 19, etc., etc. - he now went back abruptly from 57 to 36.
Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night, 1968
I believe that when one is young, it is the object, the outside world, that fills one with enthusiasm - one is carried away. Later, it comes from inside; the need to express his feelings urges the painter to choose some particular starting point, some particular form.
Bonnard, in Simone de Beauvoir, Old Age, 1972
John Anderson My JoJohn Anderson my jo, John,When we were first acquent;Your locks were like the raven,Your bony brow was brent;But now your brow is beld, John,Your locks are like the snaw;But blessings on your frosty pow,John Anderson my Jo.
John Anderson my jo, John,
We clamb the hill the gither;
And monie a canty day, John,
We've had wi' ane anither;
Now we maun totter down, John,
And hand in hand we'll go;
And sleep the gither at the foot,
John Anderson my Jo.
Robert Burns
It's as though I was walking down Shaftsburg Avenue as a fairly young man and I was suddenly kidnapped, rushed into a theater and made to don the gray hair, the wrinkles and other marks of age-then wheeled on stage. Yet behind the appearance of age, I'm still the very same person with the same thoughts as when I was younger.
J. B. Priestly
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together.'
Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;
Youth, like summer morn, age like winter weather;
Youth, like summer brave, age like winter bare.
Youth is full of sport, ages breath is short;
Youth is nimble, age is lame;
Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild and age is tame;
Age, I do abhor thee, youth I do adore thee.
Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim, 1590
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be.
Robert Browning
Tis strange that it is not in vogue to commit hari-kari as the Japanese do at 60. Nature is so insulting in her hints and notices, does not pull you up by the sleeve, but pulls out your teeth, tears off your hair in patches, steals your eyesight, twists your face into an ugly mask, in short, puts all contumelies upon you, without in the least abating your zeal to make a good appearance and all this at the same time that she is moulding the new figures around you into wonderful beauty which of course is only making your plight worse.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1863
You fade, old presences and leave me here
In dismal trickle of a dimming May;
I play old records and lay solitaire
Through aimless hours of Memorial Day.
Cities, I'll never visit, books that I'll never read,
Magic, I'll never master. In a cage,
I stalk from room to room, lose heat and speed,
Now entering the dark defile of old age.
Edmund Wilson, 22 May 1966
Because you have an occasional spell of despondency, do not despair. After all, remember that the sun has a sinking spell every night but rises again in the morning.
Anonymous
For age is opportunity no less than youth itself
tho' in another dress. and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars.., invisible by day.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Seventeenth-Century Nun's Prayer
Lord, Thou knowest better than myself
Know that l am growing older and will someday be old.
Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.
Release me from the craving to straighten out everybody's affairs.
Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy.
With my vast store of wisdom it seems a pity not to use it all,
But Thou knowest, O Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.
Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details;
Give me wings to get to the point,
Seal my lips on my aches and pains,
They are increasing and love of rehearsing
them is becoming sweeter as the days go by.
I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others' pains,
But help me to endure them with patience.
I dare not ask for an improved memory,
But for a growing humility and a lessening cocksureness
when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others.
Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.
Keep me reasonably sweet; I do not want to be a saint;
Some of them are so hard to live with
But a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil.
Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places,
and talents in unexpected people.
And give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.
Amen.
Being 80 is a lot better than being 70. At 70, people are mad at you for everything. At 80, you have a perfect excuse no matter what you do. If you act foolishly, it's your second childhood. Everybody is looking for symptoms of softening of the brain.
Frank C. Laubach
Eighty three years gone by! I do not know that I am satisfied when I consider how so many years have passed, how I have filled them. What useless agitations, what fruitless endeavours! Tiresome complications, exaggerated emotions, spent efforts, wasted gifts, hatreds aroused, sense of proportion losr, illusions destroyed, tastes exhausted! What results in the end? Moral and physical weariness, complete discouragement and profound disgust with the past. There are a crowd of people who have the gift or the drawback of never properly understanding themselves. I possess only too much the opposite disadvantage or superiority; it increases with the gravity of old age.
Talleyrand, French statesman, 2 Feb 1837
After sixty, the inclination to be alone grows into a kind of real, natural instinct; for at that age, everything combines in favor of it. The strongest impulse - the love of women's society - has little or no effect; it is the sexless condition of old age which lays the foundation of a certain self-sufficiency and that gradually absorbs all desire for others' company.
Arthur Schopenauer, Counsels and Maxims, Parerga and Paralipomena, 1851
When all the fiercer passions cease
The glory and disgrace of youth;
When the deluded soul in peace,
Can listen to the voice of truth;
When we are taught in whom to trust,
And how to spare, to spend, to give,
Our prudence kind, our pity just,
'tis then we rightly learn to live.
George Crabbe, Reflection, 1807
I am still expecting something exciting; drinks, animated conversation, gaiety, brilliant writing, uninhibited exchange of ideas. I have never had quite the expectation of Scot Fitzgerald's character that somewhere things were "glimmering" I thought life had its excitements wherever I was. But it was part of the same zeitgeist, now I try to discipline myself not to be so silly in depending for really deep satisfaction on things that are transitory and superficial. I try to diet and cut down on drinking and not to look forward to sprees. I hope I am well on the way to becoming a sedate, old gentleman.
Edmund Wilson, 1960
At forty five, what next, what next?
At every corner, I meet my father,
My age, still alive.
Robert Lowell, Middle Age, for the Union Dead, 1965
Older people who live spiritual lives ever widen their spiritual horizons and ever expand their consciences. Older people who live only a daily routine become more and more stupid over the years.
The Talmud
I'm 47 now. Up to a year ago I tried deliberately to pull the wool over my eyes so that I shouldn't see the realities of life and I thought I was doing the right thing. But now, if you only knew! I lie awake night after night in sheer vexation and anger that I let time slip by so stupidly during the years when I could have had all the things from which my age now cuts me off.
Anton Chekov, Uncle Vania, 1900
I never wake without finding life more insignificant than it was the day before. My greatest misery is recollecting the scene of twenty years past and then all of a sudden dropping into the present.
Jonathan Swift, letter to Henry St. John Bolingbroke, 5 Apr 1729
The Hindus have a basic philosophy where the first 25 years of life are to be spent learning, the next 25 years earning, the third 25 years giving to charity then whatever's left should be spent in meditation, gradually giving all your possessions away preparing for death. There is a city in India called Varanasi near the Ganges River where old people go to die and be cremated.
You don't get to choose your own death (unless you kill yourself) but you do get to choose how you're going to live.
Aging One-Liners
You've got to appreciate what you have while you still have it.
Jack Nicholson in movie About Schmidt
They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.
Psalm 92:14
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
Abe Lincoln
Love thyself and keep moving.
Eartha Kitt, former catwomen in Batman TV series
When you start to get compliments about how young you look, you can be sure you're getting old.
I will not make age an issue. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.
Ronald Reagan, presidential debate, 1984
People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for age. Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
Abraham Joshua Herschel
You will always find joy in the evening if you've spent the day well.
George Matheson
Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power. The day, to use the strength which has been given us, to go forth to work with it till the evening.
Florence Nightingale
When your thinking becomes clouded with pessimism and prevents you from taking risks, then you are old and not until then.
Anonymous
For me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Too soon old, too late smart.
Anybody who can still do at sixty what he was doing at twenty wasn't doing much at twenty.Jimmy Carter
I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.
Agatha Christie
The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, wills.
Richard Needham
Old age: When actions creak louder than words.
Dana Robbins
Today I entered on my eighty-second year and found myself just as strong to labor and as fit for any exercise of body or mind as I was forty years ago.
John Wesley
There are three ages to mankind: youth, middle age, and., my, you 're looking good.
Marie Stopes
You can take no credit for beauty at 16. But if you are beautiful at 60, it will be your soul's own doing.
Marie Stopes
Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
Sinclair Lewis
By the time a man gets to greener pastures he can't climb the fence.
Frank Dickson
Call him not old, whose visionary brain
Holds o'er the past its undivided reign.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll
Who bears eternal summer in his souL
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Those who do not hope for another life are always dead to this one.
Goethe
You always feel the same inside; the essence of your soul.
You're only as old as you feel.
Spring in your heart puts a spring in your step.
We don't stop playing because we're old. We grow old because we stop playing.
Take care of your health, live a long life and have an easy death.
Live all the days of your life. Live as long as you want and want to as long as you live.
Make the most of life while you may. Time is short and will wear away.
We don't stop laughing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop laughing.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain
Don't feel bad about growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
If I had known I'd live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
Live long and die in your own bed.
Stay young to sustain old age.
May we get more beautiful as we age then say our farewells when it's time to go, smiling and unafraid.
Live for a long life as your treasure.
You're not as old as you're going to be.
When I dream, I'm never old.
I'm so worn out that I can't do the things I wanted to do when I retired.
I hate old age but it's better than death.
The work is never done as long as you have power. Just because you end one race doesn't mean that life is over.
When you get near the end, you realize how much you have left undone.
I feel a part of everything so when I die it'll just be a natural part of life.
Don't be sorry for relishing in the spirit of life regardless of age.
I lost my eyes, ears, teeth, hair, power, strength but I'm still doing fine without them.
Your youthful spark can take you well into old age if you let it.
Now, as an old man, I'm on borrowed time. I can do anything I want or do nothing but sit back, eat chocolate, drink beer and watch adult movies.
Sexy old guy
I feel like an old nuisance. Everybody's so kind to me like I'm a helpless old coot.
I like to work, why should I retire?
Drink a toast to all the old-timers who burned brightly until the end.
The sands of life are nearly done, let me leave in peace.
You can never write the words The End if you want to live a full life.
In my old age, I feel that Faith in God is what sustains me.
Wear out, don't rust.
It's as beautiful a day as any but all I want to do is sleep.
My biggest regrets are the doubts that I lived a misspent life.
I have no rivals, they're all dead. I can afford to be generous with young folk.
All my friends are 20 or more years younger than me.
At least I don't have to try to look beautiful anymore now that aging has freed me from it.
In simpler times, we were happier with much less. These days, they're too worried, too ambitious, too anxious to get ahead of their neighbors.
Age doesn't make you any more moral or good.
Why be afraid of getting old and dying? It's natural.
I'm an old derelict with most of my friends gone and the others dying away.
Some people seem to not let aging bother them.
There's a time to be old, to enjoy life in a different way, to let it come naturally.
I saw an old man looking back at me in the midst of a crowd of youth trying to recapture something I lost a long time ago.
Whenever things got tough, I took a drink to relax. Now I can't even do that.
I've never really learned how to live and now that I'm old, I realize that life is for living.
So little done, so much to do.
Cecil Rhodes, near death, 26 Mar 1902
When you get as old as I am, you realize health and happiness are more important than anything else.
Aging is one of the few things that consumes you once you realize it's happening to you.
I constantly hear my inner voice telling me I'm getting near the end.
I have only managed to live so long by carrying no hatreds.
Sir Winston Churchill, 1951
Everybody wants to be young but getting to old age means you beat the game of life that claims so many before their time.
I need so many repairs that it might be cheaper to tear down this old building and build a new one.
I just want a few years of peace before I die.
In all of my life, I've only lived a few really good years. Work, stress and mundanity took all the rest of my time.
I am a crumbling man - a magnificent ruin, no doubt, but still a ruin - and like all ruins I look best by moonlight.
Gilbert and Sullivan and their World, Leslie Bailey, 1973
When you're older, you should be wiser.
Aging isn't bad if you can do it with dignity.
I choose a quiet, relaxed life. All my former ambitions now seem like vain, frivolous ventures.
Sometimes, I feel up, sometimes I feel down. It takes a lot of effort to continue on with my work but it's the source of my inspiration and every now and then puts a spring in my step so I must keep doing it.
Sometimes I feel young, sometimes I feel old then I feel young again then old.
You pay heavily for living too long like an old car always breaking down.
I wish to seek out adventure, to laugh at death until it comes in the midst of a full life.
Once I hit my sixties, I realized I could never recover the happiness that passed me by in my twenties because I was working too hard.
I'm an old man. If I don't enjoy myself now, when will I ever get the chance again.
Aging is just a nuisance to all the things I do to live a full life.
I'm not dead but most of my friends are.
Old people need to be touched and loved but everybody stays away but the doctor.
Age is a state of mind. You can be as young or as old as you want.
The worst part about being old is remembering when you were young.
Alvin in 1999 movie The Straight Story
You're not getting old, you're just an older version of who you always were,
Growing old ain't bad when you consider the alternative.
You can't change it so live with it.
We don't know the value of our moments until they become memories.
Better to be 80 years young than 40 years old.
Die young as old as possible.
At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
George Orwell, Notebook, April, 1949
The difference between a young soul and an old one is a sense of adventure vs. a craving for ease.
Why do we have to age and die still so thirsty for life?
If you wait until retirement to get young, carefree and enjoy your life, you're 50 years too late.
It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.
Despite so many ordeals, my advanced age and the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well.
Oedipus from Greek mythology
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him so I am no less pleased with an old man that in him has something of the youth.
Cicero
Do not grow old no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.
Einstein, The Human Side.
I want to die in peace not in pieces.
Each of us stands alone to face a glorious life if we want it but one day, we'll face the sunset. At last, the years catch up and we know it'll soon be over.
I have already died all deaths And I am going to die all deaths again.
Herman Hesse, Poems
He who is interested in life is also interested in death as part of life.
The great tragedy is not death but what dies inside while you're alive.
Immortalitty is to knock on death's door as an adventure.
The greatest tears shed over the death of a loved one is for things not said and not done. The only thing you leave behind is the love you had for others.
You die exactly the way you live.
The closer you get to death, the sweeter you realize life is.
Chapter 2. Basic Senior Information 1
Senior Introduction
This guide is the study of things seniors might be interested in to both help them with the practical matters and enjoy their lives. As a guy in my fifties, I don't exactly know all the things that seniors might know through the grapevine so I'm asking you out there for your help.
Please send me any relevant information you might have that I could put in to make it better for seniors anywhere and everywhere. It could be anything from recreational things to medical resources. Please help me help others by making it a good center of useful information. If you see a mistake or an outdated address, tell me about it.
If you're interested in education, either refer to my education book or go to #370-#379 at the library. #378.15 contains college guidebooks if you're thinking about going back to school.
For extensive travel and tourist information, refer to my travel and recreation book.
I cover senior health, aging and longevity in my health book.
Seniors at The Library
Just about all the entertainment and practical information you need is at the library including magazines, videos, informative books and novels. The major senior books are:
Older Americans Sourcebook
Senior Citizens Services: How to Find and Contact 21,000 Service Providers, 4 vols.
galegroup.com, 800-877-gale
The Retirement Sourcebook: Your Complete Guide to Health, Leisure and Consumer Information published by:
Woodbine House
6510 Bells Mill Rd.
Bethesda, Md 20817
800-843-7323
woodbinehouse.com
For magazines, look through a peridical directory like the Standard Periodical Directory or Ulrich's.
Books about seniors, retirement and aging are at #301.435, #305.24-26 and #646.79-80 or HQ1059 to HQ1065 and QC981.8 at the library.
You'll find some inspirational, psychology type books at #155.67.
Books about dealing with death and widowhood are at #155.937, #301.428 and #306.87-90.
Books about small towns relating to retirement are at #307.76.
Housing books are at #301.54.
Alternative living books are at #307.774.
Books about money for seniors are at #332.024 or HG179.
Home health care books are at #649.8 and RC108 at the library.
Medical books go from #610-619, for seniors in particular, they're at #612.67 and #618.97.
Health and nursing care books go from #362.6097 to #362.82 and HV1450.
Aging books are #362.61 or HV1454 at the library.
There are education books at #371.334.
Books about RVs are at #796.79.
Books about funerals are at #393 and 395.23.
Books about grief are at #152.24.
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center
Usc
University Park, Mc 0191
La, Ca 90089-0191
213-740-6060
usc.edu
Publications on aging.
Institute of Gerontology Library
U. of Michigan
300 N. Ingalls St.
Ann Arbor, Mi 48109
313-665-1126
umich.edu
Major library dealing with senior issues.
Policy Center On Aging
Brandeis U.
Heller Graduate School
Waltham, Ma 02254
617-736-3874
brandeis.edu
Many publications for seniors.
Senior Help Info
seniormagonline.com
helpguide.org seniorliving.com
seniorssearch.com
senior.com
seniorcorps.org
usa.gov/topics/seniors.shtml
seniorliving.about.com
mealcall.org/list_organization.htm
selfhelp.net/html/senioractivity.shtm
seniorresourcesec.org
seniorresourcesec.org/info/programs/pharm_assistance.html
seniors.tcnet.org
prweb.com/releases/eldercarelink visitingangels.com, senior homecare, respite care, 800-365-4189 or 610-924-0630.
sncarc.org aoa.gov
mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=171, elder care.
ec-online.net, caregiving books.
elderdecisions.com, elder decisions mediators help you create workable solutions to disputes as with family.
lifelinehealthcare.org, san diego placement assistance, elder care consultants.
elderoptions.org
elderweb.com mptvfund.org/services/socialcharitable/elder_connection.htm
eldercraftsmen.org
state.ia.us/elderaffairs/
in.gov/fssa/elderly/index.html
mclib.info/elders.html, morris county library, nj, lots of senior info.
gti.net/mocolib1/elders.html, morris county, nj, elder info.
finalarrangementsnetwork.com/free_help/eldercare.htm
eap.partners.org/worklife/eldercare/eldercareintro
seniorjournal.com/assistelderly.htm
mass.gov, go to elder affairs.
dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging
American Health Care Assn.
1201 L St Nw
Washington, Dc 20005
202-842-4444
Fax: 202-842-3860
800-555-9414
ahca.org
Materials about long term, assisted living and nursing home health care. Federation of state associations of licensed nursing homes. They publish a guidebook for people when selecting a nursing home called, Thinking About A Nursing Home.
Brookdale Center On Aging
425 E. 25th St.
Nyc 10010
800-64-Staff
212-481-4426
Fax: 212-481-5069
Educational institute which offers training for gerontology workers as well as publications such as a directory of legal services for older adults.
Center for Social Gerontology
2307 Shelby Ave.
Ann Arbor, Mi 48103
313-665-1126
Fax: 313-665-2071
Publications, legal assistance information.
Center for The Study of Aging
706 Madison Ave.
Albany, NY 518-465-6927
Fax: 518-462-1339
Health related publications.
Center for The Study of Pharmacy & Therapeutics for The Elderly School of Pharmacy
University of Maryland
20 N. Pine St.
Baltimore, Md 21201
410-706-3011
Fax: 410-706-0897
umd.edu
Consumer education pamphlets.
Children of Aging Parents
1609 Woodbourne Rd.
#302
Levittown, Pa 19057
215-945-6900
Fax: 215-945-2289
800-227-7294
careguide.net
caps4caregivers.org
Christian Science Homes
800-781-4660
Citizen's for Better Care
2111 Woodward Ave.
#610
Detroit, Mi 48226
313-962-5968
Information and helps with complaints in nursing homes.
Citizen's Rights
800-782-2878
They help senior citizen's who are taken in by unscrupulous nursing home owners, etc. Free info.
Concerned Relatives of Nursing Home Patients
Pob 18820
Cleveland Hts., Oh 44118
216-321-0403
Advocates for nursing home patients.
Consortium On Assisted Living
703-533-8121
ccal.org
Daughters of Elderly Bridging The Unknown/ Debut
Area 10, Agency Aging
2129 Yost Ave.
Bloomington, In 47401
812-876-5319
Support group for women caring for elderly parents.
Eden Alternative
Rr 1, Box 31b4
Shelburne, Ny 13460
607-674-5332
Group that advocates pets and gardening in nursing homes.
Family Caregivers of The Aging
409 3rd St. Sw
2nd Fl.
Washington, Dc 20024
800-424-9046
Resource center to caregivers and senior facilities.
Foundation Aiding The Elderly
Pob 254849
Sacramento, Ca 96865
916-481-8558
Legislative monitor of nursing home quality.
Friends & Relatives of Institutionalized Aged
11 John St.
#601
Nyc 10016
212-732-4455
Information on New York state nursing homes.
Health Care Financing Administration
Health Standards & Quality Bureau
1849 Gwynn Oak Ave.
Baltimore, Md 21207
hcfa.gov, cms.hhs.gov
Request referrals for Adult Day Care Services.
Medicare Publications
Health Care Financing Administration
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Md 21244-1850
800-638-6833
hcfa.gov, cms.hhs.gov
Free booklet, Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home.
National Alliance for Caregiving
4720 Montgomery Ln.
#642
Bethesda, Md 20814
caregiving.org
National Assn. of Boards of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
808 17th St. Nw
#200
Washington, Dc 20006
202-223-9750
The testing and overseeing board of nursing home administrators.
National Assn. of Private Geriatric Care Managers
1604 Country Club Rd.
Tucson, Az 85711
520-881-8008
caremanager.org
Contact them for a list of credible managers in your area. These people know the business and will take care of all the needs of the senior.
National Center for Assisted Living
800-555-9414
ncal.org
National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
1424 16th St. Nw
#202
Washington, Dc 20036
202-332-2275
Fax: 202-332-2949
nccnhr.org Advocacy group that provides resources and lists of officials to contact in each state for education and legal help.
National Council of Health Centers
2600 Virginia Ave. Nw
#1100
Washington, Dc 20037
Free checklist to evaluate a nursing home.
National Council of Senior Citizens
1331 F St. Nw
Washington, Dc 20004
202-347-8800
Volunteer organization that will help you with information about nursing home standards and patients' rights through their Nursing Home Information Service.
National Health Information Center
#2132
330 C St. Sw
Washington, Dc 20201
800-336-4797
301-565-4167
Fax: 301-984-4256
nhicinfo@health.org nhic-nt.health.org
healthfinder.gov
nhic-net.health.org/nmp/conf.html
Booklet Long Term Care which lists several free publications.
National Institute of Aging
Pob 8057
Gaithersburg, Md 20898
800-222-2225
nih.gov/nia
Free booklet, When You Need a Nursing Home.
National Institute of Senior Housing
409 3rd St. Nw
2nd Fl.
Washington, Dc 20024
202-479-6682
Strives to accommodate the growing needs of senior housing.
National Longterm Care
Resource Center
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
420 Delaware Se
Box 197 Mayo
Minneapolis, Mn 55455
612-624-5171
Fax: 612-624-5434
umn.edu
National Resource & Policy Center
On Housing & Longterm Care
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
La, Ca 90089-0191
213-740-1364
Fax: 213-740-8241
hmap@usc.edu
usc.edu
National Resource Center
On Rural Longterm Care
Center On Aging
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kc, Mo 66160
913-588-1636
ukans.edu
National Resource Center:
Diversity & Longterm Care
Heller School
Brandeis University
Pob 9110
Waltham, Ma 02254-9110
800-456-9966
617-736-3930
Fax: 617-736-3928
brandeis.edu
National Resource Center for Rural Elderly
University of Missouri
5100 Rockville Rd.
Kansas City, Mo 64110
816-235-1024
missouri.edu
Information about nursing homes and programs in rural America.
National Resource Center On Longtime Care
#725
1225 I St. Nw
Washington, Dc 20005
202-898-2578
National Shared Housing Resource Center
431 Pine St.
Burlington, Vt 05401
802-862-2727
National organization, will find a local agency that will help you find a roommate if you're a senior.
National Shared Housing Resource Center
6344 Greene St.
Philadelphia, Pa 19144
215-848-1220
National organization, will find a local agency that will help you find a roommate if you're a senior.
New York University Medical Center
Public Information
560 1st Ave.
Nyc 10016
Request information about Cooperative Care Programs.
Nursing Home Information Service
1331 F St. Nw
Washington, Dc 20004
202-347-8800
Publications for seniors.
Oley Foundation
214 Hun Memorial
#A-23 Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY 12208
800-776-Oley
Offers help with feeding by IV or stomach tube.
Project Share Senior Housing At A Reduced Expense
336 Fulton Ave.
Hempstead, Ny 11550
516-292-1300
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
#3328
Washington, Dc 20250
202-720-4111
usda.gov
Ask for information about local programs where they take you around to visit several nursing homes when you're choosing one.
Well Spouse Foundation
610 Lexington Ave.
#814
Nyc 10022-6005
800-838-0879
wellspouse.org
Advocacy for long-term care, support for people with chronically ill relatives.
Major Senior Websites
agingstats.gov, aging related statistics.
lcao.org, leadership council of aging organizations (lcao) is a large coalition of the nation's non-profit organizations serving older americans. lcao's 56 member association is diverse and dedicated to preserving and strengthening the well-being of america's older population.
leadingage.org, member organizations include agencies that offer a continuum of aging services: adult day services, home health, community services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes.
everythingzoomer.com
seniorcare.net
gotoretirement.com
seniorssearch.com
seniorcitizensbureau.com
seniorcitizenlocalweb.com
seniorcitizen.com seniorcitizen.com/category/adult-day-care/
seniorhousing.tenantplus.com
local.com
seniorsummerschool.com
seniorjournal.com
assistguide.com
citysearch.com
seniorservicedirectory.com
seniorcitizensbureau.com
eldercareoptions.org seniorcaresearch.org
seniorark.com
rtgconsultants.com/senior_links.html
citysearch.com, look up senior citizens services in your local area.
advancedseniorsolutions.com, find programs & services for seniors.
yellowpages.com, find senior citizens services organizations.
seniorjournal.com/alerts.htm, senior citizen alerts, missing, fraud, scams, warnings.
advancedseniorsolutions.com, senior resources
savvysenior.org
advancedseniorsolutions.com, online directory for senior resources and information.
allpages.com/community-services/social-services-welfare/adult-geriatric-social-services
benefitscheckup.org, council of aging, database of assistance programs.
matureresources.org
blog.aarp.org
seniormag.com
coastalsenior.com
eldercareoptions.org
elderlifecare.org
groups.yahoo.com/group/seniorfreebees
happyseniorliving.com seniorcitizensbureau.com
helpguide.org/elder
helpguide.org/elder/adultday_services.htm
ilresources.com/resourcessenior.htm
mypartyplanner.com/search/event/senior_events/select_state.html, senior events.
retirenet.com
rightage.org
rightage.org/sites
savoysenior.com
senior.com
senior.com, 800-206-6989
senior.com/chat
senior.org
senior3.com senioralternatives.com
senioranswers.org
seniorark.com
seniorcarejobs.org, look up senior care centers in every state.
senior-center.com
senior-center.com/links.htm seniorcitizen.com seniorcitizenlocal.com seniorcitizenlocalweb.com
seniorcitizenlocalweb.com
seniorcitizens.com
senior-community.net/assess-needs.htm, senior housing.
nihseniorhealth.gov
seniorcorps.org, 800 424 8867, umbrella organization for three federal government volunteer programs; foster grandparents; senior companions and rsvp (retired and senior volunteer program).
senior-directions.com
senioresidences.com
seniorexecs.org
seniorexplorer.com, 800-840-1112, isp.
seniorfitness.net
seniorfreebees.com
seniorgleaners.org
senior-infosite.com
seniorjobbank.org
seniorjournal.com seniorjournal.com
seniorjournal.com/alerts.htm, senior citizen alerts, missing, fraud, scams, warnings.
seniorjournal.com/discounts.htm, consumer information for senior citizens.
aoa.gov
ncoa.org, national council on aging, info on respite care.
seniorjournal.com/news
senior-lifestyle.com
seniorlink.com
seniorliving.about.com
seniorliving.com
seniormag.com
seniornavigator.com seniornet.com
seniornet.org
seniornews.com
seniorresource.com seniorresource.com
seniors.gov
seniors.org
seniors.yahoo.com
seniorsapprove.com seniors-caregivers-oh.com, ohio.
seniorscope.com
seniorsearch.com
senior-search.info
seniorsforliving.com
seniorshousing.org
seniorsite.com
seniorsites.bravehost.com
seniorsites.com
seniorsnet.com
seniorsoftball.com
seniors-site.com
seniors-site.com/travel
seniorssuperstores.com
seniors-unlimited.com
seniorwomen.com
seniorworld.com
society-csa.com, 8000 653 1785, legal and financial professionals geared to help seniors.
srdogs.com, the senior dogs project
suddenlysenior.com
seniorsites.com
eldercare.gov, The Department of Health and Human Services site for finding resources.
ec-online.net, Issues related to nursing homes
elderpost.com, Ads service for seniors
myziva.net, comprehensive guide to searching for nursing homes.
gilbertguide.com, caregiving info
medicare.gov, tools to help you compare nursing homes, Medigap and other funding possibilities
medicarerights.org, organization for health care information and assistance for recipients of Medicare.
caremanager.org.
aarp.org, aarp (american association of retired persons).
aoa.gov, administration on aging; provides information and statistics on aging for older adults, professional caretakers, and researchers.
agenet.org, agenet eldercare network; offers information on health, financial resources, caregiver support, and legal issues.
agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/default.aspx, agingstats.gov; provides statistics for older americans and their families on population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care.
boomersresourceguide.com
hrsa.gov, health resources and services administration; locate local health centers, hospitals, poison control centers, pregnancy care, and other resources for those with no insurance or little income.
myseniorcare.com, myseniorcare; a community on the topic of senior care
myseniorcare.com/senior-housing, assisted living facilities.
myseniorcare.com/end-of-life, hospice.
ncoa.org, national council on aging; provides information for caregivers and seniors on advocacy, health, news, publications, programs, job, volunteering, and benefits for seniors.
nia.nih.gov, national institute on aging; provides information on health, research, grants, training, news, and events. includes publications and scientific resources.
seniorcitizensguide.com
families.osu.edu/stages-of-life/aging/hotline.php, senior series hotline newsletter; quarterly newsletter that contains articles on topics of interest to older adults and their families.
seniorsforliving.com
aging.senate.gov, united states senate special committee on aging; find information on issues, hearings, and resources related to aging. includes health care reform and social security reform.
hhs.gov, u.s. department of health & human services; u.s. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all americans and providing essential human services. hhs.gov/aging/index.shtml, health topics.
va.gov, u.s. department of veterans affairs; includes links to board of veterans appeals, burial, compensation, education, health, home loans, and life insurance.
seniors.gov, senior citizens' resources; government information and advice on social security and other benefits, health, travel, taxes, education, employment, and volunteer opportunities.
napo.net, association of people who assist in moves and downsizing.
longtermcare.gov, planning and paying
for long-term care, long-term care insurance.
Senior Websites Master List
takingbacktheyears.com
4seniors.com
50plus.com
50plus.org
50plus-feeling30.com
60plus.org
911seniors.com, life alert gadget, if you're in danger, press the button, help will come.
aaa1c.org/faqs.htm, the senior alliance
aahsa.org, american association of homes and services for the aging
aahsa.org, assn. of homes and services for the aging.
aarp.org, 800-424-3410, american assn. of retired persons.
aarp.org/nrta, national retired educators association.
aarp.org/taxaide/home, 888-227-7669, taxes for seniors.
aarp.scudder.com, mutual funds.
aarpelderwatch.org
aboutseniors.com.au./travel
accessibilitypro.com, safety modifications.
ace.org.uk
activeforever.com narfe.org, national association of retired federal employees elderly.com old-time.com ageofreason.com
advancedseniorsolutions.com, senior resources.
advancedseniorsolutions.com, your guide to senior resources & tips on caregiving for the elderly.
afb.org/seniorsitehome.asp, american foundation for the blind (afb) seniorsite asaging.org, american society on aging
ageconcern.org.uk
ageguide.org ageinfo.org
agenet.com
agenet.com
agenet.com
agenet.com
agenet.com
agenet.com, aging information for senior citizens
ageofreason.com
agewave.com
ageworks.org
aging.senate.gov agingindependently.org
aginggrandparents.suite101.com
agingresearch.org, alliance for aging focusonspace.com
agingwell.state.ny.us/selfcare/
agingwithdignity.org, 888 594 7437, they sell a living will kit.
agis.com/eldercare-basics metropolismag.com
ahaf.org, 800-437-2423, american health assistance foundation.
ahec.northark.edu/senior_education.htm, senior health education
ahrq.gov/ppip/50plus, 800-358-9295, free health booklet.
alipman.com/snowbirdguide allchicagoinfo.com/chicagoseniors/
americanseniors.org
americanseniors.org, a conservative alternative to the aarp.
ancor.org, community options and resources.
answersonaging.com
aoa.dhhs.gov
aoa.dhhs.gov/elderpage.html, information for older persons and families
aoa.gov aoa.gov, administration on aging.
aoa.gov/aoa/resource.html
aoa.gov/elderpage.html
aoa.gov/elderpage/locator.html
aoa.gov/factsheets
aoa.gov/wecare, caregivers.
arizonaseniors.net asaging.org, american society on aging. associatedcontent.com/seniors seniorcitizenlocalweb.com/clubs/clubs.htm
asaging.org, a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the knowledge and skills of those working with older adults and their families.
associatedcontent.com/seniors seniorhousing.state.ny.us
babyboomers.com
barefootsworld.net
benefitscheckup.org
benefitscheckup.org, identifies federal and state assistance programs for older adults seniornet.org, seniornet is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization of computer-using adults, age 50 and older.
benefitscheckup.org, lists a bunch of state and federal benefits programs.
bestplaces.net, best places to live.
bestyears.com
blog.aarp.org
boomerbreakpoints.com
boomerstv.com
boulderseniorservices.com, colorado.
butlerwebs.com/olderfolks/default.htm canarsiecourier.com/news/2003/0821/savvy_senior/
caraccidentattorneys.com/senior-citizen-driver.cfm
caregiver.ca, 416-323-1090, canada.
caregiver.org, caregiver alliance.
caregiver.org, family caregiver alliance
caregivershome.com ahaf.com, 800 437 2423, american health assistance foundation.
caregiving.org
caregiving.org
careguide.com
caremanager.org, national association of professional geriatric care managers
carolinasenior.com
catholicgoldenage.org
cc.nih.gov, 800 411 1222, national institute of health clinical center.
ceniors.biz, senior citizen discount shopping and senior information portal
census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age
chronicle.uchicago.edu/archive
cms.hhs.gov, centers for medicare and medicaid services.
cns.gov/senior, volunteer.
conferenceboard.ca/pubs.htm, booklet about eldercare and work.
consumer-research-guide.com
coolware.com/health/medical_reporter
cota.org.au
cruisecheap.com/senior_discounts.asp
deafness.about.com/cs/deafseniors/a/seniorcitizen
dellweb.com/boomers, money.
design.ncsu.edu, center for universal design.
doctoroz.com
doleta.gov/seniors, 877 872 5627, senior community service employment program.
drpolitics.com/articles/seniors.htm
drpolitics.com/articles/seniors.htm
easi.org, environmental alliance for senior involvement, also the volunteer senior ranger corps.
ec-online.net, eldercare online is a beacon for people caring for aging loved ones.
educatela.org/seniornf.htm
eldercare.gov
eldercare.gov, 800 677 1116
eldercareadvocates.com/pages/recenter.htm, eldercare resource center
eldercarenet.org eldercareoptions.org
elderconnect.com, addresses of everything.
elderhostel.org, 877 426 8056
elderlycareservices.org
eldernet.com
eldernet.com/money
elderpost.com eldercareteam.com retiredbutactive.com advocacycentreelderly.org/, advocacy centre for the elderly.
eldersearch.com, eldercare information and resource site
elderweb.com
elderweb.com, information about health, financial, legal, housing, aging and other eldercare issues.
elderweb.com/finance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/senior_citizen
encore.org, nonprofit for seniors to live full lives.
eons.com, over 50.
eurolinkage.org
experiencecorps.org, for people over 55, part of the americorps program.
experienceworks.org
eyecareamerica.org, 800 222 eyes, eyecare program for seniors.
familycaregivers.org
family-friends.org, 800 424 9046, people over 55 volunteer with children.
fiftyplus.net
fifty-plus.net
finalthoughts.com
firstgov.gov/topics/seniors.shtml
fiu.edu/nutreldr, nutrition and aging.
friendly4seniors.com
friendly4seniors.com
friendly4seniors.com, a searchable online senior resource for seniors, family members and healthcare professionals.
friends4seniors.com
fsu.freenet.seniors
geriatriccarepractice.com/senior-citizens-products-services
geriatrictimes.com
giftlegacy.com/savvy_senior.jsp girlonpoint.com/citizenaction/seniorneglect/ltc.htm
globalaging.org
goldenbuckeye.com, 800 422 1976, discount card in ohio.
google.org/alpha/top/society/people/generations_and_age_groups/seniors/retirement
gorm.com
govtech.com grandmabetty.com
grandtimes.com
graypanthers.org
greenseniors.typepad.com
grumpyelder.com
gu.org, a national coalition dedicated to intergenerational policy, programs and issues
gu.org, generations united.
healthaccess.net
healthfinder.gov
helpguide.org/elder
helpguide.org/elder seniorresource.cpcusociety.org, chartered property and casualty underwriters society.
holidaytouch.com/senior-citizen-housing-site-map
hooked.net/users/sraccess/senior.html
house.gov/senior-citizens.shtml
howtocare.com/index.htm, eldercare survival guide hud.gov, 800 569 4287, housing programs.
hud.gov, 800 998 9999, home repair programs.
hud.gov/offices/fheo/seniors/index.cfm, senior housing.
igrandparents.com
immersionactive.com
indigo.ie/ageandop, age and opportunity ireland.
institutedc.org, low cost prescription drugs.
intecon.com/Senior
intecon.com/senior, provides resources for seniors or their caregivers including recreation and travel, finances and wills, government, news and weather, education, health and crisis and grief.
internetseniorsuccess.com
is a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the knowledge and skills of those working with older adults and their families.
jcaho.org, joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations.
jnf.org/caari, 888 jnf 0099, retired people over 50 volunteer in israel.
kiwanis.org
kiwanis.org/ magazine, social-service organization.
knightstemplar.org, eye care programs.
la4seniors.com/senior_resources.htm, los angeles.
leadingage.org ncoa.org, the national council on aging
legacy.com
lifeinsuranceforseniors.net 50connect.co.uk
life-over-50.com todaysseniors.com zoomershow.ca
lifeway.com, mature living magazine.
lionsclubs.org, 800 747 4448, social-service organization, eye care, eye glasses program.
littlebrothers.org, volunteer organization where younger people befriend lonely seniors.
livingto100.com, aging research.
local.com
local.com, look up senior citizens in your state.
longtermcaresource.org longtermcaresource.org
lovinghealing.com
magicyellow.com, look up senior citizens in your state.
marketingvox.com/archives/categories/seniors
matchelder.org, volunteers provide companionship for elderly and disabled adults bu.edu/hdr/products/stronglife, strong for life is a home-based exercise program for both disabled and non-disabled older adults.
maturecommunications.com, the senior citizens consortium is a web site for senior citizens and provides a forum for their thoughts and comments.
matureconnections.com
medicalacupuncture.org
medicare.gov
medicare.gov/publications
medicare.gov/publications/overview.asp
medicareadvocacy.org
medicarerights.org
mediconsult.com
metlife.com, insurance and free life information.
minutemansenior.org minutemansenior.org
modernseniors.com, products and services for active seniors.
mowaa.org, meals on wheels assn.
mydr.com.aueldercare.com, institute for aging.
myspace.com/seniorrecreation, a music band.
n4a.org, national association of area agencies on aging is the leading voice on aging issues for area agencies on aging and a champion for title vi native american aging programs.
n4a.org, national association of area agencies on aging.
nahbrc.org/seniors, 800 638 8556, housing modification onfo.
narfe.org, national active and retired federal employees association.
nasua.org, aging info center.
nau.edu/gerontology
ncoa.org, national council on the aging is an association of organizations and professionals dedicated to promoting the dignity, self-determination, well being and contributions of older persons.
ncoa.org, national council on the aging.
ncpssm.org, national committee to preserve social security and medicare
ncpssm.org, preserve social security and medicare.
ncscinc.org, 888-3senior, council on senior citizens.
ncseniorcitizens.com
nea.org/retired, retired teachers.
nea.org/retired/about/state.html, retired teachers.
nesc.org, national executive service corps, retired executives volunteer to help businesses and nonprofits.
newchoices.com
newlifestyles.com/resources/
nfcacares.org
niapublications.org
nih.gov/nia, national institute on aging.
nihseniorhealth.gov
nmha.org, 800-969-6642, mental health assn.
nscerc.org, national senior citizens' education and research center.
nsga.com, senior games.
nsgatour.com, senior golf assn.
nswta.com, senior volunteer program directors, retired.
nursinghome.org
nursinghomeinfo.com
nwkaaa.com/links.htm, kansas association for american retired persons.
nw-seniorsonline.org familymanagement.com/aging-index.html
oldtime.com
online96.com/seniors
onlineforseniors.com associatedcontent.com/seniors/
only-seniors.com
openhere.com/life/cultures-and-groups/seniors
ourseniorcitizens.org
over50s.com
owso.com, magazine.
oww.com
oxfordseniors.org, oxford, pa.
parkviewmc.com/geriatric/sr_health_ed.htm, senior health education.
pensionrights.org
peopleover50.com phrma.org, pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america.
popeinstitute.com, health care consulting services is the emphasis on helping families manage elder care needs through strategic planning and informed choice rather than responding to crises.
povnet.org/issues/seniors_elders
primeseason.com, tips on family, money, health, leisure and more. dmoz.org/society/people/seniors/computer_and_internet_resources
primetimers.org
pueblo.gsa.gov, 888 878 3256, bunch of government publication such as the consumer handbook, also handbook of publications.
pulver.com/netwatch/topten/tt21.htm
qualityeldercare.com qualityeldercare.com
rebuildingtogether.org, 202 483 9083, home repair programs.
refdesk.com/seniors.html, a reference for links and resources.
resetonline.org, retired scientists engineers.
retiredamericans.org
retiredamericans.org, alliance for retired americans ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens
retiredamericans.org, alliance for retired americans.
richpappas.com/html/senior_outdoor_gallery.html, pictures of seniors.
rl.tv, tv channel.
rotary.org, social-service organization.
rtgconsultants.com/seniorcitizen-articles rtgconsultants.com/seniorcitizen-articles
rurdev.usda.gov/rhs, 800 414 1226, home repair program.
s s-a-f-e.org, seniors against federal extravagance.
sageusa.org, seniors in a gay environment.
savvyseniortv.com
score.org, 800-634-0245, service corps of retired executives.
seasonedcitizen.com, e-zine for senior citizens, their families and care givers.
seasonedcitizen.com, nyc.
seniorark.com/senior_tips_hobbies.htm
seniorcenter.com
senior-center.com
seniorcircle.com, national, non-profit organization, enjoy social activities, wellness & exercise programs, benefits, discounts and more
seniorcitizen.blogspot.com
seniorcitizen.com
seniorcitizen.com
seniorcitizenalliance.com
seniorcitizenlocalweb.com
seniorcitizens.org
seniorcitizensbureau.com
seniorcitizensguide.com
seniorcitizensguide.com seniorcommunityguide.com
seniorcitizens-inc.org
seniordrivers.org
senioresidences.com
seniorgenie.com, senior travel and senior citizen retirement area discounts and coupons.
seniorglobe.com, senior citizens community and resource network
seniorhealthchannel.com seniorhousing.tenantplus.com
senior-health-news.com
seniorjournal.com
seniorjournal.com, news and information for baby boomers and seniors.
seniorjournal.com/discounts.htm
seniorjournal.com/politics.htm
seniorjournal.com/politics.htm, senior citizen politics.
seniorliving.about.com
seniorliving.com seniorlove.org, computers for seniors.
seniormag.com
seniornet.com
seniornet.org/php/lclist.php, seniornet provides nonprofit computer and internet education for older adults and seniors.
senioroutlook.com
senior-portraits.com, portrait gallery for seniors.
seniorpro.com, company which does consulting work in marketing to seniors.
seniorprograms.com, a national clearinghouse for older adult programs and resources. seniorworld.com
seniorpublishing.com seniorpublishing.com casinomagazineforseniors.com
seniorpublishing.com/services.asp, publishing monthly newsletters for senior centers throughout the united states.
seniorresource.com, 877 793 7901
seniors.com todayssr.com
seniors.org, the california senior resources guide thirdage.com
seniors.tcnet.org seniorsafety.com seniorsandretirees.info seniorsapprove.com
seniors.yahoo.com
seniors.yahoo.com
seniorsapprove.com google.org/alpha/top/society/people/generations_and_age_groups/seniors
seniorscope.com
seniorsforliving.com, senior housing options nationwide.
seniorsintheusa.com/articles
seniorsite.com
seniorsite.com
seniorsites.com
seniorsites.com/
seniorsresourceguide.com
seniors-site.com
seniors-site.com
seniors-site.com
seniors-site.com, for senior citizens and their caregivers.
seniorsummerschool.com
seniorsummerschool.com, offering active seniors the opportunity to enhance their summer through education, leisure and discovery at college campuses across the u.s. and canada.
seniorswitch.com
seniorswithpets.org
seniorwomen.com
senioryears.com
seventysomething.org
sharingcare.com, 866-736-4695, alzheimer's, caregiving.
shepherdcenters.org, 800 547 7073, christian volunteering organization for seniors.
shrinvest.com/shr.html
silversurfers.net
silversurfers.net/shopping.html
slmseniors.com
smarterliving.com,/senior
smartertravel.com/senior-travel/
socialsecurity.gov, click on e-news for latest info.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10024, understanding the benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10029, disability benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10035, retirement benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10043, medicare.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10069, how work affects your benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10077, what you need to know when you get retirement or survivors benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10084, survivors benefits.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10095, working while disabled-how we can help.
socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11000, supplemental security income.
solutions-for-seniors.info
solutionstv.com
southeasternretirement.com
speech-writers.com/retirement.htm, retirement speeches or poems mediate.com/articles/elderans.cfm
spiritusofamerica.com, grass roots organization for mature adults and those who love and care for them.
spry.org, (setting priorities for retirement years) foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education organization
srgvoice.com, links and resources for seniors. seniorssearch.com
ssa.gov, 800 772 1213, social security.
ssa.gov, social security.
ssa.gov/mystatement, 800 772 1213, get a copy of your social security statement.
ssa.gov/pubs, 800-772-1213, social security and retirement.
ssa.gov/r&m1, plan your retirement.
ssa.gov/retire
state.wv.us/seniorservices
stelstar.com
suddenlysenior.com
suddenlysenior.com
suddenlysenior.com seniorpublishing.com/services.asp
suddenlysenior.com/links.shtml
suddenlysenior.com/othergoodstuff.html
superpages.com
temple.edu/cil, center for intergenerational learning.
thecareguide.com
thematuremarket.com
thirdage.com
thirdage.com
thirdage.com, a matchmaking service among other things.
thirdage.com/beauty
todaysenior.com
todaysseniors.com
together-rx.com, discounts to medicare patients who don't have prescription drug coverage.
trea.org, the retired enlisted association.
trinity.edu/-mkearl/gercul.html, getting old.
uintaseniorcitizens.com
umpublishing.com, mature years mag, methodist church.
unitedseniors.org
unitedseniorshealth.org
unitedway.org, charity to get help or volunteer at.
ushc-online.org
usparks.about.com/cs/parkpasses/ht/howtopasssenior.htm, how to on obtaining a national park entrance passport for a senior citizen.
va.gov, 800 827 1000, veterans.
va.gov, veteran's affairs.
vnaa.org, visiting nurses association of america
voa.org, 800-899-0089, volunteering organization that helps seniors.
websiteforseniors.com
wellintoyourfuture.com
wellspouse.org, 800 838 0879
wiredseniors.com
wiredseniors.com
workshopsforseniors.com writeseniors.com, write a senior citizen, pen pal.
yellowpages.com, look up senior citizens in your state.
zelgo.com, resource directory for "seniors on the go." online96.com/seniors, lifestyles and information center for grownups
ymca.net
888-333-9622
Senior programs.
Senior Activist Websites
californiaalliance.org, senior advocacy and senior activism.
seniorcitizenactivist.com tcsg.org, the center for social gerontology, a non-profit research, training and social policy organization unitedseniors.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for citizen activists who want to cut taxes, safeguard the social security trust fund and improve social security and medicare for all generations
senior.org, the seniors coalition is a non-profit, 501c(4), non-partisan, education and issue advocacy organization that represents the interests and concerns of america's senior citizens at both the state and federal levels. the mission is to protect the quality of life and economic well-being that older americans have earned while supporting common sense solutions to the challenges of the future.
aarp.org
Government Senior Websites
nia.nih.gov, national institute on aging
seniors.gov
medicare.gov, medicare.gov is a consumer beneficiary website that provides access to information about medicare, medicare health plans, contact information and publications, as well as information about health care fraud and abuse and nursing homes.
benefitscheckup.org, a service of the national council on aging gives you reports on benefits and programs you may qualify for.
ssa.gov, social security administration
aoa.dhhs.gov, aging
aoa.gov, administration on aging; information on many topics of interest to older adults and their issues.
medicare.gov
ninds.nih.gov, national institute of neurological disorders and stroke
nih.gov/nia, national institute on aging
Aging Lifestyle Websites/ Senior Lifestyle Websites
Try #305.26, #362.61, #613.0434, #646.79 or HQ1061 to HQ1070, HV1454 and QP86 at the library.
drfrank.com
drlam.com/opinion/whatisaging.cfm
duke.edu/research/aging.html
dva.gov, disabled veterans.
dynamichealthbreakthroughs.com/causes-of-disease-aging-death.html
agingresearch.org
ahrq.gov/research/elderix.htm health care: elderly healthcare subdirectory boston.com/business/specials/livinglonger
buzzle.com/articles/aging
consumeraffairs.com/age/aging.htm, aging and disability.
consumeraffairs.com/news_index/seniors.html
ehow.com, signs of old age
elderly.com
learner.org/resources/series84.html, growing old in a new age naturalnews.com/elderly.html, elderly news and articles ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12851177, a "healthy" lifestyle in old age secondact.com
topix.com/family/elderly
wikihow.com/category:healthy-aging-and-senior-lifestyle
ageing.oxfordjournals.org
aging-management.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ageing ageing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/old_age
lifestyle.blogtells.com
lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/funny-sayings-about-old-age-9660.html longevity.about.com
personal-finance.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/10/aging_in_place.php seniorliving.about.com
townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/pubs/op19_katz.pdf, old age as lifestyle
lifestyle.yahoo.com
edenalt.com, pet program.
eeoc.gov, equal employment opportunity commision and the americans with disabilities act.
senior.com
associatedcontent.com/article/1851977/the_lifestyle_of_todays_senior_citizens.html the lifestyle of today's senior citizen
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