Senior Citizen Sites

 

Education

 

• The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute -- Rochester Institute of Technology's promotion of learning open to anyone over 50.

 

• Oasis—Enriching the Lives of Mature Adults

 

• Senior Corps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency created to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation.

 

Senior Grandparenting

 

• Grandparents & Relatives Raising Children

 

Local Senior Information

 

• RAHSA - Rochester Area Association of Homes & Services for the Aging.

 

• Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.

 

General Senior Information

 

• AARP - American Associations for Retired Persons

 

• America’s Guide Senior Infoserver

 

• First Government Access America for Seniors

 

• American Society on Aging

 

• Gray Panthers

 

• Senior Housing Net

 

• SeniorCom - the best online community for seniors

 

• Senior Net - bringing wisdom to the Information Age

 

• Senior Search - timely information for seniors and their families.

 

• Senior-Sites - for adults 50+, their children & caregivers

 

• Senior World Online

 

• Thirdage

 

• Yahoo! Senior Guide

 

Senior Health

 

• ElderWeb : an award winning online eldercare source book.

 

• Extended Care - provides a nice index to local homecare by zipcode.

 

• Growth House, Inc. - Social Issues

 

• Health and Age (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)

 

• HealthScout - See Directory for Aging

 

• Medicare

 

• Medicare Rights

 

• National Institute of Health - a government site

 

• Sympatico: HealthyWay - Seniors' Health Community

 

Senior Law

 

• National Senior Citizens Law Center - Advocates on behalf of seniors

 

Senior Government Organizations

 

• Access America for Seniors

 

• Administration on Aging

 

• Aging Well - a health and wellness village for mature adults

 

• National Institute on Aging

 

• New York State Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance

 

• New York State Office for the Aging

 

• Social Security Administration

 

Senior Housing

 

• RAHSA - Rochester Area Association of Homes & Services for the Aging

 

• Senior Housing Net

 

Senior Travel and Recreation

 

• Elderhostel - Adventure in Lifelong Learning

 

• ElderTreks

 

• Grand Travel (Grandparents and Grandchildren)