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AARP

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association dedicated to shaping and enriching the experience of aging for our members and for all Americans. Founded in 1958 by retired educator Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, we are today the nation's largest organization of midlife and older persons, with more than 30 million members.

601 E Street, NW -- Washington, DC 20049
1-800-424-3410 or 202-434-2277

Administration on Aging (AoA)
is the site of the U.S. federal government agency
responsible for taking the lead in issues dealing with older
Americans. It incorporates considerable information useful
to older Americans, including listings of state agencies on
aging, AoA regional offices, the Eldercare Locator, a
statistical profile of older Americans, information about the
Older Americans Act, the National Institute on Aging's Age
Pages, and much more. (USA)

http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov

Adopt a Grandparent Program
is "a unique Native Elders Assistance Program in its
seventh year of operation." The program sponsored by
the Mountain Light Center in Toos, New Mexico,
provides general aid to Native American elders, on an
"extended family" model. "The elders are provided with
the name and address of their sponsor so they may write
letters and communicate directly, resulting in a cross
cultural/cross generational exchange." The Web site briefly
describes the program and provides contact information.
(USA)
URL:
http://www.soulzone.com/webeone/family/agp/Default.htm

Age Pages
provides consumer information on a number of health
issues of special concern to seniors, including foot care,
health quackery, hearing, and life extension. Age Pages
were put together by NIH's National Institute on Aging.
(USA)
URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/elderpage.html#ap

Alzheimer Page
is an educational service created and sponsored by the
Washington University's Alzheimer's Disease Research
Center (ADRC) in St. Louis, Missouri and supported by a
grant from the National Institute on Aging. (USA)
URL: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/ALZHEIMER

Alzheimer Web
is a resource for researchers in the field of Alzheimer's
disease and for people who have an interest in research
developments. Provides news releases on Alzheimer's
research, public policy and advocacy activities
(1993-1997); many full-text articles written by researchers
in the field; a large database of important papers published
to date; a database listing researchers in the field; and links
to important research labs and other WWW sites of
relevance to Alzheimer researchers. Includes a mailing list
for caregivers interested in joining support groups and a
discussion forum for both caregivers and
non-professionals.
URL: http://werple.mira.net.au/dhs/ad.html

Alzheimer's Association
provides information for caregivers, including local chapters
as well as medical data. The site is sponsored by the
Alzheimer's Association of America. (USA)
URL: http://www.alz.org/

Alzheimer's Association (Australia)
is dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with dementia
and their caregivers.
URL: http://span.com.au/span/alzheim.htm

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR)
Center
of the U.S. National Institute on Aging provides news
about the latest research findings on Alzheimer's Disease,
services for patients and their families, and links to
Connections, ADEAR's quarterly online newsletter.(USA)
URL: http://www.alzheimers.org/adearctr.html

American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Geriatrics
contains information about research, upcoming
conferences, consumer information about geriatric physical
therapy, and links to other health and geriatric-related
Internet sites. It is useful for therapists, geriatrics clients,
people considering careers in physical therapy, and anyone
concerned with health care issues for the elderly. (USA)
URL: http://www.geriatricspt.org/

Arthritis Foundation
provides information about the Foundation and its local
chapters, a list of answers to frequently asked questions
about arthritis and instruction on ordering more detailed
information. (USA)
URL: http://www.arthritis.org

Ask Noah About: Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
contains information from various consumer sources for
anyone interested in physiology of aging and the general
care and treatment of older people, including Alzheimer's
Disease, vision loss, hearing loss, and prostate disease. The
site is maintained by the City University of New York.
(USA)
URL: http://www.noah.cuny.edu/aging/aging.html

Blind Links
provides many links to Internet sites dealing with blindness
or visual impairment at all ages. (USA)
URL: http://seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(within the Health and Human Services Department of the
U.S. government) maintains an extensive Web site with
information on disease prevention guidelines and strategies,
with scientific data and statistics, with project grant and
funding information and with descriptions of training and
employment opportunities. Some of this site's internal pages
concerned with particular diseases are referred to in the
next section on health-related Web sites. (USA)

http://www.cdc.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services
provides considerable information about the Department
and its constituent agencies - for many of which links are
provided. The site includes consumer information in both
English and Spanish, information on policy positions,
program evaluation and policy research. (USA)

http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Elderhostel
provides a description of its educational/travel
programs for seniors both within and outside the
United States. A link is provided to the domestic
catalog of programs. (USA)
URL: http://www.elderhostel.org/

HomeCare Online
is an information and communication resource for the
home care industry provided by the National Association
for Home Care. It offers links to all home care-related
information that is currently available on the Internet
including news articles, legislation and regulations,
meetings and conferences and numerous FAQs
(Frequently Asked Questions). (USA)
URL: http://www.nahc.org/

National Health Information Center (NHIC)
is a health information referral service operated by the U.S.
Public Health Service. NHIC links health professionals and
consumers with questions with organizations that may be
able to provide answers. The site also offers full text of
several health-related publications. (USA)
URL: http://nhic-nt.health.org/

National Institutes of Health
provides health information and links to some of its
institutes. Institutes of special interest to seniors that have
sites on the Internet include the: National Cancer Institute,
National Institute of Mental Health, National Eye Institute,
and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases. Each one of these links also provides consumer
health information. (USA)
URL: http://www.nih.gov/

National Senior Service Corps
is a network of volunteer programs, supported by the U.S.
federal government, that helps older persons find service
opportunities in their communities. Three programs are
offered: Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions and
Retired and Senior Volunteers (RSVP). (USA)
URL: http://www.senior.com/npo/nssc.html

Office of Senior Interests (Western Australia)
provides information for and about seniors in Western
Australia. The site is sponsored by the office responsible for
advising the state Minister for Senior Interests.
URL: http://www.osi.wa.gov.au

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
is a nonprofit organization composed of retired business
people who volunteer their time to counsel and train small
business owners. SCORE is a resource partner with the
U.S. Small Business Administration. (USA)
URL: http://www. score.org

Senate Special Committee on Aging
provides comprehensive information on the committee's
work and includes links to individual members of the U.S.
Senate Special Committee on Aging. (USA)
URL: http://www.senate.gov/~aging

Senior-site
is "dedicated to provide a unique, informative, interesting,
and entertaining web site for adults, age 50 and older
(senior citizens), and younger folk that help or deal with
parents, grandparents, older friends or are caregivers."
(USA)
URL: http://seniors-site.com

Seniors Guide to Federal Programs and Services (Canada)
provides a wealth of information about Canadian Federal
Government programs and services for older persons.
URL:
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/crm/other/gencdn/sgfp/sgfp00.html

Social Security Administration (SSA Online)
includes an index to benefit information, an online edition of
the U.S. Social Security Handbook on Benefits and
Policies, a policy forum containing reports to Congress,
testimony, SSA's Annual Report to Congress, a statistical
database about Social Security, and legislation affecting
Social Security. You can also search for online documents
produced by SSA. It provides links to other government
agencies with information related to Social Security. Some
of the information is also available in Spanish. (USA)
URL: http://www.ssa.gov

State Agencies on Aging
is an alphabetical listing by state with complete contact
information of all the state agencies on aging responsible for
publicly-sponsored aging programs within each state.
(USA)
URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/pages/state.html

United Nations and the International Year of Older Persons
includes several documents related to the upcoming
International Year of Older Persons in 1999 and the UN
Principles for Older Persons.
URL: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing.htm

Emotional Support on the Internet
is a very extensive guide, organized alphabetically by
health/emotional problem or disability, to the newsgroups,
mailing lists and online forums that are intended to offer
solace and emotional support to those who suffer from
those conditions. The author of this list has excluded
groups and forums "with a focus on information giving,
campaigning academic study or advocacy." This resource
guide is periodically posted to a variety of Usenet
newsgroups (e.g., alt.support and alt.psychology.help) and
is also available, in its most recent update, at several Web
sites, including: URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/support/
emotional/resources-list_/faq.html

Families USA Foundation
provides links to press releases and reports on Medicare,
Medicaid and health care which report the impact of
proposed legislation on the public. The Foundation
advocates health care and long-term care reform for
persons of all ages. (USA)
URL: http://epn.org/families.html

Geropsychology
provides many links to Internet resources (such as
psychology resources, dementia and Disease resources,
and stroke resources) that are related to mental health and
dysfunctions in aging.
URL: http://www.premier.net/~gero/geropsyc.html

GoldenAge.Net
is maintained by Southwest Texas State University and is a
useful tool for long term care administrators and anyone
seeking information and resources targeting the elderly and
their caregivers. It includes links to commercial,
government, health and medical sites as well as universities
with a geriatrics or gerontology program. (USA)
URL: http://elo.mediasrv.swt.edu/goldenage/script.htm

Griefnet
offers a variety of resources related to death, dying,
bereavement, and major emotional and physical losses.
The directories and resources include: a Bereavement and
Loss Resources Directory, a Professional Resources
Directory, an Annotated Bibliography containing all types
of media sources, and both general and focused interactive
mailing lists. (USA)
URL: http://rivendell.org

Health: Diseases and Conditions
contains an alphabetical listing of numerous links to
particular diseases and conditions located at the YAHOO
Web site.
URL: http://www.yahoo.com/health/diseases_and_conditions/

Health Economics, Medical and Pharmacy Resources
is a comprehensive guide to health economics, pharmacy
and medical resources on the Web. Many links are also
provided for medical libraries, journals and databases. It is
organized and maintained by Patti J. Peeples, a researcher
in pharmacoeconomics in South Africa.
URL: http://www.exit109.com/~zaweb/pjp/

Health Policy Page of the Electronic Policy Network
in its own words "carries new articles, reports and other
information about health care policy in America, much of
the material from leading policy research and advocacy
organizations." The Health Policy Page is edited by Pulitzer
Prize winner, Paul Starr. (USA)
URL: http://epn.org/idea/health.html

Heart Link (United Kingdom)
is sponsored by a British charity and offers information
about various heart conditions and support for families and
caregivers. Links to other sites are available.
URL: http://www.heartlink.org.uk

InContiNet
provides useful information and referrals for both medical
professionals and individuals wanting to learn about various
issues related to incontinence. The site has been organized
by John D. Perry who himself has developed a device used
in incontinence treatment. Corporate sponsors and
interaction with readers are both welcomed. (Disclaimer)
(USA) URL: http://incontinet.com/home.htm

Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia
at the University of California provides useful information
on the nature of dementia, its possible causes and
treatment, diagnosis, and suggestions for finding useful
resources and products. (USA)
URL: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/alzheimer/submit.html

Internet Medical and Health Care Resources
identifies health care resources on the Internet that offer
alternatives to standard medical care. It is organized by
AMR'TA, the Alchemical Medicine Research and
Teaching Association.
URL: http://www.teleport.com/~amrta/iway.html

Medweb: Biomedical Internet Resources
provides an extensive list of approximately one hundred
topics related to biomedical resources available on the
Internet. Topics include dentistry, disabilities, and
geriatrics. Topics can be searched by subcategory or
alphabetically. It is supported by Emory University Health
Sciences Center Library. (USA)
URL: http://www.cc.emory.edu/WHSCL/medweb.html

Men and Grief
was created by American Tom Golden and explores
gender differences in grieving and strategies for healing.
(USA)
URL: http://www.dgsys.com/~tgolden/1grief.html

National Ageing Research Institute, Inc. (Australia)
is an Australian-based Web site that describes the research
activities of this Institute and also provides links to external
health and medical resources - particularly in Australia and
New Zealand.
URL: http://www.mednwh.unimelb.edu.au/

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
provides current information, fact sheets, updates on events
and activities, links to many Internet sites dealing with
breast cancer, and listings of over 150 national breast
cancer support groups, mostly in the U.S., but some in
Canada, as well.
URL: http://www.nabco.org/

National Committee for Quality Assurance
is a non-profit monitoring group concerned with managed
health care services and consumer education. Performance
information measured through report cards is facilitated on
250 health care plans at this site. (USA)
URL: http://www.ncqa.org

Natural Death Centre (United Kingdom)
is a British site run by a non-profit organization that seeks
to help support those persons dying at home and their
carers.
URL: http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/naturaldeath.html

OncoLink
is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer
Center and provides much useful cancer information for
patients, families, and health care personnel organized
under headings such as "Disease-Oriented Menus,"
"Psyschosocial Support and Personal Experiences,"
"Cancer Causes, Screening and Prevention," and "Global
Resources for Cancer Information." (USA)
URL: http://oncolink.upenn.edu/

Parkinson's Web
is maintained by the Massachusetts General Hospital's
Department of Neurology and provides both medical and
non-medical information for Parkinson's sufferers and their
caregivers. (USA)
URL: http://neuro-chief-e.mgh.harvard.edu/parkinsonsweb/Main/PDmain.html

Pharminfonet
is devoted to delivering pharmaceutical information to
pharmacists, physicians and patients. It includes frequently
asked questions about drugs with answers from
pharmaceutical manufacturers and other sources, and a
moderated archive of drug-related discussion threads. The
site is sponsored by VirSci Corporation in cooperation
with Pharmaceutical Information Associates, Ltd. (USA)
URL: http://pharminfo.com/

Prostate Cancer InfoLink
is designed to provide patients and their families and friends
with up-to-date information about prostate cancer, its
treatment, and personal and social issues related to the
disease. The site encourages interaction with users. It is
hosted by CoMed Communications Internet Health Forum.
URL: http://www.comed.com/Prostate

Rebhan's Home Page (Germany)
seeks to share news and enhance understanding about the
treatment and diagnosis of brain disorders, including
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease. It is organized
by Michael Rebhan, a researcher in neuroscience.
URL: http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/~rebhan/rp.html

Rheumatology Resources on the Internet
provides many links to arthritis and rheumatology-related
sites on the Web including electronic journals, foundations,
societies, hospitals, and news stories. It is sponsored by
the American College of Rheumatology.
URL: http://www.rheumatology.org/resources.html

Senior Partners in Education
is a program of Indiana University's Family
Literacy Center. Its goal is to match senior pen
pals with young students (kindergarten through high
school). An annual fee of $12 covers the cost of
matching up the participants and producing a
monthly newsletter that is sent to the participating
seniors. This Web site simply describes the
program and permits interested persons to enroll
online. (USA)
URL:
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/seniors/intro.html

Seniornet
promotes the use of computers among seniors.
This site provides information about SeniorNet's
activities, publications, and local learning centers.
SeniorNet has been in operation since the
mid-1980's, and was the first dedicated effort to
foster and promote the use of computers by older
persons. (USA)
URL: http://www.seniornet.com/

Stroke and Aging Research Project
of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center studies the
association between cerebrovascular disease and
dementia. In addition to references to the project's major
publications, this Web page provides links to related sites
in the neurosciences. (USA)
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~dwd2/

WebABLE!
is an information directory for disability-related Internet
resources. The database of Web sites, gophers, listservs,
ftp sites and usenet newsgroups is searchable by topic,
type of sponsor and geography. There is also a WebABLE
library of white papers, electronic journals, and project
plans that focus on assistive and adaptive technology. The
sponsor is the Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation.
URL: http://www.yuri.org/webable/index.html

What You Need to Know about Strokes
provides information on symptoms, treatable risk factors,
promising new treatments and other issues related to
strokes. The site is organized and maintained by PhRMA,
an association representing about 100 companies involved
in pharmaceutical research. (USA)
URL: http://www.phrma.org/guides/stroke/index.html

World Health Net
is a multimedia WWW site that provides information about
recent research therapies. The American Academy of
Anti-Aging Medicine, the American Longevity Research
Institute, Life Resuscitation Technologies, Inc. and Organi,
Inc., all participate in this site.
URL: http://worldhealth.net/

Your Health Daily
is a free service of the New York Times Syndicate. The
site includes a variety of current articles on health-related
topics from the Medical Tribune News Service and leading
daily newspapers. (USA)
URL: http://nytsyn.com/med

Zen Hospice Project
of San Francisco was selected in 1995 as the Best
WebSite for a nonprofit organization devoted to health
issues by Impact Online. It provides information on hospice
care, dealing with life-threatening illness and about a
buddhist approach to death and dying. (USA)
URL: http://www.zenhospice.org/

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