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50Plus
“Fifty-Plus is an international organization devoted to information regarding
motivation and participation in exercise and fitness while aging.” 50plus is a 20-year-old non-profit organization whose mission is to promote an active lifestyle for older people. The site contains information provided under the headings of products, resources/links, news, events, library, health studies and articles, FAQ’s, and programs.
CDC – Center for Disease Control
The goal of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. This particular page consists of numerous amounts of health topics for seniors. Some of the links deal with hip fractures, cancer, and motor vehicle deaths with the elderly.
ElderNet
ElderNet is a seniors' guide to health, housing, legal, financial, retirement, lifestyles, and news and entertainment information on the World Wide Web. ElderNet is produced by Peter M. Macy and friends in Brookline, Massachusetts. Peter is an attorney who works with the elderly and their families to address health, housing, financial and legal issues facing elders today. Here you will find information on your health, the ElderNet lawyer, money and investing, activities, ideas and fun, health and retirement benefits, senior lifestyles directory.
Health Canada (Canadian Site)
This site’s mission is to help the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. It is an excellent source for information on Senior Health. Here you can find what’s new for 2003 as well as archives. Provided here are a number of publications about aging and seniors, events, frequently asked questions, web links, contact information, surveys, programs, and issues relating to seniors.
HelpGuide.org
Helpguide is a joint community service project of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and the Center for Healthy Aging. The team consists of PhD graduates as well as many others who have a university degree in a related subject. The main topics of this website are mental and emotional health, aging well, and elder care.
MDAdvice.com
With MDAdvice.com you get the answers you need. MDAdvice.com is an award winning internet-based medical site providing highest-quality health information, daily medical news, a health library, drug information, articles, references, medical questions and answers, community support groups, live health chat, real-time interactive tools, and more. In the senior health area you will find links relating to Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, breast cancer, cervical cancer, heart attack, and more
MEDLINEPlus – Senior Health
A service of the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE offers comprehensive information on any and all subjects. With very well kept up archives, MEDLINE offers a “Latest News” section, which, in this field, can be very important. As with most other MEDLINE sites, here you can find the following subtopics on senior health: an overview, clinical trials, prevention/screening, research, conditions/aspects, genetics, directories, law/policy, and statistics.
NIHSeniorHealth
The NIHSeniorHealth is a service of the National Institute on Aging, and the National Library of Medicine. According to the Director of the National Institute on Aging, Richard J Hodes, M.D. says: "This website will open the valuable resources of the NIH to great numbers of people over 60 who use the Internet to learn more about their health and aging." This site includes topics on Alzheimer’s disease, and Exercise. Additional topics are to be added as time goes on.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long term Care (Canadian Site)
This site is maintained by the Government of Canada. This web page offers health information for the public on the subject of senior health. Here you will find multiple links to informative websites regarding this topic. Some of the links include aging, arthritis, home care, health studies, human development, Alzheimer’s, and long-term care.
Our Senior Years
This site offers senior health news written and edited by doctors and nurses. The Daily Health News is provided by Syndicate and available in both regular print as well as large font. The section on Health provides information such as anesthesia care for seniors, why stroke is an emergency, medication decisions, osteoporosis, posture, personal medication information and much more. There are also sections on Medicare Topics, Social Security Basics, and Leisure. There is also a free Newsletter and a free on-line course which teaches care-givers how to care for the elderly.
Senior Health Care
Senior Health Care is a website committed to current information regarding senior
health, lifestyles, and wellness. Their goal for establishing this website is to provide high quality information services geared towards older adults. They are committed to providing you with the most current information about. The site covers “Hot Health Topics” offers the chat room “Ask the Expert”, Health Care Resources and issues on heath care policy and politics.
The Canadian Seniors Policies and Programs Database (Canadian Site) (Bilingual)
“The SPPD is a database of government policies and programs for which seniors are the primary beneficiaries.” It was developed and is maintained by federal, provincial and territorial governments, and is hosted by Health Canada. Seniors’ policies are provided for browsing and searching within jurisdictions and subjects. Information on policies and programs provided includes how the policies and programs are linked together, their jurisdictions, agencies responsible, web sites of the programs, an overview, contact information, dates of implementation, and benefits and services.
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