Educational Programs

Elderhostel   <http://www.elderhostel.org/>

Fathom the source for online learning  <http://www.fathom.com/>

Free-ed.net (free education on the Internet) <http://www.free-ed.net/>
 

Volunteering & Service

Literacy Volunteers of America <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/home/body.html>

Senior Corps, Corporation for National & Community Service   <http://www.seniorcorps.org/>

Missions for the Retired (Or let's say "Second Career" folks!)  <http://www.mfinder.org/retirees.html>
 

Faculty & Academic Life

The Faculty Club. com  <http://thefacultyclub.com/>  This web site is designed to be an online meeting place and resource center for both active and retired college/university staff. (link not active at this time).

The Faculty Connection <http://www.facultyconnection.org/> A web site for faculty of post-secondary institutions regarding issues, examples and discussion topics associated with use of technology in teaching and learning.

Sabbatical Homes (Academic's Real Estate Network) <http://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/> (repeated from an earlier section).  Helping academic communities around the world find or list houses or apartments for rent, exchange or house-sit  when on sabbatical leave, research trip, exchange program, relocation or vacations.
 

Web Sites About Older Adult Lifestyle

American Association of Retired People (AARP) <http://www.aarp.org>

50plus.com   <http://www.50plus.com/>  This lively and upbeat web site is the official site of Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus.

Age Venture  <http://www.demko.com> A smaller site with a news and media orientation.   Includes a section on Mature Market News Headlines and another section titled, Aging America's Book Reviews.

Friendly4Seniors.com  <http://www.friendly4seniors.com/>  A database of over 2000senior related listings.

Health and Age <http://www.healthandage.com./index.jsp>  The goal of this site is to promote healthy aging.  This very sophisticated and savvy site is maintained by the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.  This web site is a good source for senior health and lifestyle information.

Healthy Aging Campaign  <http://www.healthyaging.net/> The official site of the Healthy Aging® Campaign, a national ongoing health promotion designed to broaden awareness of the positive aspects of aging and to provide information and inspiration for adults, age 50+, to improve their physical, mental, social, and financial fitness.

Real Age  <http://www.realage.com/index.asp>  This is a commercial site concerned with aging well across the life span.  The original focus of the site is the "real age" also known as the the biological age of your body.  The site has an educational nature and offers tools and skills to support  healthy aging.

Senior World Online  <http://www.seniorworld.com/> Resources for Active Seniors in the digital age.

On-line Magazines, News Letters, News Groups, Media Information

Health and Age web site sponsored by the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology offers several electronic newsletters.  You can learn about and subscribe to these newsletters on the Health and Age web site located at <http://www.healthandage.com./index.jsp>.  Once on the home page look for the link, just below the banner, that says, "Subscribe to Newsletter."

Mature Market Resource Center is a national information clearinghouse for older adult programs.
This organization awards the National Mature Media Awards, the World Wide Web Mature Media Awards, and offers other useful senior market information.  Visit their web site at http://www.seniorawards.com/webawards/about.htm

Positive Aging Newsletter is dedicated to productive dialogue between research and practice.  The newsletter authors, Ken and Mary Gergen, translate current aging research findings into informal and interesting reading that can be applied to daily living.  Many articles discussed in this newsletter are linked to articles on the previously discussed Health and Age web site.  Subscribe to The Positive Aging Newsletter by sending an email to <positiveaging@www.e-newsboomerang.com>.
 
 

Government--Services

Access Indiana <http://www.in.gov/>
The official web site of the State of Indiana.  The site offers links to nearly all state provided service providers.  Use the Search box to locate information of interest.

First Gov For Seniors  <http://www.seniors.gov/>  An official government site maintained by the Social Security Administration.  The web site is specifically for seniors and is a gateway to most government services and agencies.  The main purpose of the site is to make locating needed services faster and easier.

FedWorld.gov  US Gov't Web Info  <http://www.fedworld.gov/>  Entrée' to numerous government agencies, organizations, and commissions.  A good place to search U.S. government information servers.  Offers other U.S. government web search tools.

Resource Directory for Older People  <http://www.aoa.gov/directory/>  By the National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging.  This web site is helpful to anyone trying to locate information to help older persons.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Formerly HCFA)  < http://cms.hhs.gov/>

Medicare Online  <http://www.medicare.gov/>

Medicaid Online <http://cms.hhs.gov>

Social Security Administration <http://www.ssa.gov/>

Department of Veterans Affairs  <http://www.va.gov/index.htm>
 

Government--General

The Library of Congress<http://www.loc.gov/

THOMAS Legislative Information <http://thomas.loc.gov/>

HealthFinder <http://www.healthfinder.gov/>

Medline Plus & PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi>

National Library of Medicine <http://www.nlm.nih.gov>

Senate Special Committee on Aging  <http://www.senate.gov/~aging/>
 
 

Links to resources about financial aspects of retirement such as retirement income planning and health insurance decision making are offered in the section of the Emeriti Web Site titled "Financial Aspects of Retirement."  Activate this link to visit "Financial Aspects of Retirement."