Related Links: Resources Available Online
Directories
Government Agencies
Research Centers
Caregiver Resources
Alzheimer's Disease
Associations
Sites for seniors
Directories:
GeroWeb
http://www.iog.wayne.edu/GeroWebd/GeroWeb.html
Many sites offer links to related web sites... The Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University has a "library" of aging web sites that you can search with their search engine!
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Government Agencies
Administration on Aging
Good information on the aging services network. Has sections for older people and their families, service providers, administrators, and researchers.
National Institute on Aging
Information about the NIA's biomedical research, as well as about their funding programs. Also has a section on health information.
Social Security Administration
Descriptions of Social Security programs, opportunity to order our personal earnings statement on-line.
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Research Centers
Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University
http://www.iog.wayne.edu
Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research in Aging
University of California, San Diego
http://medschool.ucsd.edu/SIRA/
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Caregiver Resources
Caregiving Online
http://www.caregiving.com
Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org
This San Francisco agency provides services to caregivers of people with dementias. Offers information on their services, where the Caregiver Resource Centers are, how to find a consultant to help you find resources where you live.
ElderWeb
http://www.elderweb.com
Links to a wide variety of topics.
Caregiver Survival Resources
http://www.caregiver911.com
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Alzheimer's Disease
The Alzheimer Page
http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/ALZHEIMER
This excellent page is by the Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center at Washington University in St. Louis. You can subscribe to their Alzheimer's List, or search the archives of the list. There is lots of information on the disease, as well as many links to related sites.
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)
http://www.alzheimers.org
This page offers publications and announcements about research findings. You can send questions to the ADEAR Center and receive responses from their "information specialists." ADEAR is a service of the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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Associations
Gerontological Society of America
http://www.geron.org
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
http://aghe.org
American Association of Retired Persons
http://www.aarp.org
Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work
http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/connie/
American Society on Aging
http://www.asaging.org
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Sites For Seniors
Senior.Com
http://www.senior.com
SeniorNet
http://www.seniornet.org
Senior Sites
http://www.seniorsites.com
To find a nonprofit senior residence anywhere in the country, search this site. You can search a state, county, or city, for a residence with the features you request. This is the website of the California Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, but the listings are national.
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