Dear Senior Citizens:
We hope you find these sites
helpful to you as you use the Internet. Please feel free to visit our discussion board to share ideas
and related sites, particularly for links you'd like to see added to the page.
Please contact me with any questions you may have about the site.
Best
regards,
John Davin
Now here is a list of resources for Senior Citizens.
Associations and Councils
United Seniors Association
National
Council of Senior Citizens
American
Association of Retired Persons
Computers and
the Internet
A
Basic Internet Primer
Free
E-mail Accounts (Juno.com)
Free
Internet Access (Juno.com)
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/crm/
Seniors Computer Information Project
SCIP is a highly acclaimed guide for
retirees and older adults to Manitoban, Canadian and worldwide information and
services. SCIP is a project of Creative Retirement Manitoba.
Communications (with others via the Internet)
KEEPING IN TOUCH:
Using e-mail is
a great way to keep in touch with friends, relatives, children! We can show you
how to find old friends and business contacts! Here are a few free services to
get started!
http://www.whowhere.com/wwphone/world.html
Four 11 Directory! Another service for finding people on the Internet!
http://www.four11.com/
Fraud
and Consumer Protection
The
Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/
The Better Business Bureau provides instant access to business and consumer alerts
as well as helpful resources.
WELCOME
TO THE NATIONAL FRAUD INFORMATION CENTER
http://www.fraud.org/
THIS PROJECT WORKS IN COOPERATION WITH
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS
GENERAL THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
PROJECT PHONEBUSTERS, CANADA
Special
Page for Seniors:
http://www.fraud.org/specinfo.htm
Contacting
the FTC, State Attorneys General and other Resources
http://www.fraud.org/nfic3.htm
FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION
http://www.ftc.gov/
Consumer Protection
http://www.ftc.gov/telemarketing/index.html
Telemarketing fraud robs Americans of at least $40 billion a year. Through enforcement
and consumer education we can reduce both the number of scams and the number of
victims. This page provides information for consumers about telemarketing fraud.
It also has resource materials for educators, companies, agencies, and community
organizations to distribute to their constituencies.
Government Institutions and Services
Social
Security On-Line
The
Administration on Aging and the Aging Network
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/pages/aoa.html
State
Agencies on Aging
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/pages/state.html
http://www.hcfa.gov/
Health Care Financing Administration
Welcome to the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA), the federal agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid
programs.
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is the United States government's principal agency
for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services,
especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
http://www.sura.net/gsa.html
The
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a directory of Federal programs, projects,
service and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American Public.
It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments
and establishments of the Federal government.
Legal Issues and
Help!
National
Senior Citizens Law Center
Magazines and home page sites
for Senior Citizens on the Net
ANSWERS
http://www.service.com/answers/cover.html
The Magazine For Adult Children of Aging Parents
ANSWERS is written
for anyone facing the questions, issues, and concerns from having an aging parent.
The magazine covers all aspects of looking after an elderly parent, including
how to deal with your feelings and where to get help if you need it.
Maturitynet
Maturity USA
WidowNet
http://www.fortnet.org/WidowNet/
Grand
Times
http://www.grandtimes.com/mags/
Elderconnect
- review of 33,00 organizations for senior citizens.
http://www.elderconnect.com/
The
ElderConnect database contains information of over 33,000 acute rehabilitation
providers, retirement communities, and providers specializing in all levels of
long-term nursing care as well as home health agencies.
Elderhostel
http://www.elderhostel.org/
From
Cicero to computers...politics to poetry...From Maine to Manitoba...Wollongong
to Wales...it's all here on the Elderhostel Home Page. ELDERHOSTEL offers you
the opportunity to take an adventure of mind, body and spirit - that's why our
participants say "Studying there is half the fun."
Senior
Net
http://www.seniornet.org/intute/resource.html
Politics
"White House World Wide Web
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
"Presidential
speeches, White House publications, Cabinet-level agency information, independent
agency information, data on public officials, a White House tour, including the
visage and meow of Socks, the cat!
Send e-mail messages to Political Leaders!
Just
click here and a list of political e-mail addresses will appear! Truly point and
click political feedback to your representatives!
Senior Citizens
Clubs
Eldercare Web Page
Work
related Information (resources for full time/part time work for extra income!)
Continuing
Education Concepts
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A wish for successful computing to you!
Sincerely, John E. Davin
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