Holyoke Consumer Health Library, Inc.

Health web sites designed for senior citizens and their caregivers. See Health Compass: Navigating Research Information on Health and Aging (American Federation for Aging Research) for a good introduction to finding health information.

CONTENTS:

• Starting Points
• Alternative Therapies
• Housing and Longterm Care
• For Caregivers
• Organizations/Associations

Starting Points:

NIH Senior Health
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

MEDLINEplus: Seniors' Health (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html
Or in Spanish: Salud en la tercera edad

Familydoctor.org: Seniors
http://familydoctor.org/seniors.xml

FirstGov for Seniors: Health for Seniors
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Seniors/Health.shtml

Healthfinder: Just for You: Seniors
http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/justforyou.asp?KeyWordID=172&branch=1

InteliHealth: Senior Health
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/22030/22030.html?k=tnavx20722x22030

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Topic Page: Healthy Living After 50
http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/alerts_index/healthy_living/20-1.html

Mayo Clinic: Senior Health Center
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/senior-health/HA99999

Specialized:

Alternative Therapies:

HealthWorld Online: Healthy Aging
http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/center.asp?centerid=3

Aging in the Know COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES (AGS Foundation for Health in Aging)
http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/chapters_ch_trial.asp?ch=7

Housing & Long Term Care:

Eldercare Locator
http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp

Massachusetts Elder Care Resource, a consumer-focused website developed for the people who will use or need information about the continuum of long term care services and facilities available across Massachusetts
http://www.masslongtermcare.org

MyZiva.net: The Complete Nursing Home Guide
http://www.myziva.net/

Nursing Home Compare (Medicare)
http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp
Spanish version: Compare Asilos de Ancianos

For Caregivers:

The Prepared Caregiver
http://www.ohsu.edu/healthyaging/caregiving/

The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd edition, 2000, with added updates online)
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/home.jsp

National Institute on Aging: Publications List
http://www.niapublications.org/shopdisplaycategories.asp

Organizations/Associations:

Alzheimers Association
http://www.alz.org/
http://www.alzmass.org/ (Massachusetts)

Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.shtml (Aging)

AARP: Health and Wellness
http://www.aarp.org/health/

Administration on Aging: Elders & Families
http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/eldfam.asp

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.aaaai.org/patients/seniorsandasthma/default.stm

AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
http://www.healthinaging.org/

The International Association for Hospice and Pallative Care
http://www.hospicecare.com/