Related Links: Aging

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See the following websites and resources for more information on aging-related issues (all links open in a separate window):

  • Administration on Aging
    Provides a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging. See the “Elders and Families” section to become more familiar with issues affecting older adults, and the services and opportunities available to assist them.
  • ElderWeb
    An award-winning research site for both professionals and family members looking for information on eldercare and long term care. Includes links to information on legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, as well as policy, research, and statistics.
  • KYW-TV Healthy Aging
    Video clips are the specialty of this helpful website from KYW, CBS 3, in Philadelphia. Topics include Alzheimer's disease, bladder control, sleep disorders, and sex.
  • Medicare.gov
    "The Official US Government Site for People with Medicare."
  • National Institute on Aging
    See the NIA's Health Information Publications for information and tips on healthy aging, care giving, medications, dietary supplements, and diseases.
  • NIHSeniorHealth
    A website for older adults featuring health information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The site's senior-friendly features include special buttons to enlarge or increase the contrast of the text to make it more readable and a "talking" function that reads the content aloud.
  • Pennsylvania Department of Aging
    The department oversees many services and benefits to older Pennsylvanians, most provided through the 52 Area Agencies on Aging.
  • University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging 
    In keeping with its mission to improve the health and well-being of seniors in western Pennsylvania, the institute offers information for seniors and their families and caregivers, on a wide range of services and resources, conditions and diseases, and other issues related to aging and care giving.
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