Prepared with the help of Lucille Lessard
at the East Longmeadow Council on Aging

AARP - www.aarp.org
Has good information about Medicare's Prescription Drug Coverage and other topics of interest to seniors.

MEDICARE - and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan

BENEFITS CHECKUP
Millions of seniors are not aware of government programs for which they are eligible. This site, created by the National council on the Aging (NCOA), allows people to find out what they might be missing.

Resource Directory for Older People
A directory of organizations that support the aging community.

Elderhostel
This is an online catalog of the organization's worldwide lifelong learning programs for people 55 and older.

HEALTH
Healthfinder or MedlinePlus or NIH Senior Health

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
If you're new to using a mouse and aren't clear about the various things you can do with it or need practice aiming it, go to Chris Rippel's Mouse Aerobics .

If you've never used a mouse at all, click here.

net.Tutor
There are ten lessons you can take covering such topics as:
Getting Started on the Web
Email Basics
Searching 101

Veterans History Project
A project at the Library of Congress to collect and preserve audio and video taped oral histories, along with documents such as letters, diaries, photographs, and home movies, of America's war veterans and those who served in support of them. The Project Kit includes "information and forms you need to participate as a volunteer interviewer."

How can I find good information on the Internet?
Links to many web sites are provided on the library's "Web Sites" page. Most of the web sites listed above are specifically chosen for seniors. There is also a brochure for all adults, which lists sites of general interest. And we have many other sites bookmarked or filed at the Information Desk we'd be happy to share with you. Just ask!

 

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