We’ve assembled some of the top helpful websites for seniors that reveal all kinds of interesting and important information.
The sites are broken out by category to make things easier.
You’ll find tons of useful information, articles, and senior discounts on this comprehensive site.
Enjoy wide ranging interviews and articles with experts on fashion and beauty, arts and crafts, and dozens of other interesting topics for seniors.
A great resource that focuses on assisted living facilities across the nation.
Everything you need to know about government sponsored healthcare.
This site brings older and younger changemakers together to solve problems, bridge divides, and co-create the future.
Tools and information to help seniors stay healthy and financially secure.
Connecting families with in-home care, assisted living and caregiver support.
The National Library of Medicine has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836. The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources approach. All members take a Myers-Briggs personality test and are then matched with other compatible Myers-Briggs personality types.
This social networking site targeting the 50+ crowd has active forums and chat rooms, as well as blogs and articles about living life to the fullest at an older age.
Discussion pages cover a variety of topics, including retirement, hobbies, and interests.
This is a popular online forum for grandparents or anyone in that age group. From home to health, it covers an array of topics. The most popular subforums are house and home, legal and money, health, ask a gran, and TV, films, etc. They also have subforums for meetups, so you can meet in person with fellow seniors.
This site has over 15,000 discussion threads categorized as education, entertainment, on the lighter side, ourselves and others, and getting it done, etc. If you're interested in any topic, you can watch a particular thread or entire forum.
This site offers over 1000 information sources for seniors and baby boomers.
Each of these are aggregators offer several types of discounts. You’re encouraged to dig deep into each one to find discounts that most interest you.
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Articles about investing, retirement planning, estate planning, and just about every other topic having to do with money. Be sure to check out the calculator page
Offers seniors a wide variety of topics such as retirement benefits, Medicare, pensions and price changes on prescription drugs and a lot more.
This mainstay on smart money investments and access to all the site’s content including reviews and buying advice is available for $30 a year.
A leading source of financial content ranging from market news to retirement strategies and investing education and insights from advisors.
This online resource for women and families of all ages focuses on health and wellness. There is a full range of interactive health and lifestyle content including video, slideshows, health condition centers, and articles written by thirdAGE physicians about the latest findings in medicine.
Access a wealth of easy-to-read information on health from authoritative sources, often written by doctors.
The Mayo Clinic is a renowned medical and research center and this site offers all things health-related for seniors. Get the “basics” on a topic or click on the “in-depth” tab to access slideshows, videos, and resources for further reading. You can also try the cutting-edge Symptom Checker feature.
An easy-to-use site government website for senior health.
This is the official U.S government site for Medicare. Find doctors and medical facilities. Compare drug and health plans. See if that test is covered. Learn about all the benefits you may be entitled to as a beneficiary.
This site has the latest senior health news, information on drugs and supplements, reference materials, prevention tips, screening resources and interactive health-check tools such as calculators, quizzes and questionnaires.
This site researches the latest science to formulate practical strategies to help you live a longer, healthier life, free of disease and pain.
This site contains information on healthy food choices and nutrition for seniors and is a clearinghouse of information from expert organizations such as the United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute on Aging, among others.
Its writers are all over age 60 and write first-hand what they have learned about senior issues. Categories include news, opinion, health, money, travel, advice, reflections, tech, humor, nostalgia, and food.
This non-profit site represents 26,000 physicians and scientists from 120 countries worldwide. It is the Official Website of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and features articles, podcasts, videos, expert white papers, and a search tool to help you find anti-aging physicians, clinics, med spas, products, and services.
Stay current with the latest news on Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. You can access recent research, articles, a navigator tool to help plan ahead for your needs, as well as a forum for those with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers to share and receive support.
Practical advice on finding jobs, career transitioning and starting your own business.
Loaded with advice for seniors looking for jobs, including relevant articles written by experts in the fields of job search preparation, marketing yourself, and finding meaning and purpose.
This simple and plain language site walks you through everything computer and web related with its intuitive “Learning Center.
If you want to know the latest tools and advice for remaining in your home for as long as possible, bookmark this site. You’ll find topics (robots for caregiving) that you never knew existed.
SeniorNet’s mission is to provide older adults education on computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.
Provides tips on how to make the computer experience more enjoyable for seniors.
Geared to the over 50 crowd who likes to travel, this site offers a network of low-priced B&Bs, guest rooms and other down-to-earth accommodations.
ElderTreks is a pioneering vacation company that offers adventure packages for anyone over 50. You can go on a safari trip, hiking tours, and sailing journeys all over the world with other like-minded seniors. Every adventure offers all-inclusive hotel deals and focuses specifically on discovering new cultures and wildlife with trips that take three to 25 days.
This is the site for Elderhostel, “the not-for-profit world leader in lifelong learning.”
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