Aging Resource List

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
601 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20049
(800) 424-3410
http://www.aarp.org/
• AARP is the nation's leading organization for people age 50 and older. It serves their needs and interests through information and education, advocacy, and community services.

Aging Parents and Elder Care
Senior Solutions of America, Inc.
P.O. Box 22123
Sarasota, FL 34276
http://www.aging-parents-and-elder-care.com/
• A guide to caring for your elderly loved one. Caring for an aging parent, elderly spouse, domestic partner or close friend presents tough challenges. Here is a comprehensive resource for family caregivers during all stages of care.

Center for Communication and Consumer Services
330 Independence Avenue, SW - Room 4656
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 619 7501 (phone)
(202) 401-7620 (fax)
cccs@aoa.gov
http://www.aoa.gov/NAIC
• CCCS is operated by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA), and is a central source for a wide variety of program- and policy-related materials and demographic and other statistical data on the health, economic, and social status of older Americans.

Civitas
1327 W. Washington Boulevard Suite 3D
Chicago, IL 60607
312.226.6700 (phone)
312.226.6733 (fax)
contactus@civitas.org
http://www.civitas.org/
• Civitas is a national, nonprofit communications group with a mission to provide educational tools to the community of adults who care for children. It is their belief that through the education of parents, grandparents, caregivers and teachers, children will be given the best possible start in life.

Elderhostels
75 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
1-(877) 426-0856
http://www.elderhostel.org
• Elderhostel is a nonprofit organization providing educational adventures all over the world to adults aged 55 and over.

ElderWeb
1305 Chadwick Drive
Normal, IL 61761
(309) 451-3319 (phone)
(800) 908-8234 (fax)
http://www.elderweb.com
• A research site for professionals and family members, with over 4,500 links to eldercare and long term care information on legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, as well as policy, research, and statistics.

Gray Panthers
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 437
Washington, DC 20005
1-(800) 280-5362 (phone)
(202) 737-1160 (fax)
info@graypanthers.org
http://www.graypanthers.org
• Gray Panthers is an intergenerational advocacy organization. From ages 9 to 93, they are Age and Youth in Action, activists working together for social and economic justice. Their issues include universal health care, jobs with a living wage and the right to organize, preservation of Social Security, affordable housing, access to quality education, economic justice, environment, peace and challenging ageism, sexism, racism.

National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
(703) 838-7760 (phone)
(703) 838-7785 (fax)
suppsrvcs@narfe.org
http://www.narfe.org
• NARFE serves those who serve and have served the nation. NARFE is the only association dedicated to protecting the earned retirement benefits of federal employees, retirees and their survivors.

National Consumers League
1701 K Street NW.
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 835-3323
National Fraud Information Center phone (800) 876-7060
http://natlconsumersleague.org
• The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues. They are the nation's oldest consumer organization. The NCL publishes several brochures on medications (over-the-counter and prescription) and consumer guides on hospice care, home health care, and life-care/continuing care communities.

National Institute on Aging
Building 31, Room 5C27, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-1752 (phone)
karpf@nia.nih.gov (email)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
• The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 25 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form the National Institute on Aging to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. The National Institute on Aging’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically to disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.

The Retirement Research Foundation
8765 W. Higgins Road, Suite 430
Chicago, Ill. 60631-4170
(773) 714-8080 (phone)
(773) 714-8089 (fax)
info@rrf.org (email)
http://www.rrf.org/
• For more than 20 years, RRF has been at the forefront of efforts to meet the ever-changing needs of older Americans. They have invested more than $115 million to help build a network of innovative and skilled individuals and institutions committed to addressing aging and retirement issues. Established by the late John D. MacArthur and endowed in 1978, the Foundation invests approximately $9 million each year to support efforts that: Enable older adults to live at home or in residential settings that facilitate independent, living Improve the quality of care at nursing homes, Leverage the wisdom and experience of older adults and promote community involvement, Increase understanding of the aging process and age-associated diseases.

SeniorNet
121 Second St., 7th FL
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 495-4990 (phone)
http://www.seniornet.org
• SeniorNet maintains a very useful website with on-line links to resources for older adults about government policies, learning, and health information including illness and wellness issues.

Wellness Web
info@seekwellness.com (email)
http://www.seekwellness.com/
• The Wellness Web includes information on health, wellness and illness. Information about Elders, Women electronic forums, a new information category, and a wide range of useful resources.