Administration on Aging
Washington, DC 20201

Phone:

202-619-0724

Website:

http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Healthy_Lifestyles/Healthy_Lifestyles.asp

Description:

Offers detailed health information on a variety of topics and suggestions for how to promote healthy lifestyles among older adults. Information is also provided for the Older Americans Act and a range of programs that offer services and opportunities for older Americans and their caregivers.

AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
The Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801
New York, NY 10118

Phone:

800-563-4916

Website:

http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/

Description:

Provides public education materials and information on a wide variety of conditions experienced by older adults. Also offers practical tools and tips on how to deal with health care providers.

FirstGov for Seniors
Federal Citizen Information Center
Office of Citizen Services and Communications
U.S. General Services Administration
1800 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20405

Phone:

1-800-FED-INFO (1-800-333-4636)

Website:

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml

Description:

Offers a broad variety of information of interest to older adults on topics including consumer protection, education and jobs, retirement, health and laws.

Healthfinder.gov
P.O. Box 1133
Washington, DC 20013-1133

Website:

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Description:

Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with other agencies, this site serves as a resource for finding government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. Information ranges from a health library to a list of health-related organizations.

National Health Information Center
Referral Specialist
P.O. Box 1133
Washington, DC 20013-1133

Phone:

800-336-4797

Website:

http://www.health.gov/nhic/

Description:

Sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the National Health Information Center is a health information referral center that connects individuals who have health questions with the most appropriate agencies and organizations that can provide answers.

NIHSeniorHealth

Website:

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

Description:

Developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this senior-friendly website offers up-to-date health information for older adults in large print and a short, easy-to-read format. A “talking” function is available to read text aloud and special buttons allow the enlargement of text.