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Exercise for Seniors
Downloadable Tools and Tips:
Click the links to view or right click to print or save to your computer.
Web Resources:
Click the links below to access resource Web sites to find out more about exercise for seniors.
10 Tips for Reaching Physical Activity Goals
Everydaychoices.org offers practical advice for combating inactivity and securing one’s wellbeing through increased physical activity.
Senior Fitness Exercises Video Series
eHow teaches senior health and fitness exercises for stability, mobility, flexibility, and strength for legs, arms and abs in this free online video series.
Exercise and Fitness for Senior Citizens
An assortment of articles available on SeniorJournal.com offers tips and useful advice to help encourage seniors to improve overall physical fitness, and do it safely.
Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide
The National Institute on Aging offers this downloadable book aimed at getting seniors up and moving more so they can enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Exercise for Older Adults
The NIH SeniorHealth Web site provides an informative guide to assist seniors with starting any sort of physical activity program, complete with safety tips, FAQs, exercise stories, videos and more.
Fitness Facts, Tips & Handouts
The American Senior Fitness Association provides selected short articles containing important fitness and health information for seniors who are beginning or expanding an exercise program.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
This site contains information on the benefits of exercise.
American Heart Association
This site contains information about the importance of physical activity for older adults and those with disabilities.
familydoctor.org
Information on getting started with an exercise program, tips on how to safely exercise, and types of exercises appropriate for the elderly population.
American College of Sports Medicine
Recommendations on how to begin and maintain an exercise regimen.
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Senior Resources
We have provided a list of resources which we hope will assist you in your research.
Please click on a link below to visit any of these Websites.
Age Net
A portal of information geared towards senior services and information.
Alliance For Aging Research
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating the pace of medical discoveries to vastly improve the experience of aging and health.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Allianced committed to ensuring social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.
Alzheimer's Association
Non-profit organization that provides reliable information and care consultation; creates supportive services for families; increases funding for dementia research; and influences public policy changes
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
AFA's objective is to unite organizations from coast-to-coast that are dedicated to meeting the educational, social, emotional and practical needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and their caregivers and families.
American Association of Retired Persons
Organization for individuals 50+; provides member discounts, information and research, community services, and more.
American Parkinson Disease Association
Organization that focuses its energies on research, patient support, education and raising public awareness of the disease.
American Society on Aging
ASA is a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the knowledge and skills of those working with older adults and their families.
Arthritis Foundation
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.
Benefits Check-Up
Helps people connect to government programs that can help them pay for prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other needs.
Careguide
Case Management Society of America
The Case Management Society of America is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1990 dedicated to the support and development of the profession of case management through educational forums, networking opportunities and legislative involvement.
Children of Aging Parents
A nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission, in part, is to assist caregivers of the elderly or chronically ill with reliable information, referrals and support.
Council on Family Health
The Council on Family Health, a nonprofit organization established in 1966, is dedicated to educating consumers about the proper use of prescription and nonprescription medicines, dietary supplements, home safety and personal health.
Elder Rage
Go60.com
Go60.Com is a no-nonsense, yet caring and compassionate internet destination devoted to helping seniors improve with age. Go60.Com is not about imitating youth or dazzling you with an eye popping, animated website. Go60.Com is about aging well, and aging wisely and successfully.
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly is a national, nonprofit organization committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of good will the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and the celebration of life.
Meals on Wheels
The Meals on Wheels Association of America represents those who provide congregate and home-delivered meal services to people in need. Our mission is to provide visionary leadership and professional training, and to develop partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services.
Medicare
The official U.S. government site for people with Medicare.
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
The Academy provides a resource of information, education, networking and assistance to those who deal with the many specialized issues involved with legal services to the elderly and people with special needs.
National Area Agencies on Aging
The umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs); provide services which make it possible for older individuals to remain in their home, thereby preserving their independence and dignity.
National Association for Continence
NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence.
National Association of
Professional Geriatric Care Managers
Association for professionals, such as a gerontologist, nurses, social workers, or psychologists, with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care.
National Institute on Aging
NIA’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, training, and communication.
SeniorDiscounts.com
This site boasts that it helps seniors find gold in their golden years. It offers more than 125,000 discounts for people over 50 who simply enter their zip code for breaks on airline tickets, hotels, restaurants, movie theaters and golf, to name just a few. Seniors and others can sign up for a free weekly newsletter that features hundreds of dollars worth of discounts and a chance to win a vacation.
Social Security Administration
The official website of the Social Security Administration.
Whether you need to know the age at which you can receive full retirement benefits, the most popular baby names in 2003 or how safe is Social Security, the Social Security Administration's site has it all. Among the highlights: You can calculate your benefits and apply for them as well. What's more, you can sign up for a free electronic newsletter that keeps you abreast of all things Social Security.
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