Health Care & Health Insurance - Websites for Older Adults 2009

Lifelong Fitness Alliance
http://www.50plus.org/

Adult Basic Health Insurance For The Uninsured
http://www.highmarkblueshield.com/

Alzheimer's Disease Education Center
www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers

Benefits Check Up
http://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Drug Information by RXList
http://www.rxlist.com/

Food Safety for Seniors
www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html

Late-Life Depression Evaluation and Treatment Center
www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/depr/

Long-Term Care Insurance Decision Assistance
http://www.prepsmart.com/

Medicare: Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/

MEDLINEplus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

MEDLINEplus: Seniors' Health Information
www.nlmnih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html

Merck Manual of Geriatrics
www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/contents.jsp

PHCA: Pennsylvania Health Care Association
http://www.phca.org/

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