Government Resources for Seniors
- Affordable housing
- Benefits
- Food Assistance
- Grants and Loans
- Help with Bills
- Programs and Benefits for Active Military
- Social Security Questions
- Student Loans
- Unemployment Benefits and Other Help for the Unemployed
- Reverse mortgages for seniors
- Federal housing programs for seniors
- Housing Counseling
- Rural housing loans
- Units for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
- Find affordable rents
- Public housing
- Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
- Rural rental help
- Housing discrimination
- Reverse mortgage scams
- Native American housing
- Save your Home: Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure
- Housing Information for Persons with Disabilities
- State and Local Resources for Veterans
- National Resources for Veterans
- Administration on Aging
- Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs:
- Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
- National Aging Network
- Older Americans Act
- ADEAR Center is a current, comprehensive, unbiased source of information about Alzheimer’s Disease. The ADEAR Center is operated as a service of the National Institute on Aging.
- The Cancer Information Service (CIS), a program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), provides the latest and most accurate cancer information to patients, their families, the public, and health professionals.
- Disability.gov is a comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resources.
- FDA has numerous articles, brochures and other publications with information for older people on a wide range of health issues, including arthritis, cancer, health fraud, and nutrition.
- Go4Life, an exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging at NIH, is designed to help adults 50+ fit exercise and physical activity into your daily life.
- Guide to Long Term Care for Veterans
- Healthfinder
- HUD
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- National Center for Elder Abuse
- NIHSeniorHealth
- Nursing Home Compare
- Nutrition.gov
- Prescription Drug Program
- Senior Corps is a network of programs that tap the experience, skills, and talents of older citizens to meet community challenges. Through its three programs – Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions, and RSVP (the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program).
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- The State Department offers travel tips and provides special tips for older Americans traveling abroad.
- Veterans Administration