The Health and Wellness section of this website includes resources covering checkups and prevention, eating well,  managing stress, health insurance and medicare, prescription drugs, and staying active. 

• Aging & Health (e-Health Library)

Provides information on healthy lifestyle, mental health, diet and nutrition, fitness, prevention, and many other subjects.

• Aging initiative (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

The EPA's Aging Initiative website provides a treasure trove of information about the efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.

• Alliance for Aging Research Consumer Information

The Alliance for Aging Research is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote medical research into human aging.  The Health Topics page offers fulltext brochures on a wide variety of topics. 

• Elders & Families (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

The “Elders & Families” section of the Administration on Aging website is designed to assist older persons and their caregivers to obtain information and resources on a variety of aging-related topics. The information will help you become more familiar with issues affecting older adults, and the services and opportunities available to assist them.

• FDA Information for Seniors (Food and Drug Administration)

The FDA offers a wide range of publications with important health information for seniors on subjects ranging from nutrition and food safety to arthritis and osteoporosis.

• Louisiana Nursing Home Association

The LNHA provides consumer oriented information on finding and selecting a nursing facility.

• National Institute on Aging (National Institutes of Health)

The NIA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research on the aging processes, age-related diseases, and special problems and needs of the aged.  This federal agency also disseminates information to the public and interested groups on health and research advances.

• NIH Senior Health (National Institutes of Health)

This is a talking website that reads the selected text aloud.  The governmental site includes authoritative and up-to-date information for older adults.

• Senior Citizen's Resources (USA.gov)

As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services. The Senior Citizen's Resources page offers a wealth of information and services gathered together on one web page.

• Seniors' Health Issues (MedlinePlus)

Provides links to select sites that have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine.

• Talking with your Doctor (National Institute on Aging)

The NIA provides a guide for older people on talking with their doctor.