Subject Guides

Seniors

This guide offers library and internet resources for older Americans on a wide variety of topics including health, nutrition, fitness, finance, retirement and more.

Library Resources: On the Shelves

Movie	Retirement Revolution: The New Reality by Boyer, Brian 2009		Excuses Begone! by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer 2010
	Internet and Email for Seniors with Windows Vista by Visual Steps 2007	Movie	How to Sell on EBay by Michael Gorzka 2007

You might also be interested in our Bookletters page, Here's What's Cookin'.

Library Resources: Magazines

Consumer Reports

Road Scholar

Reminisce

Kiplinger's Retirement Report

Where to Retire

Florida Monthly

Library Resources: Electronic

Ancestry Library Edition
	A comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research. Includes digitized images of the US Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, passenger lists from all major U.S. ports including New York, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, naturalization records ranging from 1700 to 1900, and immigration records for more than 100 countries. In Library Use Only Provided and paid for by the West Bloomfield Township Public Library.
Healia
	Provides a search engine just for health information, filtering out the commercial sites. Relevant results with solid medical information.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
	Provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information. Includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Health & Wellness Resource Center, full-text magazine articles, pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources, and links to selected websites.
Health Reference Center Academic
	Presents full-text articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more.
Medline Plus
	Brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Library Programs

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Online Resources

Road Scholar
Formerly named Elderhostel, this popular budget travel group offers 8000 educational tours in the United States and abroad.

Retirement Cafe
This information portal links to over 100 interesting webistes and blogs related to retirement planning and enjoyment.

Michigan Website for Seniors
Michigan State Attorney General Mike Cox 's staff spent two years developing this website devoted exclusively to senior issues. Information on the site ranges from nursing home guides to avoiding scams.

Eons
A popular and entertaining social networking site for active seniors and baby boomers.

Road Scholar
Formerly named Elderhostel, this popular budget travel group offers 8000 educational tours in the United States and abroad.

WebMD Healthy Aging Health Center
This is one of the best all around sites for healthy aging information. You will find a wide variety of topics here.

Civic Ventures
This site gives generous information aimed at getting baby boomers more involved in their communities.

National Nursing Home Ratings
This is a national system to compare the quality of care at 16,000 U.S. nursing homes. The site will be updated four times a year. The rating measure how center perform on state inspections, giving lower scores to those needing return visits to correct deficiencies.

Organizations

National Institute on Aging
The National Institute of Aging's goal is to support and disseminate information on improving the health of older Americans.

The Area Agency on Aging 1-B
The Area Agency on Aging 1-B is a non-profit organization which provides information and access to services for older adults and caregivers in a six county area encompassing Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair and Washtenaw. AAA 1-B maintains a database of over 2,000 organizations that provide services in areas like personal care, homemaking, meals, transportation and Medicare and Medicaid.

Museum Adventure Pass Program
The Museum Adventure Pass Program begins it's second year. Check out their website for the new museums joining the program this year and let your adventure begin by visiting the library and picking up a pass to one of the greater metro Detroit arts and cultural intitutions.

Last Updated: July 27 2010