AARP Andrus Foundation
The foundation emphasizes the "practical over the theoretical--meeting the real needs of older persons in their everyday lives." It targets research funds in two areas: financial security and the ability to live with chronic health conditions.

Administration on Aging
A division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AoA provides home and community-based services to millions of older persons through the programs funded under the federal Older Americans Act. Its agencies plan, develop and support comprehensive in-home and community services that create opportunities for active older persons and meet the needs of older persons at risk of losing their independence.

Aging With Dignity
A nonprofit that provides practical information, advice and legal tools you need to ensure that the wishes of older individuals and their loved ones will be respected. The organization's website contains "Five Wishes," a document that helps individuals express their final wishes and, unlike other living wills and advanced directives, sees to all of a person's needs: medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual.

American Association for Homes and Services for the Aging
AAHSA represents not-for-profit organizations dedicated to providing high quality health care, housing and services to the elderly.

Archstone Foundation
The foundation focuses on issues related to older Americans, funding programs which aim at keeping the elderly in their own homes for as long as possible, improving their quality of life once institutionalized, and improving end-of-life via remembering, reassessing, reconciling, and reuniting with loved ones.

Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University
The center's primary mission is to advance the fields of gerontology and health services research through both methodological and substantive research, informed by basic theories of aging, human development, and the illness experience.

Elder Law Answers
The Elder Law Answers website is designed to help consumers get fast information about a range of legal issues of concern to seniors and their families. It features access to a searchable database of pre-screened elder law attorneys who can help seniors with their legal needs and also provides information on Medicaid, Medicare, estate planning, long-term care planning, and more.

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
The foundation funds initiatives that address the issues affecting elderly women, further current understanding or treatment of cancer, further current understanding or treatment of heart disease, and provide facilities and equipment for hospitals.

Medicare
The official U.S. government site for Medicare information.

Medicare Rights Center (MRC)
The center provides free counseling services to Medicare beneficiaries who cannot afford private assistance for Medicare-related issues.

National Institute on Aging
NIA promotes healthy aging by conducting and supporting biomedical, social, and behavioral research and public education.

New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care
The partnership operates a program that combines private long-term care insurance and Medicaid to help New Yorkers prepare financially for the possibility of needing nursing home or home care.

SeniorNet: Computers and Internet Education for Seniors and Older Adults
The nonprofit SeniorNet provides adults over age 50 with access to and education about computer technology and the Internet to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.

The American Geriatrics Society
AGS is a professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving and effecting change for the health and well being of all older adults.