Indiana Rural Recreation Development Project

Older Adults and Senior Wellness

These links provide access to websites on health promotion, wellness, statewide and collaborative resources, and other organizations for older adults.

Aquatic Exercise Association: is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the growth and development of the aquatic fitness industry.
AARP: is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of persons 50 and older.
American Senior Fitness Association: is a source leaders can use to locate responsible senior exercise programs in their area.
American Society on Aging: This organization, in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control, provides health promotion for older adults.
Arthritis Foundation: This agency offers a host of programs throughout the state. Use this web site to locate resources and to develop possible collaborations.
Illinois Radio Reader: Closed circuit radio station for the blind and print-impaired broadcasts daily reading of regional newspapers, magazines, books and other periodicals.
Integral Health Network: This web site provides information to help you find the resources you need to achieve your personal optimum wellness.
National Institute on Aging: This web site provides information on the federal effort on aging research.
National Institute on Senior Health: This web site features health information for Seniors from the National Institues of Health.
Net Wellness: Explore available public information about health matters. Like a library, this site includes information from textbooks, standard medical/professional journals, and articles about drug information, disease information, standard and alternative treatment information, and general health and wellness information.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): is part of Senior Corps, a network of national service programs that provides older Americans the opportunity to apply their life experience to meeting community needs.
Senior Summer School: This organization offers adventurous senior citizens an affordable opportunity to enhance their summer through education, leisure, and discovery, at campus locations across the U.S. and Canada.
SeniorNet: This web site provides adults 50 plus access to and education about computer technology and the Internet to enhance their lives.
Suddenly Senior: A humorous website for everyone who has become a senior before their time.
The Health Explorer: This web site serves as a guide to reliable health information on health care, health web sites, and a health library.
The National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older: A guide for communities, organizations and agencies to plan strategies to help people age 50 and older increase their physical activity.