Featured Titles in the Library

Popular Catalog Searches

Aging • Baby Boomers • Brain Games • Medicare • Retirement

Selected Magazines in the Library

AARP  • Good Old Days • Grand • Reminisce

Premium Online Resources for Library Cardholders

• Ancestry Library Edition (only available at the library)
  includes U.S. census records and Social Security Death Index
• Health eCollection
  collection of specialized encyclopedias in eBook format covering alternative medicine, cancer, genetic disorders, surgery, drug and additive medicines
• HeritageQuest Online
  over 25,000 family and local histories, U.S. census, and PERSI
• Michigan Newspapers
  
  

Internet Resources

Aging • Benefits • Health/Legal • Housing/Travel • Information & Referral

Aging

• AARP Home Page    
• Area Agency On Aging   
• Michigan Office of Services to the Aging
• National Council on Aging
• National Institute on Aging covers performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country
• Savvy Senior a national information service devoted to older Americans
• Senior Brigade a Michigan website for seniors
• Senior Newswire your weekly link to national (50+) news and information
  
  

Benefits

• Benefits CheckUp a National Council on the Aging service that identifies federal and state assistance programs for older Americans
• FirstGov for Seniors maintained by the Social Security Administration
• Helping Hand helps Michigan citizens facing economic hardship find the services that they need 
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Medicare Rights Center a national, not-for-profit organization that helps older adults get good affordable health care
• Social Security Administration
  
  

Health/Legal

• Senior Health  health information from the National Institutes of Health
• Elder Law legal advice for seniors
  Rx Savings Plus a free prescription drug discount card good at about 60,000 locations nationwide
  Senior Law includes elder law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning
  
  

Housing/Travel

• Alternatives for Seniors nationwide directory for senior living facilities
• Area Agency on Aging  information and referral for senior housing by calling 1-800-852-7795
• Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living assisted living issues
• Road Scholar educational organization for older adults formerly known as Elderhostel
• Nursing Home Compare Oakland County Seniors
  
  

Information & Referral

• Low Vision Resources at the Rochester Hills Public Library
• Hearing Loss Resources at the Rochester Hills Public Library
• OPC Rochester area Older Persons' Commissio
• Sciddy Senior discounts in your neighborhood
• Senior Journal online newspaper geared for seniors
• SeniorNet access to and education about computer technology and the Interne
• United Way 211 search online for food, housing, health care
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission financial site for seniors

Pamphlets

• Keep In Touch Directory
  Rochester area services and activities for older adults