Here
are some other external web links that OLLI
members may find useful. This greatly expanded list is based on the
efforts and suggestions
of the following OLLI Communications Committee members – Doris
Bloch (subcommittee chair),
Barbara Cereghino, Sheri Siesseger and Betty Smith. Note:
OLLI-Mason
is not responsible for any content published on or accessible through
these external sites.
Categories: Mason News
Senior Resources Volunteering Culture/Entertainment/Leisure
Travel Parks,
Recreation Health Lifelong Learning
[New: TED under Lifelong Learning category]
Mason
News
Senior
Resources
- Senior
Navigator (a non-profit organization that "provides free
information about the health and aging resources available to
Virginians ... on issues such as health, financial concerns, legal
questions, health facilities, housing options, transportation, exercise
programs, advocacy...")
- AARP ("a
nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and
over improve the quality of their lives.")
- Agency on Aging
- Senior Centers
Volunteering
- SeniorCorps
("connects
today's over 55s with the people and organizations that need them
most,"
... helping "them become mentors, coaches or companions to people in
need,
or contribute their job skills and expertise to community projects and
organizations.")
- Volunteer
Fairfax ("...mobilizes people and resources to meet regional
community needs.")
- Shepherd's
Centers ("interfaith community-based organizations" whose mission
is "to empower older adults to use their wisdom and skills for the good
of their communities.")
Culture,
Entertainment, Leisure
- George Mason University performing arts
- Workhouse
Arts Center
(in Lorton, VA, "provides essential visual and performing arts studio
and exhibition space as well as engaging arts education programs for
people of all ages and artistic abilities.")
- Opera and theater performed live,
simultaneously broadcast in HD onto theater screens
- Movie reviews
- Libraries (books, Internet
terminals, online resources including
ebooks, etc.)
- Local
news/events/deals in your area ("Patch, your source for local knowledge
you can't live without") – see Patch.com
for links to online newslettters for many Virginia locations, including
Ashburn, Burke, Fairfax City, Herndon, McLean, Reston and Vienna, where
you can sign up for email delivery.
Travel
Parks,
Recreation
Health
- NIH
SeniorHealth (basic health and wellness information for older
adults from the National Institutes of Health)
- MedlinePlus
(information about conditions and diseases – a service of the U.S.
National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
- FamilyDoctor.org
("health information for the whole family")
- healthfinder.gov
("Live well. Learn how." – from the U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services)
- National
Cancer Institute (cancer information – NCI is part of the National
Institutes of Health)
- Mayo Clinic
("More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo
Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.")
- Nutrition
and healthy eating
(...divided into six sections, including "Basics," "In-Depth," "Expert
Answers," and "Expert Blog." The "Basics" section contains information
about healthy diets, cooking, and shopping strategies.)
- Cleveland
Clinic ("Access nearly 5,000 health articles, videos, and tools to
help you manage your health.")
- Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (information on infectious disease,
travel health and preventive care – "Your online source for credible
health information.")
- 2010
CAPHIS "Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust" (categories: General
Health; Women's
Health; Men's
Health; Parenting
& Kids; Senior
Health; Specific
Health Problems; For Health
Professionals; Drug
Information Resources; Other Useful
Sites) [CAPHIS is the Consumer and Patient Health Information
Section of the Medical
Library Association]
- My
Family Health Portrait ("A tool from the Surgeon General ... makes
it easy for you to record your family health history ... [and] share
with family members or send to your health care practitioner")
Lifelong
Learning
- George Mason
University Catalog (seniors can audit courses, space permitting,
free; read this E-News special section
about OLLI members auditing courses at Mason)
- Local lifelong learning institutes
- Lifelong learning institutes throughout the
United States
- Jewish
Community Center of Northern Virginia (classes and programs)
- Online
learning opportunities
- YouTube EDU
(displays more than 20,000 videos of lectures, research findings and
other subjects from more than 100 colleges and universities)
- Academic
Earth ("Online courses from the world's top scholars.")
- Khan
Academy ("Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything—for free.")
 TED ("Ideas worth spreading ...
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world")
Updated:
February 2, 2012
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George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
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purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-Mason.
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