Social Security, Medicare and the United States Government!  What a combination!  USA.gov is a web site hub of almost unlimited resources, with seven sub-pages that include kids, teens, parents, Seniors, Military and Veterans, Americans Abroad, Media and More Audiences, (including Americans Living and Traveling Abroad).  The Seniors page really caught SCJ’s attention.

It is a collage of pages dealing with everything from A to Z… the specific list of resources includes:

• Caregivers’ Resources. Help providing care, benefits, long-distance caregiving, legal matters, support for caregivers…
• Consumer Protection for Seniors. Consumer fraud, elder rights, advocates for nursing home residents…
• Education, Jobs, and Volunteerism for Seniors. Adult education, AARP working options, Senior Corps…
• End-of-Life Issues. Advance directives, estate planning, hospice…
• Federal and State Agencies for Seniors. Administration on Aging, Social Security Administration, Veterans’ Health Administration…
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Benefits and assistance, health and safety, state resources…
• Health for Seniors. Disease, health care facilities, medicare, nutrition…
• Housing for Seniors. Reverse mortgages, in-home help, nursing home comparison, and more…
• Laws and Regulations Concerning Seniors. Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Medicare Modernization Act, Social Security Act…
• Money and Taxes for Seniors. Investing, tax counseling, estate planning…
• Retirement. Pension plans, benefits calculator, retirement ages…
• Travel and Recreation for Seniors. Amtrak senior discount, older drivers, travel tips…

This list of resources begins to address almost every question a retiree has about her/his life, planning for the future, dealing with issues and problems, and learning how to have fun in retirement.  And the Internet provides unlimited opportunity to gather information, sift through it and come up with a plan to do whatever it is you set out to do in the beginning.  This USA.gov site is just the ticket for information gathering and research.

SCJ encourages you to click on the links in the list above, explore the information and options provided, and bookmark (set an automatic tab to click on in your Favorites list) the sites you want to use in the future.  You might even want to print this page.  One of these days, SCJ will be providing .pdf files that you can download and save in your computer file box or print if you want to take it with you.  That’s what we are here for.