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Suggested Library Books
The Baby Boomer Financial Wake-Up Call: It's Not Too Late to Be financially secure! / Kay R. Shirley. 1999. [332.024 S558b]
Choosing Your Path: How Massachusetts Residents Can Take Control of Their Medical Care, Estate Plans, and Funeral Arrangements / Mark J. Bernardin . 2005. [New 346.744 Bernardin]
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare/ Lita Epstein. 2006 [Available through CWMARS]
Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors : What your Family Needs to Know about Finding and Financing Medicare, Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Home Care, Adult Day Care ; with Ratings of Medicare HMOs and Supplemental Policies / Trudy Lieberman and the Editors of Consumer Reports. 2000. [362.160973 CONSUMER REPORTS]
The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions / Stella Mora Henry, R.N. 2006. [NEW 362.6108540 HENRY]
Healthy Aging: a Lifelong Guide to your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being / Andrew Weil. 2005. [NEW 612.67 WEIL]
The Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to Health after 50: the Latest Recommendations from the Hopkins Specialists / editor, Simeon Margolis. 2002. [613.0434 JOHNS]
A Massachusetts Guide to Health Insurance Choices: Health Insurance Alternatives for Medicare Beneficiaries and Retirees/ The Serving Health Information Needs of Elders (SHINE) Health Insurance Counseling Program. 2003 [Ref 368.426M] Library Use Only
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits/ David A. Morton. 2006. [368.42 NOLOS]
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions/ Joseph L. Matthews. 2005. [368.3 SOCIAL]
The Third Act: Reinventing Yourself After Retirement / Edgar M. Bronfman with Catherine Whitney. 2002. [305.90696 BRONFMAN]
Your Complete Retirement Savings Road Map: The Leave-nothing-to-chance, Worry-free, All-systems-go Guide to Preserving And Protecting Your Retirement / Ed Slott. 2006. [On Order]
Suggested websites for seniors
- www.medicare.gov
- The official U.S. Government site for Medicare information. This site includes basic Medicare and health care information for seniors and their families, as well as "Medicare Compare" and "Nursing Home Compare".
- www.ssa.gov
- Direct access to the U.S. Social Security Administration, with benefits information, online services, news, history, regulations and statistics.
- www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml
- One-stop shopping for seniors to access Federal services and agencies.
- www.gsssi.org
- Information and resources for seniors in the Springfield area.
For links to more websites visit our Directory of the Web Seniors Page at: www.springfieldlibrary.org/liblinks/seniors.html
Call the Reference Desk at 413-263-6828 ext. 213, your branch library, or use our Askalibrarian service to reserve a book today! |
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