The following list of resources might be useful to your Church for assisting Senior Adults.
 
www.medicare.gov http://www.medicare.gov/ 800.633.4227
www.SSA.gov http://www.ssa.gov/ 800.772.1213
www.benefitscheckup.org http://www.benefitscheckup.org/ 214.646.0666
www.eldercare.gov http://www.eldercare.gov/ 800.677.1116
www.seniornewssource.com http://www.seniornewssource.com/ 972.248.2573
www.elderweb.com http://www.elderweb.com/ 309-451-3319
www.aarp.org http://www.aarp.org/ 888.687.2277
www.caremanagers.com http://www.caremanagers.com/ 800.243.5656
www.caregiver.org http://www.caregiver.org/ 800.445.8106
 
Administration on Aging (AoA) - http://www.aoa.gov/  The Administration on Aging (AoA) web site is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging. Whether you are an older individual, a caregiver, a community service provider, a researcher, or a student, you will find valuable information provided in a user-friendly way. A government agency. Excellent  information.
 
American Health Care Association - "AHCA" - http://www.ahca.org/ The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, long term care, and subacute care providers that care for more than one million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
 
CareGuide - http://www.careguide.com/ The company was founded to provide a comprehensive free resource of national care solutions to meet the needs of caregivers, whether they are searching for local or long-distance care. More than a listing of providers, CareGuide also provides valuable information and resources related to child and elder care. Through tools and content, CareGuide seeks to educate and empower caregivers about issues related to finding care and enable them to make the best possible decisions based on their needs.
 
Christian Association of Senior Adults - "CASA" - http://www.gocasa.org/about.htm Christian Association of Senior Adults' vision is to develop and provide ministry resources and leadership training for pastors and leaders of seniors ministries; and to encourage outreach and evangelism, service and assimilation, fellowship and spiritual/personal growth for all middle [50-69] and mature [70+] adults.
 
Desert Ministries - http://www.desertministries.org/ Desert Ministries is a non-profit organization that reaches into care facilities such as elderly nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFMR), rehabilitation units and psychiatric units for children. Since August 1992, Desert Ministries has worked to give hope and love to people who feel like they are in a desert-like condition: hopeless, isolated and discarded by society because of Alzheimer's disease, advanced age, terminal illness, depression and other maladies.
 
Eldersource - http://www.dobsonministries.org/eldersource/ As a free service to elder care facilities in the United States and Canada, ElderSource partners with facility activity directors to develop effective volunteer-based one-to-one and group ministries, featuring a Resource Pack of Christian-based audio/video materials. If you are an activity director, contact Eldersource today for their excellent, free materials!
 
Faithful Friends Nursing Home Ministry - http://www.faithfulfriends.org/ Faithful Friends' mission is to spread the love and message of Jesus Christ in the nursing home environment, providing support and encouragement by regular visits of caring Christians. They support other interested groups and churches with training, multimedia ministry materials, and assistance in recruiting volunteers. This is the patriarch of nursing home ministries on the web. To this site all others are compared!
 
Love Your Neighbor Ministries - http://www.lyn.org/ Love Your Neighbor Ministries exists to equip the church to reach out in compassion to people in care settings . . . including hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, hospice care and private homes.
 
Nursing Home Ministries - http://www.nursinghomeministries.com/ The goal of Nursing Home Ministries is to reach out to adult care facilities in America with the love of the Lord. Through commissioned chaplains and volunteers, they are gaining access to and ministering in hundreds of adult care facilities throughout the USA.
 
Sharing Jesus Ministries - http://www.sharingjesusministry.org/ Nursing home ministers doing non-denominational services to meet the spiritual needs of a diverse population. Many good links.
 
Sonshine Society - http://www.sonshinesociety.org/ "The Sonshine Society is an interdenominational organization for the purpose of challenging local churches and individual Christians to provide a consistent and effective Christian witness to people who, due to age or physical impairment, are unable to participate in the worship and instructional services of the Christian church."  This is the premier nursing home ministry in America! They have the most comprehensive battery of resources and tools for care facility ministry in the world! And they are really humble children of the King.
 
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) - http://www.nih.gov/nia/health/ The NIA, one of the 25 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form the National Institute on Aging to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary federal agency on Alzheimer's Disease research. Excellent information on illnesses specific to aging.