New Retirement Toolkit

The Department of Labor, the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to publish a "Retirement Toolkit". This toolkit includes both links to publications and to interactive tools which can help you plan your retirement. It includes a timeline for retirement, information to help you decide what age you want to retire, and information about how to avoid paying a Medicare Part D late enrollment penalty. 

Some of the links from this toolkit include:

• Taking the Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning (for people who are within 10 years of retirement)
• Estimate your retirement benefits
• Medicare & You
• Extra Help with the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan

Many of these resources are also available in Spanish. You can read more about the Toolkit and other retirement resources available from the US Department of Labor at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/fitoolkit.html

NIH SeniorHealth

Just heard about this website from the National Institutes of Health and I wanted to share it.
 
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/  
 
This easy-to-use website features basic health and wellness information for older adults from one of my favorite sources, the National Institutes of Health. It includes a free, easy-to-use toolkit with training materials to help older adults find reliable, up-to-date online health information on their own.  But what I really like are the buttons at the top of each page.  With the click of a mouse, users can make the text bigger, change text color, or hear the text read aloud.  How cool is that!