Links

This is an excellent resource for American boomers.  The site is filled with invaluable resources you should review.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS (AARP) LINK

Carp- Canada's association of the 50 plus
This is an excellent resource for Canadian boomers. Keep up to date on advocacy issues, social and community events, travel specials and relationships.
 

Self-growth.com
This site offers the most complete guide to information about Self -Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help on line. They have a fantastic database of articles and newsletters that offer expert advise on all topics.

A USA Government site covering travel, health, consumer issues and links to other government related sites.  SENIORS LINK

This resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. 
STATE HEALTH FACTS LINK

Retirement Income Calculator: Retirement and Wills – MSN MoneyCentral 

International Association of Gerontology www.iagg.com.br.

Statistics Canada www.statcan.gc.ca

Canada Pension Plan. Find out more on how your contributions to the Canada Pension Plan provide you with a stable and dependable pension you can build on for retirement. Your contributions also provide or your dependants with basic financial protection if you become disabled or die. www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/isp/common/rtrinfo.shtml

The official guide for Canada’s Association for the fifty plus.
www.50plus.com/Lifestyle/

Some excellent questions to ask yourself before retirement- how long are you going to live, where, health, income, mortgages, as well as other articles on pensions, health care, etc. You need to look at this. RETIREMENT PLANNING

Revenue Canada’s site provides lots of detail one could possibly need. www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/rrsp-reer/menu-eng.html

Retirement Income Calculator, from Service Canada provides explanation on the Canadian Pension Plan and Old Age Security.

Another calculator worthy of consideration was created by financial writer Bruce Cohen, sponsored online by Fiscal Agents, an Ontario financial firm. What should you be saving for retirement? may be of particular value for those who wish to factor in a provincial or corporate pension plan.

Government Pension Plans Contains everything you ever wanted to know about the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Canada Business Services Centres Retirement is often a recareerment, and for some the opportunity to remove the shackles of employment and dream of owning a business. This Industry Canada site is a great start to business planning and includes an on-line interactive business planner available until 2010.

workinfonet.ca Canada's Web portal to recareerment possibilities, employment opportunities, occupational, learning and labour market information.

Canadian Association of Pre-Retirement Planners
CAPP is the primary source in Canada for networking and sharing of information among professionals in various fields of retirement planning. Members are professionals who work in personnel, training, pensions, as independent consultants, adult education and finance.

Financial Planners Standards Council of Canada
A not-for-profit organization to benefit the public and the financial planning profession by establishing and enforcing uniform professional standards for financial planners who choose to earn the internationally recognized CFP™ designation.

Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
A Vancouver-based society of families with disabilities dedicated to assuring a meaningful existence to all. Considerable planning organized around the fact that children with disabilities will now often outlive their parents.

Family Caregivers Network Society
Based in Victoria, the FCN promotes the significance of the family caregiver's role and contribution in the health care system, and advocates on the issues of concern. A family caregiver is anyone who provides care and support for adult family members or friends who may be chronically ill, or frail and elderly, or have a disability.

The Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
Operates under provincial law to protect the legal rights and financial interests of children, to provide assistance to adults who need support for financial and personal decision making, and to administer the estates of deceased and missing persons where there is no one else able to do so. Takes charge when one is so foolish to ignore a will. Be scared.

The People's Law School
The People’s Law School is a non-profit society whose purpose is to provide British Columbians with reliable information about your rights and responsibilities under the law. Among their direct and downloadable publications are Choosing an Executor, being an executor and a Power of Attorney booklet.

The Representation Agreement Resource Centre
A non-government charitable society, volunteer driven, supported by the organizations and individuals who have been involved for up to 10 years in bringing about reform of adult guardianship legislation. Site provides valuable and easily understood information on Representation Agreements, and how to build them.

Canadian Health Network
This network of health information providers includes Health Canada and national and provincial/territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations. CHN's mission is to support Canadians in making informed choices about their health, by providing access to multiple sources of credible and practical e-health information.

Health Canada
More the current news: the latest on West Nile, Mad Cow, SARS, and the newest hazardous toy.

Canada's Physical Activity Website
A Health Canada site with help from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology contains information on building physical activity into daily life.

Dieticians of Canada
Tools, quizzes, and that ever popular quiz show, "Let's Make a Meal!"

Canadian Economy Online
A continually updated snapshot on the Canadian economy from Statistics Canada.

Many retirees finally take the time to travel after they retire. Here are some ways of travelling with people your own age and interests, and at a reduced rate as well. So, take some of your money and have some adventures in lifelong learning. 
ELDERHOSTEL LINK

The Law Link at
http://www.thelaw.com/

This is the site for the Hospice Foundation of America. Hospice is used in the terminal stages of life and allows a transitional period without pain surrounded by caring staff. A place of saints and angels.
HOSPICE LINK

An extensive 26 page glossary of terms you should familiarize yourself with when using a managed care facility.  
MANAGED CARE GLOSSARY LINK

The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (National DMDA) is now the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).  Their mission is to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders. The site provides information and resources for the problem of depression and is highly recommended. So why is this page here? Because it is one of the greatest obstacles to a happy retirement. Women have it more, but it really does a number on older men too.
DEPRESSION LINK 1

Canadian Mental Health Association - Promoting good mental health and advocates for social change.

Pets have a wonderful ability to keep people happy and healthy. They have been shown to keep the elderly alive longer. If you like pets, you will like this page.
PETS LINK