The internet is full of resources for seniors, their family members, for people involved in caregiving, and for anyone else who wishes to learn more about the elderly.
Here’s Pillar’s big list of valuable sites for seniors. While not recommending any of these in particular, the main aim is to provide resources whether locally or overseas, that you might find useful for yourself or your elderly loved one.
Retirement Life Matters: retirementlifematters.com
Here you can find numerous articles for the retired on topics ranging from health to relationships to spirituality.
Love to Know Seniors: seniors.lovetoknow.com
Read interviews with experts; and get information about fashion and beauty; arts and crafts for seniors — you’ll find a whole mish-mash of everything here.
Road Scholar: roadscholar.org
Want to explore Biblical Israel? Wish to see a Scottish castle? See the statues on Easter Island? See the sloths in Costa Rica? Check out Road Scholar – they are full of great ideas.
The Senior’s Guide to Computers: seniorsguidetocomputers.com
This site walks you through everything you need to know about using your computer, complete with easy-to-understand screenshots.
Ageing Alone Malaysia. https://www.facebook.com/groups/292220157998272/ This is a Facebook group for Malaysian seniors, age 55 or older.
The group shares resources on ageing, posts funny stories and enjoys the camaraderie of their fellow seniors. It’s a rowdy bunch but well worth joining. They even sometimes have social events throughout Malaysia.
Suddenly Senior: suddenlysenior.com
This is simply a very amusing site geared to senior humour. There’s also nostalgia, trivia, a senior forum, and other topics for those who suddenly woke up one day and realised, “I’m a senior!”
Pillar. www.pillarcare.com
Pillar is Malaysia’s leading elderly care solutions company, focused on providing high quality trained and certified elderly caregivers at the patient’s home.
Web MD: webmd.com
While this site is for anyone, you can perform a search on any health topic and get links full for relevant information. Many of the articles are written by doctors and in simple words and phrases.
It’s one of the best resources online for medical information. However, always consult with your doctor before making any medical decision.
The Money Alert: themoneyalert.com
There are dozens of articles about investing, retirement planning, estate planning, and just about every other topic having to do with money. Their calculator page is worth a visit in itself. If money and finance confuse you, have a look at this site.
Jasper Senior Living: www.jasperlodge.com.my
Jasper is Malaysia’s top, doctors-managed nursing home company with facilities throughout the nation. Care and compassion along with a highly trained team, make Jasper a great choice for Malaysia’s elderly.
Malaysia Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS): http://healthyageing.org/
MHAS promotes the integrative approach towards the ageing process and to foster and coordinate education, study and research in ageing in Malaysia.
Seniors Only: SENIORSonly.club
Seniors Only is a free online forum for individuals over 50. From philosophical discussions to help requests to getting to know other seniors just like you, you might find others in your area who are on the site.
Expat Focus: https://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-malaysia-elderly-care
This group is mainly geared to foreigners living in Malaysia whether retired or still working. If you’re an expat in Malaysia or are thinking of retiring here, this site will prove useful.
Eldershare: www.eldershare.co
This is an innovative new concept in senior living. With a growing number of homes throughout Malaysia, Eldershare offers top quality, senior-enabled residences for sharing with a maximum of four residents.
With a live-in caregiver, all meals, weekly doctor and physiotherapist visits, activities, and more, it’s the upscale alternative to nursing and old folks’ homes at a reasonable all-inclusive monthly fee.
Seniors Aloud: https://www.facebook.com/SeniorsAloud/
This is a Malaysian Facebook group for the 50+ crowd. It’s full of resources, humour, tips and other information on most any topic related to ageing and Malaysia.
Senior Forums: Seniorforums.com
Senior Forums is the place to go when you have questions that you want to be answered by your peers. It’s a very active forum with thousands of members.
This article was written by Andrew Mastrandonas, Co-founder & CEO of Pillar (www.pillarcare.com) and reviewed by Dr Lim Geng Yan (M.D). Pillar provides a range of elderly home caregiving services, sending trained and certified professional caregivers and nurses to clients’ homes. For more information please visit https://care.pillarcare.com/fmtpromo