SENIOR HEALTH

Louisiana Answers

Louisiana Answers - Louisiana Answers is designed to assist older adults and persons with disabilities in locating supportive services and resources in order to continue living as they choose in their community.

Medline Plus

Medline Plus - Possibly the best site for health information on the web. Medline Plus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. It's easy to use and full of information to help you learn about medical issues and maintain your health and well-being. Medline Plus offers patient information, drug information, a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, tutorials, videos and much more.

Medline Plus is an outstanding consumer health resource. Check it out and add it to your Favorites list today!!

Avoiding Falls

Worried about falling in your home? These sites provides tips to help your maintain your balance and keep you out of the hospital!

How to Avoid Falls in Seniors

Medline Plus: Falls

Planning for Care

Planning for Eldercare - Long term care is not something you should make decisions about at the last minute. This site explains care options and provides a guide for making these critical decisions.

Local Support Groups

Cancer

• Make Today Count - Cancer support group
• Man to Man - Prostate cancer
• New Voice Club - Throat cancer
• Look Good, Feel Better - Cancer treatment
• Ostomy Support Group - Ostomy
• Reach to Recovery - Breast cancer

Grief

• Grief Recovery Center
• Widowed Person's Grief & Loss Program

Diabetes

• Baton Rouge Chapter - American Diabetes Association
• Diabetes Center - Baton Rouge General Medical Center

Aging

• Resources for Independent Living - East Baton Rouge Council on Aging

Other Health Issues

• Stroke
• Aneurysm
• Tremor
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Emergency Medicine

End of Life Issues

• Living Will
• Hospice of Baton Rouge

For more information on these groups and other health care agencies, please check our Community Information database.