Healthy Aging Resource Center

Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging About this site: Enough exercise is important at any age, but can be especially beneficial to seniors. With the right workout, you can gain strength, improve balance, and stay active and healthy longer. Experts at the National Institute on Aging developed this book (available here online) to help you realize you're never too old to get in shape! (http://www.niapublications.org/exercisebook/exercisebook.asp)   Pluses: The site offers plenty of nutrition tips, safety information and encouragement.   Minuses: It reads more like a book than a Web site.   Best feature: Most of the senior-friendly strength, balance, and stretching exercises are animated.

AARP About this site: The AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) is the nation's leading organization for people 50 and older, providing information, advocacy, and services. The well-organized, large-print Web site has plenty of helpful information for an active and healthy lifestyle. Get tips for long-distance grandparenting, learn how to get your finances in order, and find out what to do if your HMO drops out of Medicare. (http://www.aarp.org/)   Pluses: The current issue of the organization's magazine, Modern Maturity, is available online.   Minuses: The site map is buried on the search page.   Best feature: Read these helpful tutorials, and you'll never be intimidated by your computer again!