SENIOR and GRANDPARENTING
SERVICES
Egyptian Area Agency on Aging: Helping Senior Adults in the
Southernmost Thirteen Counties of Illinois Remain Independent
Since 1978.We serve the Illinois counties of Alexander, Franklin,
Hardin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski,
Saline, Union, and Williamson.
www.egyptianaaa.org/Index.htm
Our World According to GARP. SIGARP is the social site for
Southern Illinois Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. SIGARP
stands for Southern Illinois Grandparents And Relatives as Parents.
This is a site where you can ask questions of others, chat, post
comments, and ideas. Check us out. You must register for this site.
sigarp.ning.com/
The Foundation For Grandparenting: Thank you for your interest in
our web site. We are a non-profit organization whose mission is to
raise grandparent consciousness, and promote the importance of
grand parenting as a role and function that both gives important
meaning and empowerment to later life, and benefits all family
members. In addition, we promote aspects of grand parenting as a
role for all elders, whether or not they have biological grand children.
We call this Grandparent Power -- the power to love, care for others,
and grow personally by so doing. This is especially relevant in
today's society where there are few defined roles for older people.
Our work has shown that today's new and unique grandparent
generation, including elders who are not biological grandparents, if
coalesced into a cohesive group, contain the possibilities for
changing society for the better. The Foundation For Grand parenting
wants to help this to happen.
www.grandparenting.org
AARP Founded in 1958, AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the
quality of their lives. AARP has grown to 40 million members and has
offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. As the nation’s largest membership organization
for people 50+, AARP is leading a revolution in the way people view
and live life after 50.
AARP Grand parenting articles: www.aarp.
org/family/grandparenting/articles/grandparent_tip_sheet.html
www.aarp.org
Generations United: Generations United (GU) is the national
membership organization focused solely on improving the lives of
children, youth, and older people through intergenerational
strategies, programs, and public policies
www.gu.org