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On the Web
- Almanac of Policy Issues: Seniors Issues - News, background information and links on the Older Americans Act and other federal programs affecting the nation's senior citizens, including Meals on Wheels.
- Services for Older Citizens - SOC is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping older citizens in the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods. Lists trips, events and programs, volunteer opportunities, and newsletters.
- Texas Silver-Haired Legislature - Non-profit group advocating on issues affecting older adults in the state. Includes details of resolutions, a directory, newsletters and a calendar of events.
- The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups - Non-profit grassroots advocacy organization concerned with issues affecting older persons and their families. List of member services and consumer advocacy information.
- The Mobility Needs of Older Americans - Describes how an aging society adds to a range of transportation problems. Includes an overview of special approaches and solutions.
- National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) - Umbrella organization advocating to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans. Includes policy papers and press releases.
- Beverly Foundation - Pasadena non-profit organization focusing on important issues affecting older adults especially mobility and transportation within the community.
- Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby - Forum for senior advocacy groups throughout the state. List of key issues, officers and member organizations.
- CARIE - Organizations whose mission is to improve the well being, rights, and autonomy of older persons through advocacy, education, and action.
- U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging - Conducts a continuing study of matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people. Site includes hearings, events, and links to related government agencies.
Wikipedia Articles
- House of America - ... controversial proposal for a "fourth" branch of the United States government. The idea, founded by author and poet Justin Haskins from Dover, New Hampshire (who wrote the book November in New England and Saving America), is to create a law that would establish the right for all American citizens 18 years of age and older to veto any bill after it passes through the United States House of Representatives.
- Passport system in the Soviet Union - The passport system in the Soviet Union underwent a number of transformations in the course of its history. In the late Soviet Union citizens of age sixteen or older had to have an internal passport.
- National Registration Identity Card - The National Registration Identity Card (abbreviation: NRIC, or colloquially IC; ) is the identity document in use in Singapore. It is compulsory for all Singaporean citizens and permanent residents who are fifteen years of age and older to have their NRICs.