Resources
Useful resources for life online
Explore helpful websites, practical AI assistants, and useful apps, with plain-language guidance about what each one offers.
Websites for older adults
Helpful places across the web
A growing collection of useful websites for older adults and their families. Spirantix reviews and updates these recommendations regularly as helpful new resources emerge and existing ones change.
HumanGood
Guides, podcasts, videos, and articles about senior living, wellness, financial planning, downsizing, caregiving, and memory support.
Visit websiteAARP
Articles, tools, discounts, and programs covering health, money, work, travel, caregiving, and everyday life.
Visit websiteNew York Times Games
Daily word and logic games, including Wordle, the Crossword, Connections, and Spelling Bee. Some games require a subscription.
Visit websiteTED
Talks and educational videos from speakers around the world on science, culture, health, technology, and personal growth.
Visit websiteMedicare
The official federal source for Medicare coverage, plans, providers, cards, premiums, and fraud reporting.
Visit websiteRest Less
The current destination of OlderIsWiser, with articles and resources about work, money, health, learning, and life after 50.
Visit websiteThe Chicago Financial Planner
Detailed articles about financial planning, investments, retirement accounts, and decisions that can affect retirement.
Visit websiteSixty and Me
A lifestyle publication for women over 60 covering travel, relationships, health, money, beauty, and retirement.
Visit websiteAlliance for Retired Americans
News and advocacy from a politically active organization focused on retirees, health care, pensions, and public policy.
Visit websitePogo
A collection of free online card, puzzle, board, word, and matching games, with optional accounts and purchases.
Visit websiteSuddenly Senior
Humor, nostalgia, articles, and resources written for older adults and longtime readers.
Visit websitethirdAGE
Lifestyle articles about health, relationships, money, beauty, travel, and other aspects of life after midlife.
Visit websiteSenior's Guide to Computers
Beginner-friendly computer tutorials covering hardware, software, email, accessibility, security, and backups.
Visit websiteLoveToKnow Aging
Practical articles about retirement, activities, caregiving, wellness, housing, relationships, and daily life.
Visit websiteEvergreen Club
A membership-based network of economical homestays in the United States and Canada for travelers age 50 and older.
Visit websiteA social network for keeping up with family, friends, organizations, and interest groups. Review privacy settings and be cautious with unexpected messages.
Visit websiteDiscussion communities covering thousands of interests. Advice comes from other users, so verify important claims elsewhere.
Visit websiteRoad Scholar
Educational travel programs and learning adventures created primarily for adults over 50.
Visit websiteNational Alliance for Caregiving
Research, advocacy, and practical resources supporting family caregivers and the people they care for.
Visit websiteGrandkids Matter
Ideas and guidance for grandparents about communication, relationships, activities, and supporting grandchildren.
Visit websiteWorkforce50
Job listings and career information for experienced workers, people over 50, and those making a career change.
Visit websiteStatPearls
Clinical reference material about medical conditions, symptoms, and treatments. Use it to inform conversations, not replace medical care.
Visit websiteNational Institute on Aging
Research-based information from the National Institutes of Health about aging, health conditions, caregiving, and clinical research.
Visit websiteWhere You Live Matters
Information and planning tools for comparing senior living choices and understanding different community options.
Visit websiteAI tool highlights
Good places to begin with AI
These general-purpose assistants can explain ideas, help with writing, organize plans, work with images, and answer follow-up questions in a conversational way.
ChatGPT
Use text or voice to ask questions, explore ideas, draft writing, compare options, and get everyday help.
Explore ChatGPTClaude
Ask questions, work through ideas, simplify complex information, analyze documents, and create written material.
Explore ClaudeGemini
Google’s AI assistant can help with writing, learning, planning, images, and tasks connected to Google services.
Explore GeminiMicrosoft Copilot
An AI assistant for questions, research, writing, and creating content, with additional features inside Microsoft 365 apps.
Explore CopilotUse AI as a helper, not a final authority
AI tools can make mistakes. Verify important health, legal, financial, and safety information with a qualified professional or an authoritative source, and avoid sharing sensitive personal information.
App highlights
Useful apps with practical benefits
Some use AI directly, while others make books, information, or everyday assistance easier to access.
Be My Eyes
Connect with volunteers or AI-powered visual assistance for help describing objects, reading labels, and completing visual tasks.
Learn about Be My EyesSeeing AI
Microsoft’s visual-assistance app uses a phone camera and AI to describe text, people, products, currency, and surroundings.
Learn about Seeing AIGoogle Lens
Use a phone camera or an existing image to identify objects, copy or translate text, and search for related information.
Learn about Google LensLibby
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines using a library card from a participating public library.
Learn about LibbyHow we choose
Clear, useful, and worth your time
We favor websites, tools, and apps with clear everyday uses, approachable experiences, responsible practices, and genuine value for older adults. A listing is not a guarantee of every article, feature, answer, product, or service offered by an outside organization.
Last reviewed: September 11, 2026