Moorpark, CA (PRWEB) December 7, 2010

As healthcare workers, families and their aging parents struggle to meet the increasing needs of the growing senior population, one company has introduced a convenient way to meet the demand for services. 800Seniors.com offers a comprehensive senior resource directory on their new website.

Instead of dividing their time navigating between multiple senior-related websites, visitors to the versatile all-inclusive site can access a broad directory of services, obtain referrals and gain valuable information specific to their needs and location around the country. The online tool provides an engaging platform useful in finding timely and appropriate resources amongst the overwhelming sea of information currently on the Internet.

It is expected that in the next 40 years, the senior population in the United States will increase by 147 percent. The oldest of the Baby Boomer generation turned age 60 in 2006 and when the trend peaks in 2030, the number of people over the age of 65 will soar to 71.5 million. The increasing need for services has the healthcare and senior-related industries scrambling to provide enough affordable medical care, housing options, wellness and prevention education, transportation, financial and retirement planning options.

The trend also has many families struggling to find appropriate caregiver options including home health care, home care assistance as well as information on assisted living and skilled nursing facilities to deal with the decline of their aging parents.

In a recent national survey, The National Family Caregivers Association found that more than 27 percent of the adult population has provided care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during the past year, emphasizing the need for senior caregiver options. Based on current census data, the figure reflects the more than 54 million caregivers in the country.

According to an article published by the University of Missouri Extension program, the typical American woman will spend 18 years of her life caring for an elder, the same amount of time she will spend caring for a child. The article also predicts that in the United States, more than half of those over age 85 will need some help with daily activities including bathing, eating and dressing along with other personal care issues.

It is also estimated that until a cure is found, Alzheimer?s disease will affect a large portion of the senior population. The aging demographic is faced with the dramatic likelihood that by the year 2050, nearly 13 million Americans will have Alzheimer?s disease. Current estimates vary but experts suggest that as many as 5.1 million Americans currently have the debilitating disease.

The 800Seniors.com website provides information about Alzheimer?s disease that ranges from material on recognizing the warning signs, what causes it and possible prevention techniques. It also provides insight with articles written on the subjects of caring for those affected, progress in research and finding a cure.

Baby Boomers are struggling with the issue of recognizing and accepting the declining physical and mental health of their aging parents and are exploring the maze of endless options for dealing with it. Boomer Internet users currently spend over 13 hours a week online, account for a dramatic 40% of total consumer demand and hold $ 13 trillion in assets representing over 50% of the entire asset base in the United States.

If this demographic isn?t staggering enough to warrant interest, their children and parents are also part of the online consumerism. Families and their aging parents have a number of concerns and issues that account for a high-level of baby boomer and senior-oriented websites. There is no doubt that Baby Boomers are in the early stages of what promises to be a long-term and lucrative love affair with life after 60. Seniors are keen to learn more, live longer and stay as active as they possibly can.

Until recently, aging senior citizens shied away from computers, the Internet and other forms of more up-to-date technology that younger generations regularly use to communicate. However, they are no longer far behind. Grandparents are now Facebooking, Twittering, blogging and emailing! Seniors not only have an incentive to use the Internet to keep in touch with their loved ones around the world, but they are finding it to be a useful platform filled with resources pertaining to their healthcare and lifestyles.

For the seniors with a limited understanding or experience in browsing through the Internet for information, simple, easy access to resources that cover many of their needs is what 800Seniors.com provides. The site supplies the tools to make the experience as convenient and easy as possible.

To date there are very few, if any resources on the Internet that can provide seniors with a comprehensive accumulation of information they would need in one convenient place.

The 800Seniors.com ?Resource Directory? features a listing of providers and their services where users can select those organizations in the geographical area that best suits their needs and who offer the individualized features they prefer. The resource directory showcases prime member businesses.

The site has a ?Browse Your Category? menu that immediately takes users to a number of healthcare service topics such as Assisted Living, Board and Care Facilities, Home Healthcare (which includes medical services), Home Care (not to include medical services), Skilled Nursing Facilities, Hospice Care, Funeral Services, Continuing Education and Medical Supplies.

The site also features top cities around the country, their demographics and the range of senior services offered in the area. The addition of featured cities will increase as the number of providers join the resource directory garnering positive results for themselves and additional options for site visitors. Some areas featured are popular, senior-friendly locations, which many people choose as a retirement destination.

The ?Senior Resource Center? has a wide variety of articles written by a team of professional writers versed on timely senior and elderly citizen topics. Those featured include popular senior activities, safety and prevention tips, health and wellness topics such as nutrition and exercise. A number of articles touch on the inner workings of the endless variety of senior care and housing available. Some deal with chronic illness and diseases such as Alzheimer?s and other forms of dementia: their causes, lifestyle adjustments that may prevent them and research progress on finding a cure. The articles are written from the perspective of providing insight, education and comfort to family members dealing with common issues and dilemmas that at one time or another affect every family.

800Seniors.com has been successful in enrolling some of the best assisted living facilities and senior retirement homes in the nation and continues to provide timely information on senior-related issues that affect our population.

About 800seniors.com:

Combining decades of facility-run healthcare expertise, with decades of performance based online marketing, 800seniors.com is prepared to meet and exceed your marketing expectations. CEO Mary Leste and CFO Shelley Chilton have owned and operated health care facilities for the past 18 years, including assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities as well as hospices. They continue to own and operate skilled nursing and a hospice agency serving the Greater Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties. VPs of Business Development and Marketing, Dom Einhorn and Michael Leste have owned, consulted for, and continue to work in the performance based online marketing industry.

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