The Senior Resource Center

The Senior Collection

As we age, we should be able to continue to educate and entertain ourselves. The Senior Collection offers materials of interest to senior citizens that meet these criteria.

• Books, periodicals and videotapes addressing such topics as retirement and finances, health/wellness, emotional and spiritual being, housing/home safety, music and drama, specialized cookbooks and nutrition topics, leisure activities, creative arts, and consumer issues
• Poetry and fiction which acknowledges and often celebrates aging
• Large print media including books, several periodicals, and even piano music
• Access to state-of-the-art medical information and other resources through a public internet access center. Ask a staff member to show you how to find and print information which addresses your medical concern or question.
• A Sample Listing of Resources:
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Piano Music, Large Print (Masterworks Classics, Levels 3, 4, 5 & 6)
  • Periodicals (in addition to the 70+ periodicals in the Library's collection)
  • A New Day (For activity directors)
  • Activity Directors Guide (For activity directors)
  • Arthritis Today
  • Chronic Pain Letter
  • Diabetes Forecast
  • Diabetes Self Manager
  • Generations (American Society on Aging)
  • Health, Money & Travel: A Guide to Good Living
  • Journal of Ethics, Law and Aging
  • Journal of Women and Aging
  • Kiplinger's Retirement Report
  • Mature Traveler
  • Modern Maturity (American Association of Retired Persons)
  • Networks (National Council on the Aging)
  • New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
  • New York Times Week in Review, Large Print
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Reader's Digest, Large Print
  • Reminisce
  • Secure Retirement
  • Traveling Healthy Newsletter
  • Wiser Now

The Senior Collection is a component of The Senior Resource Center. Created especially for Polk County residents who are over the age of 55, The Senior Resource Center is made possible by a U.S. Department of Education LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) grant administered by the State Library of North Carolina.