Three Great Website Picks for Older Folks Like Us
Pondering and finding a site or app of the week is sometimes difficult because there are so darned many websites and apps out there. Heck, even Darcy doesn’t know them all. So sometimes we run a “best of” series featuring more than one app or website. Today we’re featuring three outstanding websites — all of them for older folks like Darcy. And me. And you!
These three fantastic, high-quality websites balance usefulness and entertainment—perfect for older adults who want to stay sharp, learn something new, or just have a little fun.
1. For Lifelong Learning & Tech Skills: Senior Planet
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Website: https://www.seniorplanet.org/
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What it is: An online community created by AARP for adults aged 60 and older.
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Why you’ll love it: It offers completely free live classes on everything from how to navigate digital tools and apps to fitness classes like Tai Chi, online book clubs, and home budget tips. It’s explicitly designed to be welcoming, patient, and easy to use for anyone looking to build up their digital confidence.
2. For Daily Brain Fitness: The New York Times Games
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Website: https://nytimes.com/crosswords
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What it is: You don’t need a newspaper subscription to access their most popular daily puzzles.
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Why you’ll love it: Beyond the world-famous Wordle, this hub features incredibly popular (and free) daily mind-sharpeners like Connections (a word-grouping game), Mini Crosswords, and Strands. It is a wonderful, low-stress morning routine to keep memory and cognitive pathways firing over a cup of coffee. Darcy– did you read that?
3. For Lifestyle, Humor, & Community: Sixty and Me
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Website: https://www.sixtyandme.com
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What it is: A digital magazine and global community founded by Margaret Manning, geared specifically toward women and men navigating life after 60.
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Why you’ll love it: Unlike standard news sites that focus solely on the medical or heavy financial sides of aging, this site is purely uplifting. It features articles on travel, fashion, romance, grandparenthing, and shifting careers later in life, alongside daily inspiration videos.
Quick Tip: If you find the text hard to see on any of these sites, remember our famous Zoom tutorial and make the text as large as you need it to be.