New resources:
What Works in Physical Activity Programs for Sedentary Older Adults? Best Practices Identified and Put in a Web-Based Directory, http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=66948&topicid=1024
Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2010 Trustees Report, http://www.nasi.org/research/2010/social-security-finances-findings-2010-trustees-report
Encouraging Comfort Care: A Guide for Families of People with Dementia Living in Care Facilities. http://www.alzheimers-illinois.org/pti/comfort_care_guide.asp
Family Caregiver's Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care, http://www.nextstepincare.org/uploads/File/Guides/Hospice/hospice.pdf
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Previously posted resources:
Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities, http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA10-4515/
The Calm Before the Storm: Family Conversations about Disaster Planning, Caregiving, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, http://www.thehartford.com/calmbeforethestorm/
It Could Happen to Me: Family Conversations about Disaster Planning, http://www.thehartford.com/talkaboutdisasterplanning/
Aging in Place: Do Older Americans Act Title III Services Reach Those Most Likely to Enter Nursing Homes?, http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Program_Results/docs/AoA-issue1_Nursing%20Homes.pdf
Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being, http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2010_Documents/Docs/OA_2010.pdf
Population Aging and the Use of Office-based Physician Services, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db41.htm
Health Care Reform and Family Caregivers, http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content/pdfs/HCR%20provisions%20for%20caregivers-2010.pdf
Health Reform Legislation: Key Facts, http://www.aarp.org/health/health-care-reform/info-04-2010/healthreformfs.html
National Legal Resource Center, http://www.nlrc.aoa.gov/
Stairway to Medicare, www.stairwaytomedicare.org
Medicare Route 66, http://www.medicareroute66.com/
Preventing the Misleading Use of Senior Designations - What States Should Do, http://www.aarp.org/money/investing/info-04-2010/i40-senior.html
Affordable Home Energy and Health: Making the Connections, http://www.aarp.org/money/low-income-assistance/info-06-2010/2010-05-consumer.html
Toolkit for Serving Diverse Communities, http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/Tools_Resources/DOCS/AoA_DiversityToolkit_full.pdf
Preventive Health Screenings Among Midlife and Older Adults, http://www.aarp.org/health/fitness/info-02-2010/prevmed.html
Elder Investment Fraud and Financial: Exploitation A Survey Conducted for Investor Protection Trust, http://www.investorprotection.org/learn/research/?fa=eiffeSurvey
Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease: Your Easy-to-Use Guide,
http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6A0E9F3C-E429-4F03-818E-D1B60235D5F8/0/100711_LoRes2.pdf
Transportation: The Silent Need, https://secure2.convio.net/es/site/Ecommerce?VIEW_PRODUCT=true&product_id=7041&store_id=6563&autologin=true
Annuities and Other Lifetime Income Products: Their Current and Future Role in Retirement Security, http://www.aarp.org/money/retirement-planning/info-05-2010/fs189-annuities.html
Nursing Homes: Some Improvement Seen in Understatement of Serious Deficiencies, but Implications for the Longer-Term Trend Are Unclear, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-434R
Medicare and the New Health Law, http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11467.pdf
Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect in Older Adults: Tips from the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging, http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/elder_abuse_tips.php
How Quickly Do Older Adults Spend Their Wealth?, http://www.urban.org/publications/412077.html
Income of the Aged Chartbook, http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2008/index.html
Policy Options to Improve Specialized Transportation, http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/liv-com/i39-specialized-transportation.pdf
Strategies to Meet the Housing Needs of Older Adults, http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/liv-com/i38-strategies.pdf
Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults, http://nihseniorhealth.gov/exercise/toc.html
The MetLife Study of Boomers in the Middle: An In-Depth Look at Americans Born 1952 – 1958, http://www.metlife.com/mmi/research/boomers-in-the-middle-study.html
Life After Cancer, www.nihseniorhealth.gov/lifeaftercancer/toc.html.
Tips for Making a Hospital to Home Transition, www.medicare.gov/caregivers/index.asp#videos
Planning for your Discharge Guide, www.medicare.gov/caregivers/index.asp#videos
Medicare: A Primer, http://www.kff.org/medicare/7615.cfm
The MetLife Study of Working Caregivers and Employer Health Care Costs, http://www.metlife.com/mmi/research/working-caregiver-employer-health-care-costs.html
Medicaid Payment for Assisted Living: Current State Practices, and Recommendations for Improvement, January 2010, http://www.nsclc.org/areas/long-term-care/Assisted%20Living/medicaid-payment-for-assisted-living-current-state-practices-and-recommendations-for-improvement/at_download/attachment
Safe at Home? Developing Effective Criminal Background Checks and Other Screening Policies for Home Care Workers, http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/ltc/care/articles/2009-12.html
A Profile of Older Americans: 2009, http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Aging_Statistics/Profile/index.aspx
Data Sources on Older Americans 2009, http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2009_Documents/Final_DSOA2009_508.pdf
Federal and State Income Tax Incentives for Private Long-Term Care Insurance, http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/ltc/ltc-ins/articles/2009-19-tax-incentives.html
Report on Shortfalls in Medicaid Funding for Nursing Home Care, http://www.ahcancal.org/research_data/funding/Documents/2009%20Medicaid%20Shortfall%20Report.pdf
The Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill, http://www.caringinfo.org/UserFiles/File/PDFs/AdvanceCarePlanningLegalIssues/Legal_Guide_for_Seriously_Ill.pdf
Resource Tests and Eligibility for Federal Assistance Programs: Effects of Current Rules and Options for Change, http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/econ-sec/low-income/articles/2010-01-resource-tests.html
To be or Not to Be Homebound: The Limits of States’ Discretion in Medicaid’s Coverage for Home Health Services, http://www.nsclc.org/areas/medicaid/to-be-or-not-to-be-homebound-the-limits-of-states2019-discretion-in-medicaid2019s-coverage-for-home-health-services/at_download/attachment
Advancing Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based
Services: Key Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You're
Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness, http://www.nih.gov/news/health/nov2009/ninr-20.htm
Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006, http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/general-age.html#bb
Income of Americans Aged 65 and Older, 1968 to 2008, http://opencrs.com/document/RL33387/
Issues Based on a Working Group Discussion with Medicaid Experts, http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7970.cfm
Efforts in States to Promote Medicaid Community-Based Services and
Supports, http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7969.cfm
Medicare Hospice Care for Beneficiaries in Nursing Facilities: Compliance With
Medicare Coverage Requirements, http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-06-00223.pdf
For Older Women: Tips for Good Health in Later
Life
AGing Integrated Database (AGID) updated to include data from 2008, http://www.data.aoa.gov/
Consejos de Salud Para Tí (Health Advice for You), http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm
Helping the Senior Driver in Your Life, http://www.aaaseniors.com/
Medicare Basics: A Guide for Families & Friends of People with Medicare,
http://www.disability.gov/health/health_insurance/medicare
An Aging World: 2008, http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p95-09-1.pdf
Health Characteristics of Adults Aged 55 Years
and Over: United States, 2004-2007, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr016.pdf
Medicare Part D
Appeals: An Advocate's Manual to navigating the Medicare Private Drug Plan
Appeals Process, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=glKQKbPTJdIWLoK&s=ddLKKJPnEcIDJOPpGjG&m=mqLQJXPyGbLYE&af=y
Tapping Home Equity in Retirement: The MetLife Study on the Changing Role
of Home Equity and Reverse Mortgages, http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/mmi/publications/studies/mmi-tapping-home-equity-retirement.pdf
Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's
Disease, www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/CaringAD
CDC’s Healthy Aging Program At-A-Glance 2009,: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/aging.htm
CDC Seeks to Protect Older Adults With Shingles Vaccine Message, http://www.chronicdisease.org/files/public/shinglesFINAL3_21_08.pdf
Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments Could
Benefit Millions Of Low-Income And Minority Americans, http://www.cbpp.org/2-19-09health.htm
“The Effect of Smoking on Trends in U.S Mortality at Older Ages," http://www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2009/smokingusmortality.aspx
Health Care Reform: What’s at Stake for 50- to 64-Year-Olds?, http://www.aarp.org/research/health/carefinancing/i24_hcr.html
Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions
with Functioning Among Near-Elderly and Older Adults, http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/homemod.htm
Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/7633.cfm
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services, www.participantdirection.org
Medicare Advantage Plans, http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=1
Medicare Primer, http://opencrs.com/document/R40425/
“Practical Solutions
for Effective Translated Health Information” toolkit, http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=39591
Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention
Programs for Older Adults, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/preventingfalls/CDC_Guide.pdf
Preventing Falls: What Works - A CDC Compendium of Effective
Community-based Interventions from Around the World, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/preventingfalls/CDCCompendium_030508.pdf
Preventing
Serious Falls: Tips for Older Adults and Their Loved Ones, http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/falls_tips.php
Smoking and Older Adults podcast, http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=10296
Community Integration for Older Adults with Mental Illnesses: Overcoming
Barriers and Seizing Opportunities, http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA05-4018/OlderAdults.pdf
Dealing with "Persistent" Pain in Later Life, http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/persistent_pain_tips.php
Medicare Basics for Caregivers, http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2009/nia-13.htm
Mentally Healthy Aging: A Report on Overcoming Stigma for Older Americans, http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA05-3988/aging_stigma.pdf
Update on Medicare Spending and Financing and Highlights from the 2009 Medicare
Trustees' Report Chartpack, http://www.kff.org/medicare/7905.cfm
Medicare Spending and Financing Fact Sheet May 2009 Update, http://www.kff.org/medicare/7305.cfm
Health Insurance Coverage for Older Adults: Implications of a Medicare Buy-In, http://www.kff.org/healthreform/7904.cfm
What Older Adults and Their Caregivers Need to Know About the 2009 H1N1 Flu
("Swine Flu"): Advice from the American Geriatrics Society's
Foundation for Health in Aging, http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/H1N1_swineFLU_tips.php