Bone Tool Kit, http://www.nof.org/awareness2/2007/images/Bone_Tool_Kit.pdf
“CDC Seeks to Protect Older Adults With Shingles Vaccine Message,” http://www.chronicdisease.org/files/public/shinglesFINAL3_21_08.pdf
“Cognitive Vitality Tips for Older Adults," http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/cognitive_vitality.php
“Eating Well,” http://nihseniorhealth.gov/eatingwellasyougetolder/toc.htm
"End of Life: Helping with Comfort and Care," www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/endoflife
"High Blood Cholesterol," NIHSeniorHealth, http://nihseniorhealth.gov/highbloodcholesterol/toc.html
* “Hospitalization
Rates Resulting from Excessive Heat and Cold Higher for Older Adults,” http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb55.pdf
“Innovative Care
Models,” http://www.innovativecaremodels.com/
Kidney Disease, http://nihseniorhealth.gov/kidneydisease/toc.html
“Long-Term Service and Supports: The Future Role and Challenges for Medicaid,”
Kaiser Family Foundation, click
here
"Improving the Medicare Savings Programs Would Help Low-Income Seniors
Cope With Higher Medical Expenses," http://www.cbpp.org/5-20-08health.htm
"Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update,"
Kaiser Family Foundation, click
here
"Participating in Clinical Trials," NIHSeniorHealth, click
here
“Physiological Parameters Database for Older Adults,” http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=188288
“Prescription Drugs and Medicare Part D: A Report on Access, Satisfaction, and
Cost," AARP, click here
“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
“Report of the Task Force on Oral Health of Older Adults Just the F.A.C.T.S.: Strategies to Improve Oral Health of Older Adults in Connecticut,” http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/oral_health/pdf/just_the_facts_a_report_of_the_task_force_on_oral_health.pdf
“Results from the Administration on Aging’s Third National Survey of Older Americans Act Program Participants,” http://www.aoa.gov/about/results/3rd_NPS_Final_%20Report_Mar2008_final.pdf
“Retooling
for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce,” http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/40113/53452.aspx
“Self-Reported Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Persons Aged
>65 Years United States, 2006,” http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5709.pdf
“Seniors and Seizures,” http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/living/seniors/
"Sharp at Any Age: AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Tips for Keeping
Your Brain Young," American Geriatrics Society, click
here
"Standing Strong: Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis," www.agingresearch.org/standing_strong
“The WHO Global Report on Falls Prevention in Older
Age,” www.who.int/ageing/publications/Falls_prevention7March.pdf.
Women’s Health Resources at the National Library of Medicine, http://orwh.od.nih.gov/nat_lib_med.html
CAREGIVING
“Assuring Healthy
Caregivers: A Public Health Approach to Translating Research into Practice: The
RE-AIM Framework,” http://www.cdc.gov/aging/caregiving/index.htm
“Caregiver Conversation Checklist,” http://www.alz.org/national/documents/release_052008_checklist.pdf
“Evercare/NAC Study of Caregivers: What They Spend, What They Sacrifice,”
EverCare and Naitonal Alliance for Caregiving, click here
“Family Care Navigator: State-by-State Help for Family Caregivers,” http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/fcn_content_node.jsp?nodeid=2083
"Family Caregiving: State of the Art, Future Trends," Family
Caregiver Alliance, click
here
“How to Create a Pill Card,” http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pillcard/pillcard.htm
HEALTH LITERACY
“Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for
Trainers,” click here
"Making Your Printed Health Materials Senior Friendly," National
Institute on Aging, click
here
“The Quick Guide to Health Literacy and Older Adults,” U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, click
here
HOUSING
* “Senior
Housing Locator,” http://www.snapforseniors.com/default.aspx?affiliateid=107855
INCOME
“African Americans Age 65 and Older: Their Sources of Retirement Income in
2005,” www.aarp.org/research/assistance/lowincome/fs137_aaincome.html
“From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women's Poverty Status,”
www.aarp.org/research/assistance/lowincome/2008_03_poverty.html
“Hispanics
Age 65 and Older: Sources of Retirement Income in 2005,” www.aarp.org/research/assistance/lowincome/fs135_hisp_retire.html
“Legal and Financial
Planning for People with Alzheimer’s Disease,” www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/legaltips.htm.
“Sources
of Income for Older Persons," http://www.aarp.org/research/assistance/incomedist/income_sources.html
“Stimulus Payment Tool," https://aarp-stimulus2008.benefitscheckup.org/espp/welcome.do;jsessionid=9972C09A167DD75D77A1474CE1A6BEA3
LONG TERM CARE
"A
Balancing Act: State Long-Term Care Reform," http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/programfunding/2008_10_ltc.html
“The Administration on Aging's Nursing Home Diversion Program," http://www.nsclc.org/areas/medicaid/aoa-s-nursing-home-diversion-program/at_download/attachment
"Changing the Nursing Home Culture," Alliance For health Reform,
http://www.allhealth.org/publications/Long-term_care/Changing_the_Nursing_Home_Culture_79.pdf
"Long-Term Care Fact Sheet," http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/trends/fs27r_ltc.html
"Nursing Homes Fact Sheet," http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/nursinghomes/fs10r_homes.html
“Project 2020: Building
on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services,” http://www.n4a.org/files/advocacy/campaigns/project-2020-overview.pdf
“Senior Housing Locator,” http://www.seniorhousinglocator.org/
OLDER AMERICANS ACT
“The Aging Services
Network: Accomplishments and Challenges in Serving a Growing Elderly Population,”
http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_bp/BP_AgingServicesNetwork_04-11-08.pdf
“The Basics: Older
Americans Act of 1965,” http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_OlderAmericansAct_04-21-08.pdf
OLDER WORKERS
“Current Strategies to Employ and Retain Older Workers,” http://www.urban.org/publications/411626.html
“Engaging Immigrant Seniors in Community Service and Employment Programs: A
Guide for Providers,” http://www.seniorserviceamerica.org/news/cal_guide.html
“Employment at Older Ages and the Changing
Nature of Work,” www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/2007_20_work.html
STATISTICS
"2006 County-State Aging Population Estimates," Administration on Aging (expanded to include extensive race and
ethnicity, including Hispanic status, data), click here
Older Americans 2008 – Older
Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being, http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/Data_2008.aspx
VOLUNTEERISM
"Are We Taking Full Advantage of Older Adults' Potential?" Urban
Institute, click here
“Making the Most of Media Outreach: A Toolkit for Messaging your Civic
Engagement Work,” http://www.ncoa.org/userfiles/file/WW_Tool_kit_web(1).pdf
"Retaining Older Volunteers Is Key to Meeting Future Volunteer Needs," Urban Institute, click
here
"Volunteer Transitions among Older Americans," Urban Institute, click here
"Will Retiring Boomers Form a New Army of Volunteers?" Urban
Institute, click here
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
“The Causes, Consequences, and Future of Senior Hunger in America,” http://www.mowaa.org/SeniorHungerStudy.pdf
“Creativity Matters: The
Arts and Aging Toolkit,” www.artsandaging.org
DriveWell toolkit, click here
“Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans,” http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22826/2008-03-04
“Neighborhood Design and Aging: An Empirical Analysis in Northern
California,” Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
at North Dakota State University, click here
“Ready,
Willing, & Able -
Disaster Preparedness and Response Course on Meeting the Needs of Persons with
Disabilities,” https://www.train.org/DesktopModules/eLearning/CourseDetails/CourseDetailsForm.aspx?tabid=62&CourseID=1010882