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Seniors’ Health
- Myths and Facts About Health Care Advance Directives [21]
Published by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging, this website exposes 10 of the legal myths regarding health care advance directives. - AARP in Your State: Tennessee [22]
This website provides information for seniors on the issues of advocacy, community service, news, announcements, and contact information for the state of Tennessee. - CaringInfo [23]
CaringInfo is a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. It offers information on a variety of senior issues including advance care planning with “free state-specific advance directive documents and instructions.” - AGS Foundation for Health in Aging [24]
The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging is a non-profit organization established in 1999 by the American Geriatrics Society. - Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning [25]
Published by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging, this tool kit contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions and resources to help users clarify and communicate what is important to them in the face of serious illness. - National Institute on Aging [26]
NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. - Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging [27]
“Think you are too old to start an exercise program?” Ease into an exercise program with this guide from the National Institute on Aging. - Older Adult Health [28]
Various sites selected for general information on seniors’ health issues at MEDLINEplus [29]. - Administration for Community Living [30]
ACL’s mission is to maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers. - Alzheimer’s Association [31]
A gateway to information for those suffering from Alzheimer’s and those caring for them. - Merck Manual of Geriatrics [32]
A full-text geriatric care manual for professionals. At the beginning of each topic is an option to get to the consumer version [33] of that same topic. - National Alliance for Caregiving [34]
Provides support to family caregivers of older persons and the professionals who help them and tries to increase public awareness of issues facing family caregivers. - CDC Older Adult Falls [35]
Get the background, news and resources for preventing injuries among older adults from the CDC’s Home and Recreational Safety page. - AARP: Health [36]
Articles, advice, insurance options and community information are among the topics covered at this site provided by AARP [37]. - National Directory of Home Modification and Repair Resources [38]
This resource is provided through the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology website homemods.org [39], which is “dedicated to promoting aging in place and independent living for persons of all ages and abilities.” - Visit assisted-living-directory.com [40] to search for assisted living accommodations for seniors by state.