Aging

“Aging Grace­fully at Home”

Arti­cle in Har­vard magazine.

Aging in Place


Aging in Place Initiative

Aging in Place is an ini­tia­tive of Part­ners for Liv­able Com­mu­ni­ties (Part­ners) and the National Asso­ci­a­tion of Area Agen­cies on Aging (n4a). It was devel­oped to help America’s com­mu­ni­ties pre­pare for the aging of their pop­u­la­tion and to become places that

Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Retired Per­sons (AARP)

The “gold stan­dard” asso­ci­a­tion for folks over fifty. The web site con­tains a wealth of infor­ma­tion on health, fam­ily, home, legal, money, work, travel, and even a sec­tion called “fun and games.” Most of the infor­ma­tion on the web is acces­si­ble with­out be

Amer­i­can Soci­ety on Aging

ASA is the largest orga­ni­za­tion of mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­fes­sion­als in the field of aging. Our resources, pub­li­ca­tions, and edu­ca­tional oppor­tu­ni­ties are geared to enhance the knowl­edge and skills of peo­ple work­ing with older adults and their families.

EPA Aging Ini­tia­tive Factsheets

A series of infor­ma­tive fact­sheets for older adults and care­givers. Includes: # EPA Reports and Pre­sen­ta­tions #Fact­sheets on envi­ron­men­tal health #Fact­sheets on Build­ing Healthy Com­mu­ni­ties for Active Aging #Posters #Reduce your expo­sure to contaminants.

National Asso­ci­a­tion of Area Agen­cies on Aging

Advo­cacy, action, and answers on aging. “A link to ser­vices for older adults and their care­givers.” Con­tains an Elder­care Loca­tor, pol­icy papers, advo­cacy alerts, pub­li­ca­tions and resources, and links.

National Cen­ter for Cre­ative Aging

The National Cen­ter for Cre­ative Aging (NCCA) is ded­i­cated to fos­ter­ing an under­stand­ing of the vital rela­tion­ship between cre­ative expres­sion and the qual­ity of life of older peo­ple. Cre­ative expres­sion is impor­tant for older peo­ple of all cul­tures and e

Sta­tis­tics Related to Age and Aging

A wide col­lec­tion of impor­tant and inter­est­ing sites on Aging. Included are links to: #AARP Pol­icy & Research Sta­tis­tics #AgingStats.gov: Ongo­ing Fed­eral Data Resources Rel­e­vant to the Study of Aging #CDC: Trends in Health ad Aging #Cen­ter for Retirem