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Hi Blog Readers, if you seek ACCURATE information, these resources may be useful to you.  Don’t believe everything you read online or in print.  Be skeptical and search for credible sources.  Verify! AgeDoc

This listing was EXPANDED on August 7, 2017:

Aging in place resource.  Not a scholarly source but lots of practical information for clients and case managers: http://www.ageinplace.org/

 

Aging and Death folklore http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html

 

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (2017).  Older Americans & Alzheimer’s disease.  Retrieved from https://alzfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Older_Americans_and_AD.pdf

 

Amarya, S., Singh, K., & Sabharwal, M. (2014).  Health consequences of obesity in the elderly.  Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics, 5(3), 63-67. doi:10.1016/j.jcgg.2014.01.004

 

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging https://www.blsa.nih.gov/

CDC Aging Resources

https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/

 

CDC (2016). Defining adult overweight and obesity.  Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html

 

CDC, National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS], (2015).  Prevalence of obesity among older adults in the United States, 2007-2010.  Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db106.htm

 

CDC, National Center for Health Statistics.  Health, United States, 2016: With Chartbook on long-term trends in health.  Hyattsville, MD 2017 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf#020

 

Global Aging Resources – Help Age International http://www.helpage.org/

 

Global Watch Index 2015: Get a report for a DEVELOPING country http://www.helpage.org/global-agewatch/

 

Intelligence “Decline” and Aging. University of California - Riverside. (2017, May 3). You're not too old to learn that: New theory suggests that adults can combat cognitive aging by learning like an infant. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 21, 2017 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170503131907.htm

 

Healthy People 2020 https://www.healthypeople.gov/

 

HHS, Office of Global Affairs http://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/oga

 

Homeless Vets http://www.va.gov/homeless/

 

Homelessness ~ 2015 Annual Report to Congress from USDHUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf

 

INEQUALITY IN LIFE EXPECTANCY. It varies by socioeconomic  status.  For details, see:
http://crr.bc.edu/working-papers/rising-inequality-in-life-expectancy-by-socioeconomic-status/

 

 Medicare – What is it? https://www.medicare.gov/sign-up-change-plans/decide-how-to-get-medicare/whats-medicare/what-is-medicare.html

 

Medicare Costs, Part B, 2017:  MedicareCosts2017.pdf 

 

Medline ~ U.S. National Library of Medicine, NIH https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html

 

National Council on Aging [NCOA] (2017).  Savvy saving seniors® financial education tools.  Retrieved fromhttps://www.ncoa.org/economic-security/money-management/budgeting/savvy-saving-seniors-financial-education/

 

National Hydrocephalus Foundation (2014).  Normal pressure hydrocephalus.  Retrieved fromhttp://nhfonline.org/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus.htm

 

National Institutes of Health https://www.nih.gov/

 

Older American’s Act https://www.ncoa.org/public-policy-action/older-americans-act/

 

Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/

 

Research Ethics Overview http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/

Retirement from USA.gov https://www.usa.gov/retirement

 

Rights of the Child from Unicef http://www.unicef.org/crc/

 

Rural Health https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/centers

 

Social Security Administration, Retirement Benefits https://www.ssa.gov/retire/

 

Universal design:http://www.universaldesign.com/

 

 U.S. Census Quick Facts  http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/00

 

U.S. Census Bureau (2017).  Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016). Retrieved fromhttps://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045216

LGBTQ Aging Resources:

1.    The American Society on Aging devoted their June 2016 journal, Generations, to LGBTQ aging.  This is a peer-reviewed journal.  Five of the articles from that journal are listed here at this link.  http://www.asaging.org/blog/summer-2016-generations-lgbt-aging

 

2.    SAGE, Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders.  Lots of resources here.  http://www.sageusa.org/

 

3.    National Resource Center on LGBTA Aging http://www.sageusa.org/programs/nrc.cfm

They have a toolkit available for professionals working in the community, Building Respect for LGBT Older Adults. 

4.    This is also a great organization for finding resources on aging in general. http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=742

5.    Find LGBTQ resources in your area: http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/area.cfm

 

6.    20 Retirement Communities for LGBT Seniors.  Not a scholarly source but intended to help you identify some local housing for all budgets.  https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/on-retirement/articles/2016-11-03/20-retirement-communities-for-lgbt-seniors

Retirement Resources:

1.    Retirement from USA.gov https://www.usa.gov/retirement

2.    Center for Retirement Research at Boston College http://crr.bc.edu/

3.    Retirement Research Consortium [SS Administration] https://www.ssa.gov/policy/rrc/index.html

4.    Health and Retirement Study, NIH https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/about?_ga=2.104579907.2107907243.1500246127-1428239528.1500246127