Links
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Consider Gerontology Presentation
Agencies/Organizations
- Administration on Aging (AoA)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- AARP Kansas
- American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
- American Institute of Architects Design for Aging (AIA)
- American Society on Aging (ASA)
- Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)
- Center for Policy Research
- Gerontological Society of America
- Kansas Advocates for Better Care (KABC)
- Kansas Department on Aging
- National Academy on an Aging Society
- National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Coalition for Mental Health and Aging
- National Elder Law Network
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- NCFH Area Agency on Aging
Careers (see also “Long-term Care”)
- 101+ Careers in Aging
- Age Work - Jobs in Aging
- Careers in Aging
- Careers in Aging (Administration on Aging)
- Careers in Social Work & Aging (Adobe Acrobat) (Geriatric Social Work Initiative)
- Experience in Aging - Online Clearinghouse for Internships and Fellowships in Aging
- Exploring Careers in Aging
- Geriatric Social Work Initiative
- Occupational Outlook Handbook U.S. Department of Labor
- Senior housing jobs
- USAJOBS - Federal Gov't
Long-term Care
- American College of Health Care Administrators
- American Health Care Association
- Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA)
- Elder Web -- History of Long-term care
- Kansas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- Kansas Advocates for Better Care (KABC)
- Kansas Department on Aging
- Kansas Health Care Association
- Kansas Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators
- National Family Caregivers Association
- Workers Who Care: A Graphical Profile of the Frontline Health and Healthcare Workforce (Adobe Acrobat) (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Research/resource
- Acronyms in Aging: Organizations, Agencies, Programs & Laws (Adobe Acrobat)
- Ageline Database -- Policy and Research for Professionals in Aging
- AARP Policy & Research in Aging
- Center for Policy Research
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: National Center for Health Statistics: Data & Statistics on Older Americans
- Elder Web
- Etiquette for Visiting with Seniors (Adobe Acrobat)
- Expenditures of the Aged Chartbook (Social Security Online)
- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics
- Health Care Cost Monitor (The Hastings Center)
- Interactive Global Map: Aging Everywhere (AARP Policy and Research)
- Internet Resources on Aging (compiled by AARP)
- Medicare: A Primer (Adobe Acrobat) (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Medicare Spending and Financing Fact Sheet (Kaiser Family Foundation) (Adobe Acrobat)
- National Academy of Social Insurance: Americans Views of Social Security (Adobe Acrobat)
- National Institute on Aging
- Population Reference Bureau (publication, December 08): Rethinking Age and Aging (Adobe Acrobat)
- Profile of Older Americans 2008 (Adobe Acrobat)
- The Health and Retirement Study
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 (Adobe Acrobat) (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
- Thesaurus of Aging Terminology (Adobe Acrobat) (AARP)
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Information Center - Aging
- U.S. Census Bureau Age Data: 65+
- What's Your Aging IQ? (Adobe Acrobat) (National Institute on Aging)
Fun
- Aging Simulation Activities (Adobe Acrobat)
- AARP U@50 prize winner video: Lost Generation
- Beloit College Mindset List
- Interactive Global Map: Aging Everywhere (AARP Policy and Research)
- Reading List (Adobe Acrobat) - suggested resources for gerontology students
- Time Goes By: What it's really like to get older - blogging by elders about aging-related topics
- The Young at Heart Chorus - see also below a video of their performance
- The Young at Heart Chorus sings "Staying Alive"
- Video: 81 year old in ice skating competition
- What's Your Aging IQ? (Adobe Acrobat) (National Institute on Aging)