Aging Issues - Patricia E. Kefalas Dudek

AARP Policy & Research articles
Links to several articles related to aging, health care, age discrimination and other aging related matters.

A Profile of Older Americans: 2009 (Administration on Aging: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Facts and figures related to the older population, its growth, income, employment, education and more.

ABA Bifocal (American Bar Assn. Commission on Law and Aging Newsletter)
Published 6 times a year. Search here for recent and past issues and subject.

Aging Today (American Society on Aging)
A bimonthly newspaper that covers developments in public policy, research, practice, media and programming in the field of aging. Some articles are freely linked and others require a paid subscription or comes with membership in the American Society of Aging.

AoA Awards More than $32 Million for Home and Community-Based Services and Supports for Older Americans and Individuals with Disabilities (Administration on Aging - 9/29/09)
HHS has announced more than $32 million to expand and support community-based programs that help promote health, independence and community living for older Americans, veterans and people with disabilities.

Changing Choices - Aging in Place in the 21st Century (Aging Well - Summer 08)
Aging once offered few options to older adults choosing living arrangements. We've come a long way from the stark and difficult choice between home and impersonal institutional settings.

Creating a Stronger Information, Advice and Advocacy System for Older People (Joseph Rowntree Foundation - 10/09)
Choice and control for older people is at the heart of current change to the adult social care system. Yet the information, advice and advocacy services older people need to remain independent are often limited, come without adequate support, and fail to take their experience and ideas into account.

Elder Boom Will be Felt Worldwide (Caring.com - 7/20/09)
The proportion of people who are age 65 and older will double from 7 to 14 percent of the world's total population by 2040, says a new U.S. Census Bureau study.

Graceful Aging (Bloomfield Township - video)
Graceful Aging is a television show designed to promote living safe, healthy, and dignified. Each episode focuses on a single topic important to older adults and those concerned. Driving for older adults, home safety, fall prevention, dementia issues, marriage and dating are samples of past shows. Each show is guided towards practical useful information by host and producer Gregory Bator. "Our goal for every show is to enhance and improve an older adult's life. Spouses, family members, and friends often struggle with aging issues. We tackle and unravel those struggles," says Bator.

Incontinence - Did Your Loved One Request Adult Diapers or Did You Insist? (Caring.com discussion topic)
Incontinence is such a tough topic to talk about. If your loved one has issues with it, how did the conversation about adult diapers come up?

Making Your Printed Health Materials Senior Friendly (National Institute on Aging)
Health information can be particularly difficult to understand and act upon, even for the most capable person. There are some special considerations when developing written materials for older people.

No Country for Old People? (WashingtonPost.com - Jan. 27, 2008)
The generation that wouldn't trust anyone over 30...never planned on a 30-year retirement.

Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being
This report provides the latest data on the 38 key indicators selected by the Forum to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families.

Older Americans and People With Disabilities - Bridging the Disconnect (Aging and Disability in America - 8/20/10)
This Information Bulletin is an attempt to bridge and solidify advocates from two communities - older Americans and people with disabilities. For many reasons, there has been a disconnect between them.

Portal of Geriatric Online Education (POGOE)
A free public repository of a growing collection of geriatric educational materials in various e-learning formats, including lectures, exercises, virtual patients, case-based discussions, simulations, as well as links to other resources.

Profile of Older Americans (Administration on Aging)
Electronic version of the popular brochure with the latest key statistics on older Americans in key subject areas. It includes both narrative and statistical charts. The 2009 edition is only available online.

Projected Future Growth of the Older Population (Administration on Aging)
Provides statistics by age, age and gender, and by race. For further information, also see "Aging Statistics."

The Eighth Deadly Sin is Hunger, Especially Among Seniors (Aging & Disability in America - 1/24/10)
Americans living in the south are the hungriest citizens in the nation, according to a study from the Meals on Wheels Association.

Toolkit for Serving Diverse Communities (Administration on Aging)
An easy-to-use method for providing respectful, inclusive, and sensitive services for any diverse community. The Toolkit consists of a four-step process and a questionnaire that assists professionals, volunteers and grassroots advocates with every stage of program planning, implementation and service delivery for older adult communities, their families and caregivers.

Upstream Solutions: Does the Suppl. Security Income Program Reduce Disability in the Elderly? (The Milbank Quarterly)
An interesting study from this multidisciplinary journal of population health and health policy.