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Children of Hoarders
For the adult children of compulsive hoarders - opening hearts, minds and homes with understanding.

Elders Hoarding Animals Need Help (PA Elder Blog)
A thoughtful essay and information on the subject of animal hoarding

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (Hoarding)
A website designed to provide information and assistance in a comprehensive and efficient way. It covers the definition of hoarding, professional articles on multiple aspects of hoarding, self help and support group articles, a hoarding/compulsive buying screening test, and useful information about this medical disorder.

Understanding Compulsive Hoarding (The Senior Resource Network)
Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items, even though they appear to others to have no value.

When Hoarders Make Life Miserable for Others (Wall Street Journal - 11/9/09)
Compulsive hoarding - accumulating so much stuff that one's living space is rendered unusable - is coming out of the closet these days...But many family members say the pain that hoarding inflicts on them is still largely unacknowledged.

When it Isn't Just Clutter Anymore (New York Times - 1/20/10)
She was a retired college professor, living alone in a New York apartment that had become unmanageable. When she called Bergfeld’s Estate Clearance Service for help, Kristin Bergfeld had trouble entering the apartment; the professor had to move objects out of the way simply to open her front door.

Administration on Aging Awards Nearly $1.1 Million to States to Help Older Americans Access Legal Services
These grants, which bring together the aging and legal service delivery systems, will improve states' efforts to protect the independence, health and financial security of older adults.

California Senior Legal Hotline Foreclosure Project (CERA)
When the statewide senior legal hotline model was launched and expanded by a partnership of AARP Foundation and the Administration on Aging close to 20 years ago, the goal was to connect seniors with free, high quality legal advice and referral through the easy accessibility of the telephone.

Online Intake Helps Hotlines and Clients (CERA)
Cheryl Nolan at LSC, in collaboration with CERA, presented a webinar featuring Online Intake procedures at four legal hotlines.

Senior Legal Helplines - 2008 (CERA)
22 statewide senior legal hotlines provided data to CERA on their productivity, funding, levels of service, and client demographics.

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.

Aging in Place in America (Clarity - 8/20/07)
This study surveyed seniors and Baby Boomers with aging parents to identify concerns and issues related to aging in place and to learn about the need for new technology solutions to enable independent living and aging in place.

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.

Boomers Checking in on Mom and Dad -- Discreetly (The Oakland Press - 1/8/09)
How do you tell your elderly mom that you're worried about her living alone? Where do your folks want to live when they can no longer live alone at home?

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.

Energy Bills - Operation Energy Save (AARP)
Ways that seniors can seek help with paying their utility bills and making their homes more energy efficient.

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.

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.

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.