This list was compiled Jan. 18, 2007. For additional resources, choose the appropriate topic from the pull-down menu at the top right of your screen.
Resources for covering nursing homes and assisted living
Tip Sheet: How to cover your local nursing home
AHCJ article: Inspection reports reveal deficiencies in assisted-living care
GAO Report: Enforcement doesn't deter some nursing homes from repeatedly harming patient
Web sites: State-by-state resources for covering nursing homes
Stories about nursing homes
Analysis finds deficiencies in assisted-living care
Nursing homes focus on profit, not patients
Assisted-living residents pay high prices for over-the-counter meds
Conn. nursing home chain has pattern of violations
Nursing homes use antipsychotic drugs to restrain Alzheimer's patients
Caller alleges man was beaten to death in nursing home
Resources for covering other aging issues
Stories
Terminal cancer patient logs final days in video diary
Elderly Nevadans' suicide rate three times higher than U.S. average
Medical care poses challenges for disabled, elderly
Scientists find cause, cure for Alzheimer's elusive
Coordinators help far-away children care for aging parents
Tip Sheets
Headlines an advocate for seniors would like to see
Aging Nation: Troublesome Health Care Issues
Lessons learned at the Age Boom Academy
Reports and studies
Snapshot: Home Health Care in California: An Overview, 2006
Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study
Prevalence of Dementia in the U.S.: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
Disaster preparedness and the chronic disease needs of vulnerable older adults
AHCJ article
President's corner: If candidates won't focus on aging issues, journalists better
Web sites
Statistics on the Aging Population
Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
Data and Statistics on Older Americans
Instituto Nacional Sobre el Envejecimiento
Winners of AHCJ awards
