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Able Data provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment. Their database includes 40,000 assistive technology products classified…

Expert panel tackles elder abuse at workshop on aging: Liz Seegert writes about a panel on elder abuse at AHCJ’s…

Differences in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics by Center Ownership: United States, 2012 The National Center for Health Statistics…

Some websites offer introductions to and advance directives. POLSTs are primarily for those with serious life-threatening illnesses or advanced life-limiting…

Some websites offer introductions to and advance directives. General information about advance directives can be found at healthfinder.gov. American Bar…

Websites OldSchool.info –contains all of the resources that follow, and is the one-stop go-to for all things ageism-related HelpAge International…

National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging 2020 Report and Toolkit n4a worked with Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University…

All Together Now: Integrating Health and Community Supports for Older Adults Brief from American Institutes for Research’s Center on Aging. First in…

Today’s Research on Aging: The Demography of Dementia and Dementia Caregiving — A report from the Population Reference Bureau summarizes…

Adverse Events Associated with Testosterone Administration Latest research on Resveratrol National Institute on Aging began a national trial of testosterone…

Antibiotic Stewardship in Long Term Care Facilities — from Pew Trusts Antibiotic Resistance project — important and timely backfround information…

National Center for Assisted Living Facts & Figures: A page full of vetted sources for information about assisted living, including…

Here are a couple of presentations from AHCJ annual conferences. George M. Martin (M.D., professor emeritus, Department of Pathology, University…

Brain Health Data: The National Alzheimer’s Disease Index is a public health tool that aggregates Medicare data and enables visualization…

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine compared the health care experience for cancer patients older than…

AHA Statistical Update Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2013 Update; A Report From the American Heart Association CDC Interative Atlas…

American Association of Caregiving Youth More than a million children under 18 care for a parent, grandparent or other relative with…

New England Centenarian Study, billed as the longest and largest study of people over age 100, began in 1995 as…

Chronic Disease Indicators for older adults: The chronic disease indicators (CDI) are uniformly defined state and selected metropolitan-level data for…

This is a position paper from the National Bone Health Alliance Working Group, a public-private partnership of 56 partners from…

CMS has released a new quick-reference statistical summary on annual CMS program and financial data. The November fact sheet includes…

Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action: Forgetfulness at older ages is often equated with a decline in…

California Assisted Living Association Age-Friendly Language Guide — What we say and how we say it can either be age-friendly…

The New York Times COVID-19 Long Term Care Facility Tracker: The New York Times has been putting together its own database of…

National Center for Creative Aging EngAGE   (provides arts programs onsite in senior housing communities in Los Angeles area) Elders Share…

Aging and Health Datagraphic: from Health Affairs, a visual look at how well older adults achieve goals like aging in…

NCHS Data Brief: Diabetes: Nearly 10 percent of Americans and 21 percent of adults 65 and over have diabetes. The National…

PHI reports on home care: Annual data on the direct care workforce, including this brief on home care workers and…

Vision Problems in the U.S. from Prevent Blindness: Tracks the prevalence of adult vision impairment and age-related eye disease in…

Emergency Preparedness for Elderly People – from the National Caregivers Library — a list of supplies to have on hand…

The National Caucus & Center on Black Aging, Inc. — one of the country’s oldest organizations dedicated to aging issues…

Rx Price Watch report on specialty prescription drugs from AARP,  which found that the average annual price for a single…

National Adult Maltreatment report 2016 – From the Administration for Community Living, the first report of a series based on data…

End-of-life discussions: Perspective from a nurse who is a patient: Amy Berman – a nurse, a nationally recognized expert in care…

Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) — this list from the National Institute of Aging provides information on various…

Addressing the Health Needs of an Aging America: New Opportunities for Evidence-Based Policy Solutions. A comprehensive policy brief from The…

Exercise is vitally important for older adults.  Learn about the National Institute on Aging’s Go4Life exercise initiative for older adults.…

Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers: This is an excellent starting point for any reporter covering the health of older veterans…

There are a couple of studies focusing on super-aging problems: Emily Rogalski, Ph.D., assistant research professor, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s…

Chinese Aging Studies at the RAND Center for the Study of Aging facilitates collaborative research with Chinese scholars on issues of…

The Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) is the national LGBT benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities’ policies and practices related to…

White House Conference on Aging Policy Brief: Healthy Aging is the first of what will be several upcoming briefs on…

Coronavirus, COVID-19, and Considerations for People Living with HIV and LGBTQIA People The AIDS Institute National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness…

How States Use American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Strengthen Home and Community-Based Service Workforce. An interactive map from the…

Hospice Medicare Margins: Analysis of Patient and Hospice Characteristics, Utilization, and Cost: Report prepared by the actuarial and consulting firm…

An annual overview from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), with facts and figures, of important trends in…

CMS Data Brief: Sharp Reductions in Avoidable Hospitalizations Among LTC Facility Residents — Between 2010 and 2015, the hospitalization rate…

Many Older Americans Do Not Receive the Recommended Home Health Care After Hospitalization issue brief. This joint Lerner Center for Public Health…

Independent Living Homeadvisor.com hosted an aging in place forum to discuss remodeling and design ideas and released the results of…

The Elder Index – a tool from the National Council on Aging that looks at the true cost of how…

Social Isolation and Loneliness in older adults — The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) consensus reports that…

National Center on Law and Elder rights: NCLER works to strengthen the legal services delivery system for older adults through trainings,…

Coronavirus, COVID-19, and Considerations for People Living with HIV and LGBTQIA People Public Attitudes Toward Aging Sexual and Gender Minorities…

National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) — From the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. This ongoing study monitors trends…

National Academy of Medicine, Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity — new report says healthy longevity is the state in which…

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Longevity Genes Project Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies at University of Texas, San…

Genworth Financial updated their tables to reflect the median cost of long-term care by state, and by type as of…

Medicare Trends and Recommendations: a summary and analysis of nearly 42,000 questions and issues posed through the Medicare Rights Center’s…

Medication Mangement and Adherence for Older People – a report from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center for…

The National Caucus & Center on Black Aging Inc. Minority aging facts: According to the Administration on Community Living (ACL) Racial…

How Neighborhoods Affect the Health and Well-Being of Older Americans: A 2017 report from the Population Reference Bureau summarizes recent…

Skilled Nursing Services Payment System – from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, (MedPAC), an independent congressional agency established which advises…

AARP fact sheet This fact sheet from AARP provides some basic stats about hunger among the 50 population. It’s a…

Medicare Observation Status Toolkit from the Center for Medicare Advocacy: created to help beneficiaries, families, advocates and providers understand and…

The National Academy on Aging offers a summary of this legislation, which reauthorizes the Older Americans Act of 1965, a…

“Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging” – The Gerontological Society of America has dedicated an entire issue of…

Too much of a good thing? Overuse of health care: A March 2018 University of Michigan national survey on healthy…

Physical Activity Snapshots of 131 Countries: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!), a council of physical activity researchers has…

Gauging Aging: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understanding of Aging in America: A breakdown of what experts know, what…

AARP Report: Rx Price Watch — this June 2019 analysis found the prices of widely used specialty prescription drugs grew…

This report presents life expectancy estimates calculated using abridged period life tables based on provisional death counts for 2020, by…

One of the first steps in undertaking a major organizational change is the evaluation of the preparedness of the organization…

This table from the Urban Institute shows the effect of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) on uninsured non-elderly adults…

Ageing and Employment Policies: United States 2018 According to the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2016 employment rates at…

Disease drivers of aging e-briefing — comprehensive summary report on the The 2016 Advances in Geroscience Summit, from the New York…

These resources provide information about sleep conditions and improving sleep. American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2510 North Frontage Road Darien,…

Social Security Spotlight is a report and interactive data project from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security Foundation details…

Disability Language Style Guide from the National Center on Disability and Journalism — excellent guidelines and language alternatives when reporting on…

Frameworks Institute guide on reframing aging language: uses the evidence-informed findings from the Reframing Aging Initiative and the best practices…

This free white paper from Tableau will help you understand and decide which chart is best for the type of data you’re…

Healthcare ready is consortium of trade associations, comprising the bio-pharmaceutical supply chain and the American Red Cross established post-Katrina to…

This report from the Alzheimer’s Association and the CDC provides the Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships,…

A nationally recognized storytelling program for people with dementia, with information and resources for care professionals, educators, family and friends. …

Where do they go from the hospital? (Mary Naylor presentation) Care transitions: Role of geriatric care managers (Emily Saltz presentation)…

Profile of Older Adult Volunteers 65 (a report from the Corporation for National and Community Service) Volunteer Growth in America:…

Dr. Colleen Fitzgerald makes the case for women’s health rehabilitation in this presentation.

2020 Nursing Home Salary & Benefits Report, published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service. Includes salary information about 760 types…