INFORMATION
TEACHING GERONTOLOGY
What's Your Aging IQ? by National Institute on Aging
EXERCISE FOR OLDER ADULTS
Access to Medical Service
100 Great Things about Growing Old
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA)

RESOURCES
Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/
AAHSA http://www.aahsa.org/

1. Aging Services: The Facts http://www2.aahsa.org/aging_services/default.asp

AARP http://www.aarp.org/
Aging with Dignity http://www.agingwithdignity.org/

1. Five Wishes Sample http://www.agingwithdignity.org/wish3.pdf

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education http://www.aghe.org/site/aghewebsite/

1. Online Clearinghouse for Internships and Fellowships in Aging http://experienceinaging.com

EcoVillage http://dfwnetmall.com/ecovillage/
Eldercare Locator – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp
The Gerontological Society of America http://www.geron.org/
Home Modification

1. National Resource Center of Supportive Housing and Home Modification http://www.homemods.org/
2. AARP Home Design http://www.aarp.org/families/home_design/
3. Universal Design http://www.infinitec.org/live/homemodifications/basics.htm
4. Home Modification Self Checklist http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/content/resource/detail/1192/
5. Administration on Aging (AoA) Home Remodeling http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Housing/Home_Remodeling/Home_Remodeling.asp
6. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 http://www.eeoc.gov/types/ada.html

HUD http://www.hud.gov/

1. Subsidized Apartment Search http://www.hud.gov/renting
2. Senior Citizens http://www.hud.gov/groups/seniors.cfm

LifeLine http://www.lifelinesys.com/ 
Medicare http://www.medicare.gov/
Medicaid http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
National Academy on an Aging Society http://www.agingsociety.org/
National Center for Policy Analysis http://www.ncpa.org/
National Adult Day Services Association http://www.nadsa.org/default.asp
Older Americans Act http://www.aoa.gov/about/legbudg/oaa/legbudg_oaa.asp
Senior Adult Services in Carrollton, Texas http://senioradultservices.org/
Social Security http://www.ssa.gov/
SPAN, Denton, Texas http://span-transit.org/
State Aging Offices: Search all 50 state’s information http://www.statelocalgov.net/50states-aging.cfm
Texas Health Resources http://www.texashealth.org/

1. Advance Directives [Click]

Texas Health and Human Services Commission http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/index.shtml

1. Texas Health and Human Service Commission, Benefits; https://www.yourtexasbenefits.com/wps/portal
2. Office Locator https://www.yourtexasbenefits.com/wps/themes/html/SSPortal/officeLocator/results.html

World Health: Anti-Aging and Longevity http://www.worldhealth.net/
Concept Healthcare: Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Web Conferences, Courses and Education
http://www.cohealth.org/

Research
CDC – National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Trend in Health and Aging http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm
National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
Extramural program http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms
Intramural program http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/
Extramural research support (funding opportunities; grants application, review, and funding process; funding policies; and research training support) http://www.nia.nih.gov/grantsandtraining
Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/

Minority Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Minority Health http://www.ahrq.gov/research/minorix.htm
American Medical Student Association: Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Health http://www.amsa.org/minority/
CDC National Center for Infectious Dis4eases, Office of Minority and Women’s Health http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/omwh/
FamiliesUSA, Minority Health http://www.familiesusa.org/issues/minority-health/
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Minority Health http://www.iom.edu/CMS/18007.aspx
Kaiser Family Foundation

1. Minority Health http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/index.cfm
2. Statehealthfacts http://www.statehealthfacts.org/

Minority Health Project to Eliminate Health Disparities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Program for Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO) http://www.minority.unc.edu/
National Minority Quality Forum http://www.nmqf.org/home.aspx
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health: Minority Health http://health.nih.gov/search.asp/26
National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Minority Health Concerns http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/minority.html
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Office of Minority Health and Research http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/minorities_and_disabilities.htm
The Minority Health Network (MHNet) University of Pittsburgh http://www.pitt.edu/~ejb4/min/
The Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

1. Minority Women’s Health, womenshealth.gov http://www.4woman.gov/minority/
2. Health and Human Services Statistics about Minorities http://www.hhs-stat.net/omh/

UCLA Asian American Studies Center http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/default.asp
University of Pittsburgh

• Center for Minority Health, Graduate School of Public Health http://www.cmh.pitt.edu/
• The Minority Health Archive http://minority-health.pitt.edu/