About these Resources

The publications below have been selectively chosen to be useful to those interested in healthy aging programs. If you are looking for resources related to a specific topic area of healthy aging, you will find most of these publications cross-listed in the Program Administration and Health Program Topics sections. Following the links below will bring you to a more detailed description of each resource and a link to the resource itself. Please contact us with comments or suggestions.

Fact Sheets/Brochures

• As You Age...A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol

• Asthma & Adults

• Cancer Facts for People Over 50

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Fact Sheet

• Depression in Older Persons

• Health Promotion for People With Disabilities: The Amazing Paradigm Shift from Disability Prevention to Prevention of Secondary Conditions

• Health Promotion for People with Physical and Cognitive and Sensory Disabilities: An Emerging National Priority

• JAMA Patient Page: Psychiatric Illness in Older Adults

• Living With Asthma: Special Concerns for Older Adults

• Medications for Diabetes: An Older Adult's Guide to Safe Use of Diabetes Medications

• Medicines and Older Adults

• Medicines: Use them Safely

• Patient Resources on Falls in Older Adults

• Preventing Falls

• Seniors and Asthma Fact Sheets

• The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+

• Think it Through: A Guide to Managing the Benefits and Risks of Medicines

• Tips for Preventing Polypharmacy Problems

• What YOU Can Do to Prevent Falls

• Your Medicine: Play it Safe

Issue Briefs

• CDSMP: The Effects on Healthcare Utilization

• Cultural Competence in Health Care: Is It Important for People With Chronic Conditions?

• Healthy Aging and States: Making Wellness the Rule, Not the Exception

• State Strategies to Promote Independence Among Older Residents

Issue Briefs: "Using the Evidence Base" Series

• The Administration on Aging's Evidence-Based Prevention Programs for the Elderly Initiative

• The Model Programs Project

• Using the Evidence Base to Promote Healthy Aging

Issue Briefs: Physical Activity Series

• Best Practices in Physical Activity

• Designing Safe and Effective Physical Activity Programs

• Keeping Current on Research and Practice in Physical Activity for Older Adults

• Maintaining Participation of Older Adults in Community-Based Physical Activity Programs

• Motivating Participants to Be More Physically Active

• Recruiting and Retaining Effective Instructors for Physical Activity Programs

• Recruiting Older Adults Into Your Physical Activity Programs

Manuals and Guides

• A Physician's Guide to Nutrition in Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults

• Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building

• Evidence Based Health Promotion: Resources for Planning: No. 3 Falls Prevention

• Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons

• Health Promotion Strategies for Community Health Services: An Evidence-Based Planning Framework for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Healthy Weight

• Healthy People in Healthy Communities: A Community Planning Guide Using Healthy People 2010

• Making Health Communication Programs Work: A Planner's Guide

• Measuring Health Promotion Impacts: A Guide to Impact Evaluation in Integrated Health Promotion

• Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults

• Mental Health, Mental Illness, Healthy Aging: A New Hampshire Guide for Older Adults and Caregivers

• National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older

• Partnering to Promote Healthy Aging: Creative Best Practice Community Partnerships

• Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook

• Planning for Healthy Communities: Reducing the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Through Healthier Environments and Lifestyles

• Promoting Older Adult Health: Aging Network Partnerships to Address Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Problems

• Reference Guide of Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults

• The Tension of Turf: Making it Work for the Coalition

• Together We Care: Helping Caregivers Find Support

• Writing Narrative Action Evaluation Reports in Health Promotion--Guidelines, Resource Kit, and Case Studies

Presentation Slides

• Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan

Reports

• A National Survey of Health and Supportive Services in the Aging Network

• A New Vision of Aging: Helping Older Adults Make Healthier Choices

• A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke

• A Report on the Proceedings for Best Practices at Home and Abroad: Making Health Promotion Decisions for the Best Results

• A Review of the Literature on Best Practices in Falls Prevention for Residents of Long Term Care Facilities

• American Perceptions of Aging in the 21st Century

• Boomers as Volunteers

• Care Coordination for People With Chronic Conditions

• Challenges and Successes in Implementing the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

• Characteristics of Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults: Results of a Multisite Study

• Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care

• Community-Wide Campaign to Promote Physical Activity Among Midlife and Older Adults

• Creative Practices in Home Safety Assessment and Modification Study

• Diffusion of Innovations

• Exemplary State Programs

• Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan: Environmental Scan

• Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan: National Action Plan

• Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan: Research Review Papers

• Financial Sustainability for Evidence-Based Programs

• Health Promotion Survey Report

• Healthy Aging - A Good Investment: Exemplary Programs for Senior Centers and Other Facilities

• Innovation in Best Practice Models of Continuing Care for Seniors

• It Takes a Village: Partnerships Prove Essential to Promoting Healthy Aging

• Literature Review on Community Organizations' Roles in Health Promotion and Program Diffusion

• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

• MMWR- Self-Reported Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Persons Aged 65 and Older

• Myths and Realities of Aging: American Perceptions of Aging in the 21st Century

• National Arthritis Action Plan: Executive Summary

• NCOA Selects Nation's Best Physical Activity Programs: Seniors Reap the Benefits

• Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease

• Prevention of Falls and Injuries Among the Elderly: A Special Report from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer

• Progress Report on the Falls Free National Action Plan

• Review of Literature on Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses and Behavior Change

• Selected Bibliography: Logic Models in Program Evaluation

• Strategies for Action: Integrating Nutrition and Physical Activity Promotion to Reach Low-Income Californians

• Synthesis of AARP Research in Physical Activity, 1999-2003

• The 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What it Means to You

• The Aging States Project: Promoting Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Public Health and Aging Services Networks

• The Nine Best Practices of Highly Effective SCSEP Projects: Lessons in What Makes These Projects a Success

• The State of Aging and Health in America 2007

• U.S. Fall Prevention Programs for Seniors: Selected Programs Using Home Assessment and Modification

Study Findings

• CDSMP: The Effects on Healthcare Utilization

Toolkits

• Project SIEN: Replication Report

Websites - Health Information

• OAA Nutrition Services

White Papers

• Preventing Falls in Older Californians: State of the Art