Selected Resources ~ Aging
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Books can be located by author, title, or subject and are searchable in many other ways in Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog.
Subject headings include Aged, Aged - Abuse of, Aged - Long-Term Care, Aged - Mental Health, Aged Women, Retirement, Grief, Widowers, Widows.
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THE CQ RESEARCHER (RR 050 E23). 1992- Reports with additional references on various social and political issues. Some recent issues include these topics: "Age Discrimination", "Alzheimer's Disease", "Assisted Suicide", "Privatizing Government Services", "Retiree Health Benefits", "Retirement Security", "Baby Boomers at Midlife".
RELATED PERIODICALS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY
Aging Today 2007 - present
Geriatric Nursing 2005 - present
Gerontologist 1983 - 2004
Harvard Mental Health Letter 1998 - 2004
Journal of Gerontological Nursing 2005 - present
Nutrition Reviews Microfiche 1994-2001
Psychology and Aging 1998 - 2004
Social Work Research 1994 - 2004
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
http://www.aarp.org
Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/
Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org
American Federation for Aging Research
http://www.afar.org
American Geriatrics Society
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
American Society on Aging (publisher of Generations magazine)
http://www.asaging.org/
Canadian Association on Gerontology
http://www.cagacg.ca
Elderhostel
http://www.elderhostel.org
First Gov for Seniors
http://www.seniors.gov
Gerontological Society of America
http://www.geron.org/
Government Benefits Checkup
http://www.benefitscheckup.org
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
InfoAging
http://www.infoaging.org/
International Longevity Center-USA
http://www.ilcusa.org
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACDA/
National Center on Elder Abuse
http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/ncearoot/Main_Site/index.aspx
National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
http://www.ncoa.org/
National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov
New York State Office for the Aging
http://aging.ny.gov/
SeniorNet
http://www.seniornet.org/
Social Security Online
http://www.ssa.gov/
United Nations Programme on Ageing
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/ageing/index.shtml
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
http://www.senate.gov/~aging/
Selected Reference Books |
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| REF 150.3 E56 1994 | Encyclopedia of Human Behavior,
4 v., 1994. |
| REF 155.6 E56 1993 | Encyclopedia of Adult Development, 1993. |
| REF 170.3 E562 1998 | Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, 4 v., 1998. |
| REF 174.95703 E5638 2004 | Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 5 v., 3rd ed., 2004. |
| REF 305.244 H236 1997 | Handbook on Women and Aging, 1997. |
| REF 305.26 A2675sm 2000 | Aging in America, 2000. |
| REF 305.26 C734 1993 | Common Beliefs About the Rural Elderly, 1993. |
| REF 305.26 O44 1994 | Older Americans Almanac, 1994. |
| REF 305.26 S797 1994 | Statistical Handbook on Aging Americans, 1994. |
| REF 155 H236 2010 | The Handbook of Life-Span Development, 2010. |
| REF 305.2603 E5637 2002 | The Encyclopedia of Aging, 4 v., 2002. |
| REF 305.4 D695 1994 | New Ourselves, Growing Older, 1994. |
| REF 344.023 M4394 2002 | Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions, 2002. |
| REF 361 E56 1995 | Encyclopedia of Social
Work, 19th ed., 3 v., 1995. (Entries include Adult Day Care, Adult Protective Services, Aging Overview, Aging: Direct Practice, Aging: Public Policy Issues and Trends, Aging: Services, Aging: Social Work Practice, Elder Abuse.) |
| REF 361.32 H236 2001 | Handbook of Social Work
Practice with Vulnerable Populations, 2001. |
| REF 616.89003 K124 2008 | The Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 3rd ed.., 2008. |
| REF 362.6 E565 1995 | Encyclopedia of Home Care for the Elderly, 1995. |
| REF 612.6703 E5642 2007 | Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd ed., 2 v., 2007. |
| REF 362.6 N27783 2003 | Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America, 2003 |
| REF 613.0438 M5559 2004 | The Merck Manual of Health and Aging, 2004 |
| REF 616.0084 J658 2005 | Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to Health After Age 50, 2005. |
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