Related Links

Brain Health

• Alzheimer’s Association 
• AARP, Healthy Brain 
• CDC, Healthy Aging Program
• NIH, National Institute on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center

Cancer Screening

• American Cancer Society 
• CDC, Cancer Control Program

Cholesterol Screening

• American Heart Association 
• CDC, Cholesterol Fact Sheet

Clinical Preventive Services

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
• SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration) 

Disability

• CDC, Disability Program

End-of-Life

• AARP, End-of-Life Resources 
• CDC, Healthy Aging Program
• Center for Practical Bioethics, Caring Conversations® 
• Center for Practical Bioethics, Aging and End-of-Life Care 
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Means to a Better End: A Report on Dying in America  

Falls Prevention

• American Geriatrics Society, Falls in Older Adults Management in Primary Practice 
• CDC’s National Center on Injury Prevention and Control: A Tool Kit To Prevent Senior Falls
• Center of Excellence for Fall Prevention 
• Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics Falls Toolkit 
• National Center for Safe Aging 
• National Council on Aging, Center for Healthy Aging and Falls Free Coalition 
• National Fire Protection Association, Remembering When: A Fire and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults™ 

Frequent mental distress

• CDC, Health Related Quality Of Life Program

Health Disparities

• American Medical Association, Eliminating Health Disparities 
• CDC, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
• CDC, REACH 2010 Program
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

Immunizations

• CDC, National Immunization Program

Nutrition and Obesity

• CDC, Nutrition Program
• CDC, Obesity Program
• 5-a-Day Program

Oral Health

• CDC, Oral Health Program
• Oral Health America 

Physical Activity

• Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 
• CDC, Physical Activity Program
• CDC, Growing Stronger Program
• Enhance Fitness Program 
• National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 50 and Older 

Physically Unhealthy Days

• CDC, Health Related Quality Of Life Program

Tobacco

• American Lung Association 
• CDC, Tobacco Control Program

State and Local Health Department Resources

To find state health depts:
http://www.apha.org/about/Public+Health+Links/LinksStateandLocalHealthDepartments.htm 

To find state units on aging:
http://www.nasua.org/about_nasua/sua_links.html 

To find local health depts:
http://www.naccho.org/about/lhd/ 

To find local aging resources through Eldercare:
http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Home.aspx