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• Resources on Aging
• Readings
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Resources on Aging

International Resources on Aging

• Human Mortality database (includes European countries and U.S.)
• Mexican Health and Aging Study
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Population Reference Bureau
• United Nations Programme on Ageing
• WHO Program in Aging
• WHO and UN

National Organizations

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• Agency on Aging
• American Public Health Association links on aging
• Centers for Disease Control Aging subject page
• Civic Ventures
• U.S. Government Aging Statistics
• Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging ( MICDA)
• Michigan Community Health Department data
• National Library archive
• National Institute of Aging (NIA)
• NIH Senior Health
• Nun Study
• U.S. Census
• U.S. EPA Aging Initiative

UM and Detroit Academic Resources

• Claude Pepper Center
• Institute of Gerontology at University of Michigan
• Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State
• Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research
• National Archives of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
• UM Alzheimer’s Center
• UM Arthritis Center
• UM Diabetes Center
• UM Retirement Center

Community Resources and Organizations on Aging in Michigan

• Ann Arbor Senior Center
• Blueprint for Aging
• eWashtenaw (Washtenaw County Services for Older Adults)
• Meals on Wheels
• Michigan Aging Services System
• Michigan Community Health Department
• Michigan Office of Services to the Aging
• Michigan Seniors, Michigan Office of Services to the Aging
• Michigan Seniors Network
• Senior Groups in Ann Arbor
• Turner Geriatrics Center

Web Articles

• Medicare Drug Benefit (April 2007)
• Degree of Certainty in Population Projections (April 2007)
• Population Aging Impact Differs Across Countries (June 2007)
• The Brain Changes as it Ages… (June 2007)
• New Research Findings May Help Older People…Decisions (June 2007)
• Disability and Aging (August 2007)

  E-Newsletters

• #1 Healthy Aging (March 2007) (PDF)
• #2 Prescription Drugs and Medicare (April 2007) (PDF)
• #3 Savings and the Elderly (May 2007) (PDF)
• #4 Global Health and Population Aging (June 2007) (PDF)
• #5 Cognitive Aging (July 2007) (PDF)
• #6 How Does HIV/AIDS Affect the Elderly… (August 2007) (PDF)
• #7 Trends in Disability at Older Ages (Sept. 2007) (PDF)
• #8 Underweight, Undernutrition, and the Aging (Oct. 2007) (PDF)
• #9 Why Do We Make Bad Decisions? (Nov. 2007) (PDF)
• #10 Caregiver Health (December 2007) (PDF)