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NORMAL AGING CHANGES

Patient and Family Resources

Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/

Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/

Elderweb

Health and Age

Healthsafe, Inc.: Information about patient and resident safety; http://patientsafety.com; http://residentsafety.com

League for the Hard of Hearing - http://www.lhh.org/

Patient Safety (PS)/Resident Safety (RS) Newsletter

HeartCenterOnline: Home Page
HeartCenterOnline for Patients: Healthy Living Program

National Institutes of Health: Health Information

RN+ Safe-T-Net: "Mission: To support preventive care for persons at risk of injury in hospitals, nursing homes and home care"

Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics http://www.gericareonline.net/

Nurse's Notes for Healthy Aging: Exercise: A lesson for quality in life. Retrieved July 27, 2004

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional web sites

NIH Senior Health Information

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Prentiss Care Networks Project (Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults) http://caregiving.case.edu

Last updated - November 2005

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