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DEPRESSION

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/

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

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. (2004): Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia, and depression. Retrieved August 2, 2004, from http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/completed_guidelines/
BPG_Guide_C4_caregiving_elders_ddd.asp

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional web sites: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/depression.html

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/

National Institutes of Health:
Health Information Home Page: http://health.nih.gov/
NIH Publication No. 03-4593. (Jan 2001, Revised May 2003). Older adults: Depression and suicide facts. Retrieved August 2, 2004 from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/elderlydepsuicide.cfm

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

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

Last updated - November 2005