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Healthy Aging
- Topic Overview
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Health Tools
- Normal Aging
- Physical Vitality
- Emotional and Mental Vitality
- Sexual Vitality
- Getting the Nutrition You Need
- Getting the Medical Care You Need
- Other Places To Get Help
- Related Information
- References
- Credits
Organizations
| AARP (Association for the Advancement of Retired People) | |
| 601 E Street N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20049 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-OUR-AARP 1-888-687-2277 |
| Web Address: | www.aarp.org |
AARP is a national organization founded in 1973 to promote quality of life for older people. AARP provides information and education about issues affecting older people, including medication costs; advocates at the national, state, and local levels; and provides opportunities for service and involvement. | |
| Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| 1 Massachusetts Avenue | |
| Washington, DC 20201 | |
| Phone: | (202) 619-0724 |
| Fax: | (202) 357-3555 |
| Email: | aoainfo@aoa.hhs.gov |
| Web Address: | www.aoa.gov |
This government Web site offers the latest aging-related policy and Medicare information, as well as links to health information. Text is provided in several languages and font sizes. | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Healthy Aging | |
| 4770 Buford Highway, Northeast | |
| Mailstop K-45 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30341 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) |
| TDD: | 1-888-232-6348 |
| Email: | cdcinfo@cdc.gov |
| Web Address: | www.cdc.gov/aging |
This CDC Web site provides health information for older adults and caregivers, relevant health statistics, and links to many aging-related Web sites. | |
| National Institutes of Health Senior Health | |
| 9000 Rockville Pike | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892 | |
| Phone: | (301) 496-4000 |
| Email: | custserv@nlm.nih.gov |
| Web Address: | www.NIHSeniorHealth.gov |
This Web site for older adults offers aging-related health information. The Web site's senior-friendly features include large print, simple navigation, and short, easy-to-read segments of information. A visitor to this Web site can click special buttons to hear the text aloud, make the text larger, or turn on higher contrast for easier viewing. The site was developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIHSeniorHealth features up-to-date health information from NIH. Also, the American Geriatrics Society provides independent review of some of the material found on this Web site. | |
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: January 14, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Carla J. Herman, MD, MPH - Geriatric Medicine | |
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