Aging / Geriatric Resource Links

Areas of Interest

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Newsletters:
Aging interest newletters can be downloaded for review.

Senior Caregivers Support Magazine SeniorMag is an online magazine only.SeniorMag provides very reasonable services to get local business information out to the more than 70% of adult caregiver children that do not live in the same town as their parents.
SeniorMag's mission is twofold: 1) Provide seniors and caregiver adult children with the tools and resources to manage many of the senior specific circumstances that naturally arise. 2) Help local businesses connect seniors and adult caregiver children.

The South Carolina Center for Gerontology The South Carolina Center for Gerontology is a consortium of state-supported institutions of higher education that presently includes Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, Lander University, the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University, the University of South Carolina, and Winthrop University. The general purpose of the Consortium is to use the expertise of gerontology and geriatrics faculty from a variety of academic disciplines to assist in furthering the quality of life for older South Carolinians. Download the Center for Gerontology Newsletter

Senior Resource.Com The "E-cyclopedia" of housing options and information for retirement, finance, insurance and care in South Carolina.

The Cancer Research Network (CRN) is statewide network aimed at building bridges between medical and public health institutions, other academic institutions, and communities. The CRN focuses on reducing cancer rate disparities that disfavor South Carolinians of African-American (AA) descent. Through the collaborative efforts of community leaders, health-care providers, and academic researchers, priorities and recommendations for action have been developed that provide the blueprint for the rapid progress related to Cancer Control and Prevention in South Carolina.

Government Resources: Statisical information can be downloaded from these sites.

The Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov

The National Institute on Aging (NIA)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/

Center for Disease Control (CDC)
National Center for Healthcare Statistics:
http:www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

Social Security website
http://www.seniors.gov/


See also The Aging Network:

LTC Ombudsman Programs
http://www.ltcombudsman.org/static_pages/ombudsmen.cfm

State Agencies on Aging and Area Agencies on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/agingsites/state.html

Legal Assistance Developers
http://www.aoa.gov/aoa/PAGES/lsdevs.html

Aging and Health Resources:

Archstone Foundation
http://www.archstone.org

Andrus Gerontology Center, Southern Callifornia
http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/AgeWorks/

Ashley's Diabetes Information Center
http://206.246.185.85/diabetes/info.html

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE):
http://www.aghe.org/

Emory lists 161 Sites under subject Geriatrics:
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/

Health and Aging
http://www.healthandage.com/index.jsp

Hands on Heath
http://www.handsonhealth-sc.org

The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA)
http://sira.ucsd.edu/

Cyber Learning Models, Huffington Center
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/hcoa/10.html

Center for Disability Resources
http://uscm.med.sc.edu/CDR/index.htm

Drug Information
http://www.library.musc.edu/Druginformation.html

SC Eden Alternative Coalition
http://www.scedenalt.com

First Step to Active Heath
The National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 50 and Older was developed to serve as a guide for multiple organizations, associations and agencies, to inform and support their planning work related to increasing physical activity among America's aging population. This Blueprint is intended to outline broad strategies that will lead to increasing physical activity among older Americans.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices
http://www.ismp.org

Hazelden
http://www.hazelden.org

Hospice of Charleston
http://www.hospiceofcharleston.org

MEGA: Multidisciplinary Education in Geriatrics and Aging (MEGA)
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/dental/

National Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/

Netwellness
http://www.netwellness.org

Online Instruction Center
http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/oic/offerings.cgi?name=coastal&dept=7

Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provide and coordinate all neededpreventive, primary, acute and long term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community.

Palmetto Project
http://www.palmettoproject.org/healthcarelinks.htm

Pioneer Network
http://www.pioneernetwork.net

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/

Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
http://rcmar.musc.edu/

The SC Dental Directory for Individuals with Special Healthcare Needs
The South Carolina Dental Directory for Individuals
with Special Health Care Needs

SC Department of Health & Human Services
http://167.7.127.238/mature/default.htm

SC Midstate Alzheimer's Association
http://www.midnet.sc.edu/alz/mid.htm

Senior & Caregiver Benefits
http://www.benefitscheckup.org

The Caregiver's Companion
http://www.thoushalthonor.org

The Resource Directory for Older People
http://www.seniorjournal.com/

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