Links/Resources

Minnesota Aging Links

Minneapolis Area Senior Workers Association provides monthly educational and networking opportunities for those working in the aging field.

Minnesota Board on Aging, appointed by the governor, promotes government policy, provides objective information and oversees Area Agencies on Aging.

Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MN-CCD) - a broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations of persons with disabilities, providers and advocates

Minnesota Department of Human Services CS/SD Program - funds innovations in community-based long-term care

Minnesota Gerontological Society - a professional membership organization for academics, researchers, regulators and practioners in the field of aging

MinnesotaHelp.info is an online directory of services managed by the Minnesota Board on Aging and the Minnesota Department of Human Services

St. Paul Senior Workers Association - provides monthly educational and networking opportunities for those working in the aging field

Vital Aging Network (VAN) - builds the individual and civic capacity of older adults.

Aging Links Outside of Minnesota

Aging In Place Initiative - Developing Liveable Communities - a collaboration of several national organizations and the MetLife Foundation

American Society on Aging - a leader in providing education and information to professionals in the aging field

Compendium of Community Agency Initiatives - provides brief descriptions of 121 projects in the United States that support the development of "aging friendly" communities.

Geriatric Mental Health Foundation - provides older adult mental health information for professionals, consumers and families

Gerontological Society of America - professional organization dedicated to aging research

Iowa Geriatric Education Center - University of Iowa provides e-learning opportunities for health care professionals wishing to increase their understanding of gerontology and best practices

Leadership Council on Aging Organizations - a sixty member council dedicated to preserving and strenthening the well-being of older adults

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General Chapter Five - report on older adult mental health

National Center on Elder Abuse - rlder abuse information from the Adminstration on Aging

National Institute on Mental Health - older adult mental health information from the NIMH a program of the National Institutes of Health

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Center - a guide for older adults

The State of Mental Health and Aging in America - Information on mental health and aging published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

University of Iowa - College of Nursing - a Geriatric Mental Health Training Series sponsored by the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiatives and the University of Iowa

Centers on Aging Attached to Universities

Universities across the United States sponsor Centers on Aging.to promote research and teaching in the field of gerontolgy. You will find a broad array of research projects, resources and links among the partial list of centers below:

Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging - Tuft University

Huffington Center on Aging - Baylor Medical School

Boston College Sloan Center on Aging and Work

University of Alabama Center for Mental Healtha and Aging

University of Iowa Center on Aging

University of Maine Center on Aging

University of Minnesota Center on Aging

University of North Carolina Institute on Aging

Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology

Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center