Resources and Reports

Healthy Aging Council Links and Resources

Critical Issues Briefs:

NACDD Publications:

• Meeting the Challenges of an Aging Society: The Experience of State Health Departments (2009)
• Implementing a Community-Based Program for Dementia Caregivers: an Action Guide using REACH OUT
• Data Needs and Uses for Older Adult Health Surveillance: Perspectives from State Health Agencies (July 2005)
• Health-Related Surveillance among Older Adults: A State Perspective(January 2005)
• Improving the Health of Older Adults: Roles for State Health Departments: A State Perspective (December 2004)
• End of Life Report (October 2004)
• The Aging States Project: Promoting Opportunities for Collaboration Between Public Health & Aging Services Networks (January 2003)

Additional Resources:

• SPARC Action Guide. For more information about SPARC, or to discuss implementation of a SPARC program, please contact Dr. Doug Shenson atdshenson@sparc-health.org.
• Team Up to Stay Healthy (2012). Brochure for physicians to help heir patients to understand Medicare preventive benefits.
• Advanced Care Planning and Emergency Preparedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders (May 2011)
• Enhancing Use of Clinical Preventive Services Among Older Adults - Closing the Gap (March 2011)
• The Healthy Brain Initiative: A National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health (June 2007)
• State of Aging and Health in America - 2007
• State of Decay: The Oral Health of Older Americans (September 2003)
• Active Living for Older Adults: Management Strategies for Healthy and Livable Communities Guide
• Vision 2010: Toward a Comprehensive Aging Information Resource System for the 21st Century
• Designing the Aging Information Resource System of Tomorrow: The Vision 2010 Self-Assessment Guide
• Assessment and Implementation Guide for Older Americans Act Information & Referral/Assistance Programs

Partner Organizations:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Healthy Aging Program (CDC)
• The National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
• The Prevention Research Centers – Healthy Aging Network (PRC-HAN)
• The Administration on Aging (AoA)
• National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA)