Keep Up with the Latest Research
- Abstracts in Social Gerontology This link opens in a new windowIncludes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 35,700 records.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
Learn about mobile access | PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE®, the NLM® database of indexed citations and abstracts to medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences journals. A DMU Library icon will display in if you use this customized URL to PubMed. Click on the purple DMU Library icon to connect to article pdf's when the Library has a subscription, or to have the option to order the article through Interlibrary loan.
Free Resources Online
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging The Healthy Aging Program serves as the focal point at CDC for efforts to promote the health and quality of life of older Americans. Located within CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Program focuses primarily on adults age 50 or older.
- EthnoMed: Ethnic-Specific Geriatric Care in the United States"eCampus Geriatrics in partnership with the Collaborative on Ethnogeriatric Education and the Department of Veterans Affairs is proud to present the Ethnic-Specific Modules on the health and health care of multicultural older adults...We have identified the major ethnic groups of older adults in the United States and have developed individual stand alone modules on thirteen ethnicities. "
- Medline Plus: Healthy AgingInformation about ways to manage a healthy lifestyle for aging adults
- The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender older adults. Established in 2010 through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging provides training, technical assistance and educational resources to aging providers, LGBT organizations and LGBT older adults. The center is led by SAGE, in collaboration with 18 leading organizations from around the country.
- NPT Reports: Aging Matters (Video Series)Aging Matters reports are part of Nashville Public Television's original series NPT Reports: Aging Matters. These reports offer information and resources for seniors, their families and caregivers on a wide range of aging topics.
@ the DMU Library
Ethnogeriatrics by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9783319165585Publication Date: 2016This volume is divided into five parts and fifteen chapters that address these topics by examining ethnogeriatric foundations, research issues, clinical care in ethnogeriatrics, education and policy
Handbook of Minority Aging by
This text provides up-to-date, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive information about aging among diverse racial and ethnic populations in the United States. It is the only book to focus on paramount public health issues as they relate to older minority Americans, and addresses social, behavioral, and biological concerns for this population.
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780826109637Publication Date: 2014
Global aging : comparative perspectives on aging and the life course by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780826105479Publication Date: 2014
