Aging Resources
Below are several links to other organizations, associations, institutions and foundations that also deal with issues regarding health, longevity and age-related disease prevention.
Organizations
- Alliance for Aging Research
The nation's leading citizen advocacy organization for improving the health and independence of Americans as they age.
- Alliance for Retired Americans
A nationwide organization working to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens and aims to influence government through action on retiree legislative and political issues at the federal, state and local levels.
- Alzheimer's Association
The leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
- American Aging Association
A national not-for-profit organization that aims to promote biomedical aging studies directed towards increasing the functional life span of humans with the goal to slow the aging process.
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
AACE is a medical professional community of clinical endocrinologists committed to enhancing its members' ability to provide the highest quality of care.
- American Association for Retired Persons
A nonprofit membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing their needs and interests.
- American Diabetes Association
The nation's leading 501(c)3 nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities.
- American Federation for Aging Research
AFAR supports the science of healthier aging-playing major role in providing and advancing knowledge of aging and mechanisms of age-related disease by providing start-up grants to more than 2,200 early-career scientists.
- American Geriatrics Society
A not-for-profit organization of over 6,700 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people.
- American Healthcare Association
A non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
- American Public Health Association
The oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world working to improve public health. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure that community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
- American Society on Aging
The largest organization of multidisciplinary professionals in the field of aging, with resources, publications, and educational opportunities geared to enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults and their families.
- International Longevity Center
The first nonprofit, nonpartisan, international research, policy, and education organization formed to educate individuals on how to live longer and better, and advise society on how to maximize the benefits of today's age boom.
- National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
The umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. Through its presence in Washington, D.C., n4a advocates on behalf of the local aging agencies to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans.
- National Council on Aging
A nonprofit organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders, with programs that help older people remain healthy and independent, find jobs, increase access to benefits programs, and discover meaningful ways to continue contributing to society.
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
The largest national non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of Hispanic older adults living in the US.
- National Indian Council on Aging
A non-profit organization founded in 1976 by members of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association that called for a national organization to advocate for improved, comprehensive health and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.
- National Institute on Aging
One of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, the NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. The NIA provides leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people.
- National PACE Association
PACE is centered around the belief that it is better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care needs and their families to be served in the community whenever possible. PACE serves individuals who are age 55 or older, certified by their state to need nursing home care, are able to live safely in the community at the time of enrollment, and live in a PACE service area.
- The Gerontological Society of America
A non-profit professional organization with more than 5,000 members in the field of aging. GSA provides researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers with opportunities to understand, advance, integrate, and use basic and applied research on aging to improve the quality of life as one ages.
- The Institute for the Study of Aging
Miscellaneous
- Eons.com
Eons.com is the online community for boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964 and beyond, who want to learn and do more to make the most of every stage of life. This is a place explore passions and interests, keep in touch with friends and family, connect with interesting people to share life experiences, and most of all-have fun.
- Infoaging
Launched by AFAR in 2000 and supported by a generous educational grant from Pfizer Inc., Infoaging.org is dedicated to providing the knowledge to live healthier, longer lives. The site delivers the latest research-based information on a wide range of age-related diseases, conditions, issues, features, and news.
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
The Pennington Center now houses eight Basic Research laboratories, three Clinical Research Units, nineteen Core Service laboratories, inpatient and outpatient clinics, a research kitchen, an administrative area, and more than $20 million in technologically advanced equipment. More than 80 faculty members and over 600 physicians, scientists, and support personnel focus their research efforts on six key areas: Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, Experimental Obesity, Functional Foods, Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, Health and Performance Enhancement, and Nutrition and the Brain. The Pennington Center is led by Dr. Claude Bouchard, formerly of the Université Laval in Canada, who specializes in studies of the genetic and molecular basis of obesity.
- Research!America
The nation's largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance. Since 1989, they have been committed to making research to improve health a higher national priority.
- Time Goes By: Ronnie Bennett's Blog
Time Goes By is a complex mix of reporting on every aspect of aging: health and medical issues, ageism and age discrimination, media, technology, politics and public policy, cultural attitudes, marketing to elders, the importance of language, love and sex, friendship, post-career careers, retirement, retirement living, family, the prospect of death and, certainly, humor.
- The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
The purpose of the foundation, which was founded in 1965 by Paul F. Glenn, is to extend the healthy productive years of life through research on the mechanisms of biological aging.
- The Silver Book
The Silver Book® is an almanac of more than 1,000 facts, statistics, graphs, and data from more than 200 agencies, organizations, and experts. It is a searchable database that is constantly updated and expanded in order to highlight the latest research and data on the burden of chronic disease and the value of investing in medical research.
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