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The CDC's Healthy Brain Initiative, Road Map for Indian Country, is the first-ever public health guide focused on dementia in American Indian and Alaska Native communitities. The Road Map is designed to support discussion about dementia and caregiving within tribal communities and to encourage a public health approach - as part of a larger holistic response.

This article discusses the important questions and documents regarding estate planning in older adults. It also discusses what one should know about wills and trusts along with how trusts and estate lawyers can help in the planning process.

Source: Caring.com, 2023.
https://www.caring.com/caregivers/

This newsletter from the Geronotological Society of America provides an overview of linkages between oral health, systemic conditions, functional abilities, and healthy aging. In addition to calling attention to the importance of oral health, this publication highlights special oral health challenges now faced by the world's rapidly aging population. It provides a valuable and up-to-date resource for clinicians, researchers, educators, and policy-makers across disciplines to quickly bring them up to speed on key areas of concern in geriatric oral health.

This web page from the Minnesota Dental Association shares information and resources for older adults their caregivers related to the importance of keeping teeth and gum tissues clean and healthy as we age. In addition, a comprehensive video series and companion workbook from the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota's Oral Health Services for Older Adults Program are included, which focus on providing oral care in long-term care environments.

This web page from the American Dental Association provides information related to oral health for people ages 60 and up. Some topics include healthy habits, nutrition tips, dry mouth, dentures, implants, medications, diabetes, cancer, smoking, and gum disease.

This booklist from Dr. Sandra McGuire, a Fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, is a compilation of carefully selected children's literature that contains positive, meaningful portrayals of older adults and promotes positive aging. A PDF of the 2024 booklist is included, which has been updated with new titles.

Source: Lincoln Memorial University, Carnegie-Vincent Library, 2024.
https://library.lmunet.edu/library

This web page created by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation discusses the topic area of Coronavirus (COVID-19). It provides information such as basic facts, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and tests, care and treatment, lifestyle and management, and how the coronavirus is unique to older adults. Videos and outside resources are also embedded within the web page.

Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2020.
https://www.healthinaging.org/

This web page from AARP offers ideas to family caregivers to help prevent boredom and keep their loved one active while stuck at home due to the coronavirus. Ten practical ideas are suggested. The web page is available in English and Spanish.

Source: AARP, 2020.
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/

This web page from AARP explains how family caregivers can find outside help. The web page describes several types of home care workers, and it provides steps to hiring a paid caregiver. The web page is available in English and Spanish.

Source: AARP, 2021.
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/

This web page from AARP describes how families can adapt their home to accomodate an aging parent moving in. Both low-cost safety tips and examples of expensive renovations are included. Financial assistance options are discussed. The web page is available in English and Spanish.

Source: AARP, 2021.
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/