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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has thrown us into a period of massive upheaval. A national survey from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) shows COVID-19 is seriously affecting Americans' mental health, with half of U.S. adults reporting high levels of anxiety. With so many circumstances out of our control, fear and anxiety can be overwhelming, leading to stress, emotional exhaustion and difficulty coping. The pandemic has also led to a collective sense of grief from our loss of normalcy, social connections and the world as we knew it.

This CDC pamphlet from the STEADI program informs older adults of four steps they can take to prevent falls.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/

This tip sheet provided by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation discusses a list of ten tips for aging well. These tips vary from topics in nutrition to exercising,. The tipsheet provide a useful handout for patient education.

Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-ten-top-tips-aging-well

This webpage offers many resources on brain health for older adults, health professionals, caregivers, and the general public. Links to presentations, brochures, and handouts that cover topics on brain health basics, medicine, age and the brain, brain injury, and dementia.

This fact sheet explains the prevelance of mental health problems in older adults and how these problems are under-identified within this population. Risk factors for mental health problems are discussed, along with the specific conditions of dementia and depression. Treatment strategies are described.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2017.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

This fact sheet describes the incidence of falls, the scope of the problem, who is at risk for falls, and how to prevent falls.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2021.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

This website aims to engage the global community to create an age-friendly world through city and community planning. Viewers of the site can access newsletters, discover age-friendly practices, submit age-friendly practices, and explore the global network. Cities and communities can apply to join the global network.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.

This fact sheet defines dementia and its common forms, and describes signs and symptoms, treatment and care, risk factors and prevention, and the social, economic, and familial impacts of the disease. Links are included to WHO's public health responses to dementia.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2023.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

This fact sheet provides statistics on how common elder abuse is and in what forms abuse may occur. The website also details risk factors, prevention, and WHO's response to the problem.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2022.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

This fact sheet explains aging, lists health conditions associated with aging, and describes factors that affect healthy aging. Challenges to responding to population ageing are addressed, along with WHO's action plan for responding to these challenges.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2022.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets