Obesity and Overweight
When combined with common aging-related challenges, obesity, which is now recognized as a chronic condition, can create complex clinical situations without easy solutions. The GSA KAER Toolkit for the Management of Obesity in Older Adults and numerous other resources address this complex condition.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Vaccine-Preventable Illnesses Resources
GSA’s National Adult Vaccination Program aims to support diverse interdisciplinary teams to increase reverence for vaccines among older adults. Available resources, including webinars and podcasts, address specific vaccine-preventable illnesses and focus on increasing vaccine acceptance overall.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
The Longevity Impact
People are living longer and healthier lives. These resources, including podcasts and webinars, illustrate how lifelong learning, health, wealth, and social factors are related to longevity and can influence meaningful lives of people as they age.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Nutrition for Older Adults
Adequate nutrition is fundamental for optimizing wellness and preventing disease throughout the life cycle. These resources address a variety of issues around nutrition, malnutrition, and cellular nutrition.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Sleep Health
These resources address sleep health for older adults and how care providers can work with older adults to best address insomnia and other sleep disturbances.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Clinician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
The Clinician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers, 4th Edition is published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as a service to healthcare providers involved in the care of older adults. This 4th edition is an update of the 3rd edition to the current state of the literature, with a continued focus on the interprofessional nature of the team caring for an older adult driver. This edition is the result of a cooperative agreement between AGS and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Ageism in Health Care
Ageism in health care can lead to misdiagnoses, delayed treatment, and higher costs, but enhanced communication helps reduce bias and improve patient-centered care. The resources, including videos and webinars, provide health care professionals with practical, evidence-based strategies to foster trust, improve interactions, and ensure equitable, high-quality care for older adults.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Caregiving
Across all demographic groups, family caregiving is increasingly common with all-too-often physical, financial, and psychosocial burdens for the caregiver. The resources, including podcasts and webinars, examine sweeping changes that are needed to promote the health and well-being of care recipients and their family caregivers.
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
https://gsaenrich.geron.org
Medical Use of Cannabidiol
Older adults are exploring cannabidiol (CBD) products to address a variety of symptoms and conditions. Despite the perception that CBD products are low risk, there are evidentiary gaps in research and questions about their safety. This site provices access to the publication, "Medical Use of Cannabidiol in Older Adults" and the podcast, "GSA Policy Profile Podcasts: The State of Medical Use of Cannabidiol in Older Adults in 2023."
Source: Gerontological Society of America Enrich, 2025
