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Gerontology Librarian: Robert Ridinger
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815-753-1367
rridinger@niu.edu
| Web Resources | Organizations | Federal Government |
| Midwest State and City Agencies | Legislation | Research Centers and Libraries |
Web Resources
- Mapping the Growth of Older America: Seniors and Boomers in the Early 21st Century
- SeniorNet
- Social Gerontology & the Aging Revolution - This site is very comprehensive and easily navigated. It provides information on statistics, organizations, cultural experiences, associations, policy, and theories of aging, as well as links to material on the biological, social, and psychological aspects of aging.
Organizations
- Age UK
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- American Association of Retired Persons
- American Federation for Aging Research
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Psychological Association Division 20: Adult Development and Aging
- Canadian Association on Gerontology
- Council for Jewish Elderly (Chicago, Illinois)
- Ethnic Eldercare Network
- Gay and Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons (Los Angeles)
- Gerontological Society of America
- International Federation on Aging
- LGBT Aging Project
- National Caucus and Center on the Black Aged
- National Council on the Aging
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Indian Council on Aging
- National Resource Center for Safe Aging
- Society for Research in Adult Development
Federal Government
- Administration on Aging
- Aging/Stats : Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics
- National Elder Abuse Incidence Study - [PDF version]
- National Institute of Health SeniorHealth.gov
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Aging Information Center
- Social Security Administration
- State Agencies on Aging
- State of Aging and Health in America
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Midwest State and City Agencies
- Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
- Illinois Department on Aging
- Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Seniorsites - The most comprehensive web source of non-profit housing and services for seniors, with over 5000 listed communities.
- Wisconsin Association of Area Agencies on Aging Housing
Legislation
Research Centers and Libraries
- Aging Research Centre
- American Health Assistance Foundation - A non-profit charitable organization dedicated to funding research on age-related and degenerative diseases and educating the public about them. One of the United States' leading supporters of research on Alzheimer's Disease, glaucoma, heart disease and stroke.
- Center on Aging (University of Utah)
- Center on Aging (West Virginia University)
- Institute of Gerontology
- National Academy on an Aging Society
- Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy (Florida State University)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine/ National Institute of Health
