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Websites
Consumer Resources
- Age UK
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
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- Old Age Security (OAS) Program (Service Canada)
Professional Organizations
- Alzheimer Society of Canada
- American Geriatrics Society
- Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
- British Geriatrics Society
- Canadian Continence Foundation
- Gerontological Society of America
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation
- Parkinson Canada
Professional Organizations - Guidelines and Policy Statements
- Guidelines & Recommendations (American Geriatrics Society)
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- American Gerietrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan;59(1):148-57.
- Management of Dementing Disorders: Conclusions from the Canadian Consensus Conference Dementia (CMAJ).
Senior's Health
- Aging and Seniors (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine)
- Canadian Deprescribing Network (Caden)
- Geriatrics Resource Center (Medscape, registration required)
- The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (Online Text)
Resources
Journals and Newsletters
- Age and Aging - $
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - $
- BMC Geriatrics - $
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - $
- Clinical Geriatrics (American Geriatrics Society)
- Drugs and Aging - $
- Geriatric Modern Medicine (New England Journal of Medicine)
Geriatric Nursing - $
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - $
Print and Electronic Resources
*Recommended texts are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information
Alternative Medicine for the Elderly (Cherniack & Cherniack, 2003) - $
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs (Koda-Kimble et al. 10th ed. 2013) - see Geriatric Therapy - $
- Clinical Geraitric Psychopharmacology (Salzman, 4th ed. 2004) - $
Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) - see Geriatrics Section - $
Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics (Kane et al. 7th ed. 2013) - $
Essentials of Geriatric Psychiatry (Blazer et al. 2nd ed. 2012) - $
Geriatric Dosage Handbook (Semla, 20th ed. 2014) - $
Geriatric Medicine (Cassel et al. 4th ed. 2003) - $
- Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (Reuben, 2019) - $
- Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy (2000) - $
Hazzard's Geraitric Medicine and Gerontology (Halter et al. 7th ed. 2016) - $
- The APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy (Feeney, 11th ed. 2015) - $
- see Chapter 38: Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Understanding Dementia: A Primer of Diagnosis and Management(Rockwood & MacKnight, 2001) - $
Videos for Patients
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Published: 01 Jun 2015
Revised: 21 Oct 2019