Talking With Your Older Patient: A Clinician's Handbook by National Institute of Aging - HTML preview

Other Subjects

• Alcohol Use In Older People*

• Beware Of Health Scams*

• Considering Surgery*

• Depression*

• Forgetfulness: Knowing When To Ask For Help*

• Getting Your Affairs in Order

• HIV, AIDS, and Older People*

• Mourning the Death of a Spouse

• Nursing Homes: Making The Right Choice*

• Sexuality In Later Life*

• Urinary Incontinence*

In-depth publications are also available. Examples are listed below.

• End of Life: Helping With Comfort and Care

• Exercise and Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging*

• So Far Away: Twenty Questions and Answers About Long-Distance Caregiving

• Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People*

• There’s No Place Like Home—for Growing Old:

Tips from the National Institute on Aging

NIA’s ADEAR Center has a wide variety of free publications for people with cognitive problems, their families, and caregivers, such as Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease. To order, contact: Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center P.O. Box 8250

Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250

1-800-438-4380 (toll-free)

www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers

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Suggestions

Please send comments, personal observations,

practical experiences, or suggestions to:

Freddi Karp, Editor

Office of Communications and Public Liaison

National Institute on Aging

Building 31, Room 5C27

Bethesda, MD 20892

1-301-496-1752

karpf@nia.nih.gov

Contributors: Caroline McNeil, Freelance Writer; Karin Kolsky and Megan J. Homer, NIA Office of Communications and Public Liaison; Susan R. Farrer, JBS International, Inc. Design: Susan Spangler Design & Illustration

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