Wayne State University

Aim Higher

Institute of Gerontology

Aging and Health Resources

IOG Resources
 

Research on Aging and Health

Outreach Programs
 
MySeniorCare - an in-depth caregiving community focused on assisted living facilities, home health care and hospice.

Weekly Colloquia

Gerontology Resources and Continuing Education

Resources -- End of Life Care

Online Training Module – End-of-Life Care

Online Training Module – Managing Difficult Behaviors in Persons with Dementia

 
Helping Handbooks ([PDF file])

These handbooks are for health care professionals and for families of individuals in long-term care.
           
Making the most of visits to nursing home residents who have dementia  [PDF file]
 
Taking care of yourself while taking care of a loved one who's in a nursing home  [PDF file]
 
Understanding and dealing with problem behaviors of nursing home residents  [PDF file]
 
Mental health and nursing home residents  [PDF file]
 
Living with loss: When a loved one dies in a nursing home  [PDF file]
 
"Prolonging Vitality"  [PDF file] compiled by the American Psychological Association
(The chapter Future Directions, was co-written by Peter Lichtenberg)
 


Outside Resources
 

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
 
Jim Schuster Elder Law Attorney

Michigan Area Agencies on Aging

Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD)

Michigan Dementia Coalition

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

National Institutes on Health (NIH)
 
WWJ - Caring For Aging Parents