The geriatric care resources listed here - including books, pamphlets and other publications - offer additional information to help you enhance or maintain your health, independence and well-being.
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Directories
- Administration on Aging's Resource Directory for Older People
- Directory of Accessible Building Products, National Association of Home Builders
800.638.8556, free + $6.50 s/h
- Consumer Product Safety Commission's Safety for Older Consumers Home Safety Checklist (PDF)
- Aging in Place: Designing, Adapting, and Enhancing the Home Environment
E.D. Taira, M.P.H., O.T.R and J.L. Carlson, M.S., O.T.R.
- Age Well! A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Robert Palmer M.D., and Eileen Beal, M.A.
- Arthritis: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
John D. Clough, M.D.
- Avoiding the Medicaid Trap
Armond Budish
- Diabetes: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
S. Sethu Reddy, M.D.
- Getting a Good Night's Sleep: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, D.O.
- Heart Attack: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Curtis Rimmerman, M.D.
- Heart Failure: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Randall Starling, M.D.
- Home Planning for Your Later Years
William Wasch
- Liver Disorders: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Nizar Zein, M.D.
- One Stroke, Two Survivors
Berenice and Herb Kleiman
- Osteoporosis: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Abby Abelson, M.D.
- Pain Management: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Michael Stanton-Hicks, M.D.
- Primary Care: A Cleveland Clinic Guide for Partnering With Your Family Doctor
Vance M. Brown, M.D.
- Prostate Cancer: A Cleveland Clinic Guide
Eric Klein, M.D.
- Residential Remodeling and Universal Design
available only at http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/resid.html
- Successful Aging
John Rowe, M.D. and Robert Kahn, Ph.D.
- The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated step-by-step guide for caregivers
Paula Derr, R.N. and Maria M. Meyer
- The New Love and Sex After 60
Robert N. Butler, M.D., and Myrna Lewis, Ph.D.
- The New Male Sexuality
Bernie Zilbergeld
- The Memory Bible
Gary Small, M.D.
- The 36-Hour Day
Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
Pamphlets and Brochures
The following brochures may be ordered free from the American Health Care Association by calling 800.321.0343:
- Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's
- Consumer's Guide to Assisted Living and Residential Care
- Consumer's Guide to Nursing Facilities
- Having a Conversation About Long Term Care
- Having Your Say: Advance Directives
- Here's Help: Visiting Friends and Relatives
- Making the Transition: Nursing Home Life
- Understanding Long Term Care Insurance
The following brochures may be ordered free or downloaded from the Internet:
