A membership consortium of aging services organizations, including CCRCs, housing, and home care agencies. Uses community health and individual wellness assessments to further the goal of healthy aging. Of interest in identifying factors important to healthy aging.
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Healthy Aging
This topic area includes resources that address healthy aging in general, which we define as “the development and maintenance of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being and function in older adults.”
Date accessed: 2010
Describes the process and the opportunities for public comment in the development of Healthy People 2020, science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Valuable in considering key goals at all organizational levels.
Citation: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Developing Healthy People 2020: The Road Ahead. Washington, DC. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009.
This online presentation by David Marquez, of the U of Illinois at Chicago, explores the ways the environment affects aging. The presentation introduced a four-month series on Environmental and Policy Change for Healthy Aging, which also included monthly webinars (archived) and online discussion groups.
View archived presentations and webinars at http://www.agingfriendly.org/. (The series was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.)
Date accessed: 2010
A product of the Healthy States initiative, designed to help state leaders make informed decisions on public health issues. Excellent resources for educating state policymakers about key policies that support healthy aging.
Citation: Council of State Governments. Keeping the Aging Population Healthy: Legislator Policy Brief. Lexington, KY. 2007.
Presents the good news/bad news on older adult health, with examples of programs that work. Good overview of factors important to healthy aging and selected strategies of proven value.
Citation: Center for the Advancement of Health. A New Vision of Aging: Helping Older Adults Make Healthier Choices. Issue Briefing No.2, Washington, DC. 2006.
Prepared for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors in recognition of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999. Based on the principles of dignity, independence, participation, fairness, and security. Includes policy questions related to each principle, which can be used or assessment purposes. (Full report also available on this site.)
Citation: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada. Principles of the National Framework on Aging: A Policy Guide. Ottawa, ON, Canada. 1998.
Set of recommended preventive services, indicators, and baseline data at national and state levels to monitor progress and promote successful strategies to facilitate their adoption and use.
Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AARP, and American Medical Association. Promoting Preventive Services for Adults 50-64: Community and Clinical Partnerships. Atlanta, GA. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. 2009.
Activities in the African-American and Latino communities of Poughkeepsie and Beacon (Berkshire-Taconic region in Massachusetts) and their work to help health care and civic leaders in other regions develop the skills to launch their own SPARC replication sites. Useful insights into process and potential of regional collaboration.
Citation: Brodeur P. SPARC—Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration. In: Isaacs SL, Knickman JR, eds. To Improve Health and Health Care. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, Volume X. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2006. p. 145-67.
Extensive report on WISEWOMAN (Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation). Organized around the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance). Useful examples from the field and good example of the application of RE-AIM in planning and evaluation.
Citation: Besculides M, Zaveri H, and Hanson C. WISEWOMAN Best Practices Toolkit: Lessons Learned from Selected Projects. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 2007.