Community Resources

Aging Advocacy

Central MN Council on Aging/Senior LinkAge Line
http://www.cmcoa.org/html/seniorlinkage.html

MN Board on Aging
http://www.mnaging.org/index.html

MN Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/agencywide/documents/pub/dhs_Home_Page.hcsp

National Area Agencies on Aging
http://www.n4a.org/

National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center
http://www.ltcombudsman.org/default.cfm

U.S. Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/

Aging Education and Research

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education ( AGHE )
http://www.aghe.org/site/aghewebsite/

Gerontological Society of America
http://www.geron.org/

National Institute on Aging (NIA)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/

Caregiving (see also Aging Advocacy and Dementia)

Eldercare Locator
http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp

National Alliance for Caregiving
http://www.caregiving.org/

Dementia (see also Aging Education and Research, Caregiving, and Health)

Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)
http://www.alzheimers.org/

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Health (see also Aging Education and Research)

Medline Plus
http://medlineplus.gov/

National Institutes on Health (NIH)
http://www.nih.gov/

Housing

Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/

Central MN Senior Housing and Services Guide
http://www.cmcoa.org/pdf.s/2008guide.pdf

Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance (MHHA)
http://www.mhha.com/

Social Programs

Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/

Social Security
http://www.ssa.gov/

Whitney Senior Center
http://ci.stcloud.mn.us/CommSvcs/Whitney/Default.aspx