Healthy Aging Tips

The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging publishes an ongoing series of easy-to-understand, authoritative, and up-to-date health “tip sheets”  for older adults and their caregivers. The work of leading geriatrics clinicians and researchers, the following tip sheets offer seniors and those who care for them advice on key elder health issues.

Caregivers

• Guide to Advance Directives
• Tips for Avoiding Caregiver Burnout
  
  

Healthy Aging

• Advice for Improving Your Memory
• Cognitive Vitality
• "Geriatric Syndromes" 1
• "Geriatric Syndromes" 2
• Good Health in Later Life for Older Men
• Good Health in Later Life for Older Women
• Improving Communication with Your Healthcare Provider
• Making Sense -- and Making the Most -- of Medicare
• Persistent Pain Tips
• Ten Top Tips for Aging Well
  
  

Holidays

• Tips for Beating the Holiday Blues
• Top 10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions for Older Adults
  
  

Safety

• Emergency Preparedness Tips
• Falls Prevention Tips
• Hot Weather Safety Tips
• Safe Travel Tips
• Safe Sex Tips
• Safety Tips for Seniors Considering Visits to Retail medical Clinics
• Walking Tips
• Winter Saftey Tips
  
  

Surgery

• Hip & Knee replacement
  
  

Vaccinations and Medications

• Avoiding Overmedication & Harmful Drug Interactions
• 2011 Essential Vaccination Tips
• Ten Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution