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The World Wide Web is a comprehensive information network that
provides invaluable access to resources to our area of specialty. Browse this
section for a listing of recommended specialty-specific resources on the Web
and other sites that we think you may find interesting.
See our book list!
Links to More Information
| AARP Website click HEALTH and WELLNESS on the left tool bar |
| AgeNet click HEALTH on left tool bar |
| American Geriatrics Society |
| Alzheimers Association |
| caregiverhelper.com free online resource community for family caregivers |
| Department of Health and Human Services |
| Family Caregiver Handbook: Finding Elder Care Resources in Massachusetts, First Edition |
| ElderWeb |
| Intelihealth |
| Learn about Health and Illness |
| Mass Aging |
| Mental Health Links within MGH-targeted to patients,
families, caregivers, and the public. moodandanxiety.org schoolpsychiatry.org |
| MGH Shingles Center |
| MIT Age Lab |
| National Council on Aging |
| National Institute on Aging |
| National Institute of Health |
| PrimeCare - Services to assit caregivers looking after an elder |
Books and Publications
Through the generous contributions of patients, MGH Senior Health has accumulated a comprehensive catalogue of informational tapes, books, pamphlets, and fact sheets that allow our patients, their families and other professionals easy access to up to date information. Information ranging from health to housing to insurance. The following book titles represent just 10 to 60 books available at our Boston site.
Aging in Good Health, A Complete, Essential Medical
Guide for Older Men and Women and Their Families, By Mark H. Beers, MD and
Stephen K. Urice, Ph.D., J.D., Pocket Books, New York 1992
Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents, By Claire
Berman, An Owl Book, Henry Holt and Company, New York 1996
Growing Older Together, By Barbara Silverstone and Helen Kandel Hyman, Pantheon
Books, New York 1992
Growing Older & Wiser, By Nathan Billig, MD, Lexington Books,
An Imprint of the Free Press, New York 1993
How To Care for Aging Parents, By Virginia Morris, Workman Publishing,
New York 1996
The 36-Hour Day, By Nancy L. Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH,
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1991
The Wellness Book, By Herbert Benson, MD and Eileen M. Stuart, RN,
C, MS, A Fireside Book Simon & Schuster, New York 1992
Timeless Healing The Power and Biology of Belief, By Herbert Benson,
MD, Scribner, New York 1996
The American Geriatrics Society's Complete Guide to Aging & Health,
By Mark E. Williams, MD, Harmony Books, New York 1995