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OGEC Resource Center
Institute on Aging
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone 503 725-5149
Fax: 503 725-5100
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Catalog of Resources
Resources are organized according to thesaurus developed by AARP (formerly known as American Association of Retired Persons). Also includes items for sale.

Click on the first letter of the topic, or on the specific topic of your choice below:

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Author Title Abstract Publisher Call Number Publication Year Media Type

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

A
Active aging
Activity participation
Activity planning
Adjustment
Adoption
Adult education
Advance directives
Advance directives
Advocacy
Aerobic exercise
Age differences
Age discrimination
Age segregated housing
Age stereotypes
Ageism
Aging
Aging education
Aging in place
Aging network
Agitation
AIDS
Alaska natives
Alcohol
Alcohol abuse
Alcoholism
Alzheimer's disease
Ambivalence
American indians
Ancillary services
Angina pectoris
Anti aging lifestyle
Anti aging medicine
Architectural barriers
Architectural design
Art
Art therapy
Arthritis
Asians
Assessment
Assistance programs
Assisted living facilities
Assistive devices
Athletes
Attitudes toward aging
Attitudes toward death
Audiovisual materials

B
Baby boom generation
Baltimore longitudinal study of aging
Bathing
Behavior
Behavior modification
Behavior problems
Behavioral changes
Bereavement
Biological aging
Biology
Blacks

C
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular system
Caregivers
Caregiving burden
Case management
Centenarians
Cholesterol
Christians
Chronic diseases
Chronic pain
Chronically ill
Clinical practice guidelines
Cognitive impairment
Cohorts
Commitment procedures
Common diseases
Communication
Communities
Community involvement
Community services
Confusion
Consumer expenditures
Continuing care retirement community
Continuum of care
Cooperatives
Coping behavior
Counseling
Couples
Creativity
Crisis intervention
Cross cultural studies
Cultural anthropology
Curriculum
Curriumlum

D
Dance therapy
Day care services
Deafness
Death
Decision making
Delirium
Dementia
Demographic characteristics
Demographics
Demography
Dental health
Dental services
Dentists
Dependence
Dependency
Dependent parents
Depression
Developmentally disabled
Diagnosis
Diets
Digestive system
Dimentia
Directory
Disabilities
Disease stages
Diseases
Diversity
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Drug costs
Drug effects
Drug interactions
Drug therapy
Drug use
Drugs
Dying

E
Ear Examinations
Eating habits
Economic needs
Economic security
Educational programs
Elder abuse
Eldercare programs
Emergency health services
Emotions
Employee retirement income security act
Employment
Environment
Environmental adjustment
Epidemiology
Ethical practices
Ethics
Ethnicity
Euthanasia
Exercise

F
Falls
Family assistance
Family relationships
Family therapy
Farm workers
Feeding
Females
Feminism
Fiction
Financial assistance
Financing
Fires
Food preparation
Foster homes
Frail Elderly
Friendship patterns
Functional ability
Functional assessment
Funding
Funerals

G
Games
Gatekeeper programs
Geographical differences
Geriatric assessment
Geriatric dentistry
Geriatric education
Geriatric psychiatry
Geriatrics
Gerontological research
Gerontologists
Gerontology
Gerontology careers
Gerontology education
Grief
Group meals
Group therapy
Guardianship

H
Harmful behavior
Health
Health attitudes
Health behavior
Health care rationing
Health care reform
Health education
Health examinations
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Health patterns
Health promotion/prevention
Health service costs
Health services
Health status
Hearing
Hearing aids
Hearing impairment
Heart
Heart failure
Helath promotion
Helping behavior
Hispanics
Holidays
Home care
Home health care
Home maintenance
Homosexuality
Hospices
Housing
Housing costs
Housing design
Housing Management
Housing needs
Housing types
Human factors engineering
Humanities
Humor therapy
Hypertension

I
Illnesses
Immune system
Immunization
Incontinence
Independence
Infection
Information and referral services
Information dissemination
Informed consent
Injuries
Insomnia
Institutional care
Institutional design
Institutionalization
Insurance
Intelligence
Interdisciplinary team care
Intergenerational
Intergenerational programs
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Intervention strategies
Intimate contacts

K
Knowledge of aging

L
Law enforcement
Leadership
Learning
Legal rights
Legal services
Legal system
Leisure activities
Library services
Life review
Life satisfaction
Life span
Life sustaining treatment
Literature
Living arrangements
Living patterns
Living wills
Locus of control
Long distance caregivers
Long term care
Longevity
Longitudinal study
Loss adjustment
Loss of function
Love

M
Males
Mass media
Massage
Mational health insurance
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medical procedures
Medical research
Medicare
Medication errors
Medigap
Memory
Memory aids
Memory impairment
Mental disordered
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Middle aged
Middle ages
Migration
Minority groups
Mobility
Money management
Movement therapy
Music therapy

N
National association of area agencies
Needs assessment
Neighborhoods
Nervous system
Normal aging
Nurses aides
Nurses aids
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing home standards
Nursing homes
Nutrition
Nutrition education
Nutrition programs
Nutritional disorders
Nutritional requirements
Nutritional status

O
Occupational therapy
Older adults
Older workers
On Aging
Oral health
Oral history
Oregon
Organizations
Osteoporosis
Outreach services

P
Pain
Parents
Parkinson's disease
Patient care
Patient education
Patient rights
Pension plans
Pensions
Personal account
Personality
Pharmacists
Physical activity
Physical condition
Physical mobility
Physical performance
Physical therapy
Physician education
Physician patient relations
Pneumonia
Policy making
Polypharmacy
Population aging
Poverty programs
Power of attorney
Prescription drugs
Prevent medicine
Preventive health services
Preventive medicine
Privacy
Product design
Program description
Program evaluation
Projection
Prostate
Protective services
Psychiatric services
Psychological aging
Psychological attitudes
Psychological tests
Psychological well-being
Psychomotor performance
Psychotropic drugs
Public policy
Public relations

Q
Quality assurance
Quality of care
Quality of life

R
Recovery
Recreation programs
Rehabilitation
Reimbursement
Religion
Religious attitudes
Reminiscence
Research techniques
Resource allocation
Respiratory diseases
Respite care
Restraints
Retired couples
Retirement
Retirement housing
Retirement planning
Reverse annuity mortgages
Risk factors
Role changes
Roles
Rural

S
Safety
Screening
Self care
Self concept
Self esteem
Self medication
Self neglect
Senior centers
Senior community service employment program
Senses
Sensitivity training
Sensory loss
Sensory training
Service delivery
Service needs
Service planning
Service utilization
Sexual attitudes
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Shared housing
Shopping
Simulation
Single room occupancy hotels
Skin
Skin diseases
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Smell
Smoking habits
Social attitudes
Social gerontology
Social interaction
Social networks
Social policy
Social security
Social services
Social work
Special care units
Speech disorders
Spiritual well being
Sports
Statistical
Statistical analysis
Statistical data
Stress
Strokes
Substance abuse
Successful aging
Suicides
Supplemental medical insurance
Supplemental security income
Supportive services
Surrogate decision making
Swallowing disorders

T
Taste
Terminal care
Theology
Theories of aging
Therapy
Touch
Training
Transportation planning
Treatment

U
Urban and regional planning
Urinary incontinence
Urogenital system

V
Verbal ability
Veterans
Vision
Vision disorders
Volunteers

W
Wandering behavior
Widowhood
Wisdom

Z
Zoning

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Updated 12/09/03
Please contact Brenda Sulick at 503-725-5149
with comments & suggestions for the OGEC-PSU Web pages

Institute on Aging
Urban Center
506 SW Mill Street, suite 470G
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 725-5149 or (800) 547-8887, ext. 5149
Fax: (503) 725-5100