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Aging & Diversity Web Links

Below are links to selected resources on aging, diversity, and related topics.

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Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia

Organizations

Alzheimer's Association (national)

• Alzheimer's Association Eastern Carolina Chapter
• Alzheimer's Association Western Carolina Chapter

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs)

Reports & Resources

African-Americans and Alzheimer’s Disease : the silent epidemic

Caregiver guide : tips for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's Disease

US Administration on Aging: Alzheimer's Resource Room

Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia in Diverse Populations

Reports & Resources

Alzheimer's Association Diversity Toolbox

Social and Behavioral Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in Diverse Populations: A Bibliography

Diversity & Aging

Organizations

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged

Native Elder Health Care Resource Center

Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

Reports & Resources

Achieving cultural competence : a guidebook for providers of services to older Americans and their families

Gender, race, and class : enduring inequalities in later life : a North Carolina perspective

NIH Research Training Opportunities for Minorities / Research Supplements in the Behavioral and Social Science

Health Disparities

Organizations

Minority Health Project (UNC)

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)

Reports & Resources

Addressing Health Disparities: The NIH Program of Action

Closing the Health Gap

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans (National Academies Press, 1997)

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (National Academies Press, 2002)

UNC Links

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Center for Aging and Health, School of Medicine

School of Medicine, Department of Neurology

UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes (ECHO)