For an annotated list of Links to Policy and Advocacy Resources, courtesy of SAGE-SW and the Council on Social Work Education, please click here.

Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work is an organization for social workers and students interested in aging issues in social work practice. Please click here.

The Gerontological Society of America is a nonprofit professional organization with more than 5000 members in the field of aging. GSA provides researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers with opportunities to understand, advance, integrate, and use basic and applied research on aging to improve the quality of life as one ages. To visit this Web Site, click here.

The Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) is dedicated to advancing social work practice with older adults and their families through free and low-cost continuing education events regionally, online and through the mail, research, and policy initiatives. Detailed information on the grant can be found at IGSW's Web Site at http://www.bu.edu/igsw.

"The MIT AgeLab was established at MIT in 1999, as a partnership with industry and the aging community, to develop new technologies promoting healthy, independent living throughout the human lifespan." Among the highlights of the AgeLab Web Site are updates on current research findings and an extensive list of links to organizations in the field.

The National Library of Medicine, has launched Genetics Home Reference, a site aimed at helping the general public understand genes and genetics- http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov. The target audience is the general public, and the language is written at the high school level - for those who remember "a little from their high school biology course." A quick refresher course is available by clicking the "help me understand genetics page" which talks about, for example, how genes can be turned on and off in cells, what it means if a disorder seems to run in a family, and the principles of gene mutation. Explanations are written in simple and understandable English.

National Public Radio, has launched "Who Cares: The Future of Elder Care in America" in it's Marketplace Series - http://www.marketplace.org/features/eldercare/. Story topics include the aging of the baby-boomer generation, eldercare benefits offered by companies, and seniors caring for aging parents.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has an expanded health information Web site, available on the World Wide Web at: http://health.nih.gov/. This site now offers links to a wider range of NIH's valuable resources, features colorful images to highlight an intriguing range of useful features, and gives readers the chance to test their health knowledge. Visitors can access the popular "A to Z" listing of health topics, browse topics by body location/systems, or use the main "Search" box. Favorite health databases, such as Clinical Trials, MEDLINEplus, and PubMed, remain one click away. The newly expanded NIH health information Web site has information geared for the whole family, including kids, teens, parents, and seniors. Educators, clinicians, and researchers will continue to find the site a valuable resource of tools and guidelines.