CSREES Partnership with the National Institute on Aging

CSREES has partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and is a member of the NIA Collaborative Initiative. NIA was formed in 1974 by Congress specifically to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. NIA has developed a variety of consumer materials in both English and Spanish on aging topics that can support the work and interests of extension.  As part of the NIH at the Department of Health and Human Services, NIA’s materials are based on the most current scientific research. Topics include

• Caregiving;
• Healthy Aging;
• Medications/Supplements;
• Medical Planning and Decision Making;
• Safety;
• Medical Care;
• Alzheimer Disease: Chronic Conditions and Disease; and

• Men’s Health and Women’s Health.

In addition, resources are available for health and community professionals as well as for the scientific researcher.

The partnership between CSREES and NIA allows the two agencies to share resources and work together to improve the health and well-being of older Americans. CSREES promotes healthy aging of older individuals and their families in a number of ways—nutrition guidance, adult development and aging programs, family caregiver support, and intergenerational approaches—through education, research, and outreach. Through these efforts extension specialists, educators, and others can effectively use and disseminate NIA materials to appropriate audiences at the state, county, or community level. These materials augment the resources available at eXtension related to family caregiving. Also see the Adult Development and Aging pages on the CSREES Web site.

NIA's Resources:

• Sign up for NIA e-alerts about NIA publications, events, and other information.
• Place bulk orders, available at the bottom of NIA's publications page. About 4 weeks are needed to fulfill bulk order requests.  Publications can also be ordered in single or bulk copies by calling toll-free 800-222-2225.
• Subscribe and read NIA newsletters:
• Spotlight on Aging Research (SOAR) (subscription information in column to the left)
• Connections, NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center newsletter

• Links: Minority Research and Training, NIA's Work Group on Minority Health newsletter (currently no online subscription)

• Peruse all of NIA's Spanish language materials and resources on NIA's Spanish Web site.

• Explore NIA's SeniorHealth Web site, which has special features that make it simple to use, like being able to have the text read out loud or make the type larger.

NIA Collaborative Initiative, Participating Organizations

Contact Shirley Gerrior, CSREES national program leader in the Families, 4-H, and Nutrition staff, for additional information.

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