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  • Administration on Aging (AoA) – Aging Internet Information Notes
    The AOA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHH) seeks to provide information through this website on a variety of topics, programs and services related to aging.  Search the Aging Internet Information Notes which are organized alphabetically by topic to learn specific information and resources on many issues facing older people and their families.
  • HealthandAge – Depression Center
    The HealthandAge website is sponsored by the Web-based Health Education Foundation (WHEF), an independent non-profit organization that provides web-based, interactive health information for seniors and for those who take care of them.
  • Infoaging.org – Stress Information Center
    The Stress and Depression Information Centers are part of Infoaging.org which is a website sponsored by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) that provides research-based information on age-related diseases, conditions, issues, features, and news.
  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
    This is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    This is a website sponsored by NIMH, the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. See both links below for information on stress and depression.
  • National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
    This is a consumer-run national technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement. The Clearinghouse helps connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources and offers expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.
 
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Eldercare at Home: Depression in Older Adults
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Infoaging.org – Stress Information Center
Infoaging.org – Depression Information
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - Information on Depression
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Poor Sleep and Stress Put Older Adults Who Care for Seriously Ill Spouses at Risk of Heart Disease
Treating Depression Improves the Physical Function of Older Adults

   
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