Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E
Web Links
The Novartis Foundation for Gerontology
http://wwww.healthandage.com
This educational Web center promotes education on healthy aging and interaction
between the public and health care professionals. There are links for health
care professionals and patients.
The American Association of Retired
Persons
http://www.aarp.org/indexes/health.html
This site features a health and wellness page with information on health for
older adults.
Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
A site for consumer health information from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
PharmInfoNet
http://pharminfo.com
A website that allows clinicians, pharmacists, and patients to access diverse
medication information including drug databases, full text articles from clinical
publications and new drug information.
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org
Invaluable resource for information on asthma, chronic lung disease and cancer.
National Family Caregivers Association
http://www.nfcacares.org
The Association educates and supports people who care for loved ones who are
chronically ill or disabled.
Gerontological Nursing Resources
on the www
http://www.uncg.edu/nur/gerohome.htm
This site is from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has links to
a wide variety of sources about aging and growing old
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