Links, Resources, Info, and Downloads Assisting Successfully Navigating Aging and Dying
AGING IN PLACE RESOURCES
Aging in Place, staying in one's home safely as one ages, is a goal that various organizations assist with.
Aging In Place. org
Habitat for Humanity's Aging in Place webpage
https://www.habitat.org/our-work/aging-in-place
The National Aging in Place Council's website
https://ageinplace.org/resources
The National Institute on Aging's Aging-in-Place page
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place/aging-place-growing-older-home
The National Council of Aging's Aging in place website
https://www.ncoa.org/aging-in-place/
COUNSELING RESOURCES
Traditional CBT
Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies - “Find a Therapist”
https://www.academyofcbt.org/find-a-therapist
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists - “Find a CBT Therapist”
https://services.abct.org/i4a/memberDirectory/index.cfm?directory_id=3&pageID=3282
Beck institute certified therapists - “Find a Clinician"
https://cares.beckinstitute.org/get-treatment/clinician-directory
Christian Counseling
American Association of Christian Counselors - Christian Care Connect Provider Directory
https://christiancareconnect.com/
Christian Association for Psychological Studies - Find a Professional
https://caps.net/online-directory/
Counseling Platforms Focused on Older Adults
Blue Moon Senior Counseling
https://bluemoonseniorcounseling.com/
Sailor Health
Total Life
https://totallife.com/therapy/
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES FOCUSED ON AGING WELL
The Adventist Health Studies
These studies focus on the relationship between lifestyle and healthy aging and psychosocial health.
Adventist Mortality Study
https://adventisthealthstudy.org/studies/adventist-mortality-study
AHS 1
https://adventisthealthstudy.org/studies/AHS-1
AHS 2
https://adventisthealthstudy.org/studies/AHS-2
BRHS (a Subset of AHS 2)
Harvard Study of Adult Development
https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/
https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/grantandglueckstudy
https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/2nd-generation-study
MacArthur Research Network on Successful Aging
END OF LIFE (EOL) PLANNING/RESOURCES
What the National Institute of Aging (NIA) says about EOL planning
The Conversation
https://theconversationproject.org/
What does the American Bar Association (ABA) say about EOL planning?
End Of Life Organization Listings/Resources
American Psychological Association List of Resources
https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/programs/eol/organizations
Closure's List of Resources
https://www.closure.org/getting-started-for-patients-and-families/national-resources
My Life and Wishes
https://www.mylifeandwishes.com/national-state-resources/
ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA RESOURCES
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Helpline
https://alzfdn.org/caregiving-resources/
ALZNavigator
https://www.alz.org/help-support/resources
Alzheimers.gov
National Institute on Aging (NIA) Resources
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommended Books on Aging Well :
* Outlive
Attia, P. (2023). Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Harmony Books.
* From Strength to Strength.
Brooks, A. (2022). From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. Portfolio Penguin.
* Blue Zones
Buettner, D. (2008). The Blue Zones: Lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest. National Geographic Society.
* The Art of Aging
Nuland, S. (2008). The Art of Aging. Random House.
* Aging Well
Vaillant, G. (2002). Aging Well. Little, Brown, Spark.
* Triumphs of Experience
Vaillant, G. (2012). Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
* The Good Life
Waldinger, R. & Schulz, M. (2023). The good life: Lessons from the world’s longest scientific study of happiness. Simon and Schuster.
* The Art and Science of Aging Well
Williams, M. (2016). The art and science of aging well. The University of North Carolina Press.
Recommended Books on Death and Dying Well:
* The Art of Dying Well
Butler, K. (2019). The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life. Scribner.
*The Lost Art of Dying"
Dugdale, L.S., (2021). The lost art of dying: Reviving forgotten wisdom. Harper One.
* Being Mortal
Gawande, A. (2014). Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end. Henry Holt and company.
* A beginners Guide to the End
Miller, B. and Berger, S. (2019). A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. Simon & Schuster.
* How We Die
Nuland, S. (1995). How We Die. Vintage Books: A Division of Random House.
Recommended Books on CBT and CBT's Precursors:
Accepting, anticipating, and adapting to age-related change will entail modifying one's thoughts and behaviors. The recommended approach to changing one's thoughts. and behaviors is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Books regarding using the Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic approach to changing thoughts and behaviors include:
* Feeling Good
Burns, D. (1999) . Feeling good: The new mood therapy (Rev. ed.). Avon Books.
* Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks
Gillihan, S. (2020). Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks. Sheldon Press.
* Mind Over Mood
Greenberger, D., & Padesky, C. A. (1995). Mind over mood: A cognitive therapy treatment manual for clients. Guilford Press.
*Epictetus ' Discourses, Fragments, Enchiridion (Vol. I and II)
Oldfather, W.A. (1928). Epictetus Vol. II: Discourses, Fragments, Enchiridion. Harvard
University Press.
*Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Therapy:
Trader, A. (2012). Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Therapy: A Meeting of
the Minds. Peter Lang Publishing.
LOCATORS FOR AREA AGENCIES ON AGING IN THE USA
https://eldercare.acl.gov/home
https://www.usaging.org/findyouraaa
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