{"id":19044,"date":"2026-05-04T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=19044"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:40:29","slug":"resources-you-can-use-older-adults-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2026\/05\/04\/resources-you-can-use-older-adults-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources You Can Use: Older Adults Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May is Older Americans Month which makes it a great time to think about healthy aging, health in later years, and how to support older relatives, friends, and community members.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0U.S. Census projections, by 2030, people 65 and older will outnumber those 18 and under.<\/p>\n<p>So how can we stay healthy as we age? What do we need to know about health and older adults? And how can we support older adults by supporting caregivers?<\/p>\n<h2>Healthy Aging<\/h2>\n<p>People in the US are living longer, so having healthy routines can help people maintain their health as they age. Learn more about ways to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle for healthy aging:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/healthyaging.html\">Healthy Aging (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/healthy-aging\">Healthy Aging (National Institute on Aging)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/healthy-aging\/what-do-we-know-about-healthy-aging\">What do we know about healthy aging? (National Institute on Aging)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Health and Older Adults<\/h2>\n<p>As we age, what we need to stay healthy and happy changes. Learn more about health concerns and interventions for older adults:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/olderadulthealth.html\">Older Adult Health (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ency\/article\/007466.htm\">Health screenings for men age 65 and older (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ency\/article\/007463.htm\">Healthy screenings for women age 65 and older (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mental health in older adults is also important, and how we maintain our mental health also changes. Find out more about older adults and mental health:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/olderadultmentalhealth.html\">Older Adult Mental Health (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/news\/social-isolation-loneliness-older-people-pose-health-risks\">Social isolation, loneliness in older people pose health risks (National Institute on Aging)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/loneliness-and-social-isolation\/loneliness-and-social-isolation-tips-staying-connected\">Loneliness and Social Isolation\u2014Tips for Staying Connected (National Institute on Aging)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>For Caregivers<\/h2>\n<p>From the National Institute on Aging, \u201cMillions of Americans take care of a friend or family member with a serious health condition. Being a caregiver can be a labor of love, but it can also be stressful.\u201d Learn about caregiving and caregiver health with these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/caregivers.html\">Caregivers (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/caregiverhealth.html\">Caregiver Health (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/caregiving\">Caregiving (National Institute on Aging)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/homecareservices.html\">Home Care Services (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources from NNLM<\/h2>\n<p>Join Regions 2 and 7 on July 29 at noon ET for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/connecting-older-adults-health-information-1\">Connecting Older Adults to Health Information<\/a>. This 90-minute webinar covers websites and data sources to help you respond to requests for health information from and about older adults, as well as covering programming ideas to address the health information needs of older adults.<\/p>\n<p>The NNLM Reading Club has put together books and resources on a variety of older adult related health topics including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/topic\/260\">aging<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/topic\/251\">caregivers and caregiving<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/topic\/341\">eldercare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/resources\/reading-club\/topic\/334\">memory and dementia<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is Older Americans Month which makes it a great time to think about healthy aging, health in later years, and how to support older relatives, friends, and community members. According to\u00a0U.S. Census projections, by 2030, people 65 and older will outnumber those 18 and under. So how can we stay healthy as we age?&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2026\/05\/04\/resources-you-can-use-older-adults-month\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[601,592,394],"class_list":["post-19044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-aging","tag-older-adults","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19045,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044\/revisions\/19045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}