Healthy Aging
Most of Washington County’s 45,000 adults over the age of 65 are active and independent and wish to stay that way! OSU Extension Service offers information and educational programs to help older adults, their family members and caregivers face the challenges of aging in a positive and productive way.
Attend one of the many public programs or view or request written materials on topics relating to healthy aging.
Publication highlights:
Fall Prevention
Stay on Your Feet and in Your Home
Web sites:
Iowa State University Extension Service, Housing resources
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/universaldesign/
National Aging in Place Council
National Resource Center for Supportive Housing and Home Modification
Department of Health and Human Service, Agency on Aging
Grandparenting (http://www.aarp.org/life/grandparents/)
OSU Extension Publications:
- You can search for many publications about aging by going to http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ and clicking on "Family & Home" then "Aging"
- You may also search by publication number which is in parenthesis after each of the publications below.
Publication highlights:
What Do You Know about Aging? Facts and Fallacies (PNW 453)
Using Medicine Safely in Later Life (PNW 393)
Driving Decisions in Later Life (PNW 510)
Ties that Bind: Grandparenting Today (EC 1459)
Connecting the Generations: Grandparenting from a Distance (EC 1523)
If You Became Incapacitated, Who Would Make Decisions for You? (FS 332)
Making Decisions about a Nursing Home (PNW 563)
Sensory Changes in Later Life (PNW 196)
Living Arrangements in Later Life (PNW 318)
Hiring and Working Successfully with In-home Care Providers (PNW 547)
