More Online Resources

Need something new for a class activity? Explore these resources for ideas.

Life Expectancy Calculator
Estimate your longevity based on current medical and scientific data. Live to be 100, Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, FACP.

How Long Do You Want To Live?
Pew Research Center report allows you to submit and compare your response to others.

The Longevity Game
Calculate how long you can expect to live based on life insurance industry research.

U.S. and World Population Clock
Up to the minute U.S. and World population estimates with details on calculations - see age changes in real time and real places.

AARP Magazine Covers
Explore themes and images in group projects.

Popular Baby Names
Search by names decade, along with other data to explore generational issues.

Five Wishes
Tools to guide about expressing how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself.

Sloan Center on Aging and Work
Diverse reports on a variety of aging issues for diverse audiences, great fuel for debates!

National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Free publications on a variety of aging issues.

CONA Committee on Aging (APA)
Brief fact sheets and other resources.

Explore these websites which offer additional instructor resources, class materials, and links to varied information on aging.

Teaching and Learning about Aging
Society for the Teaching of Psychology provides a list of resources and other information about integrating aging into your classes.

Age-Friendly World
Information, resources, and library of global population aging created by the International Federation on Ageing and the World Health Organization.

AARP Research
Broad range of resources, reports, and databases for those who teach about aging, or want to integrate aging content into their courses.

Current Awareness in Aging Report (CAAR) E-Clippings
Managed by the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University Of Wisconsin-Madison, E-Clippings provides subscribers with a daily email message that highlights important news stories related to aging.

AARP Public Policy Alerts
Periodic alerts on latest research, reports, videos and events from AARP's Public Policy Institute.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL)
ACL provides an e-newsletter and periodic e-news alerts that offer up-to-date information, with an emphasis on the needs and concerns of older adults and people with disabilities.

Positive Aging Newsletter
The Taos Institute's e-newsletter offers information from scientific research on aging, gerontology practices, and daily life which advances an appreciation of the aging process.

InfoAging
Brings you the latest research-based information on a variety of topics in the science of aging.