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Evidence-based resources related to Older Adults (21)
- Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults
- Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention: A Systematic Review
- Interventions to Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
- Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Way Forward
- Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America
- Meeting the Challenge of Caring for Persons Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners and Caregivers
- Physical Activity: Home-based Exercise Interventions for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older
- Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Persons: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions
- Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults
- Nutrition: Home-delivered and Congregate Meal Services for Older Adults
- Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication
- Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) for the Detection of Dementia within Community Dwelling Populations
- Physical Activity: Digital Health Interventions for Adults 55 Years and Older
- Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults
- Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults- Clinic-Based Depression Care Management
- Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce Depression Among Older Adults – Home-Based Depression Care Management
- Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids among Elderly Adults in 2015-2016, by Socioeconomic Characteristics
- Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report
- Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2016 National Survey On Drug Use And Health
- Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition