Aging: Health & Well-being

We all need to eat right and stay active in order to be healthy. This page contains information especially for seniors about nutrition, adapting the home, planning for disasters, and coping with depression, sleeplessness, and other medical issues.

For general health information, see Health & Nutrition.

UF/IFAS Publications

• Adapting the Home
• Body Image and the Aging Female
• Determine Your Nutritional Risk
• Diabetes
• Disaster Planning Tips for Senior Adults (pdf)
• Facing Terrorism Alone (pdf)
• Fall Prevention
• Fall Prevention (en Español)
• Health Fraud
• Healthy Eating for Elders (series)
• Healthy Eating for Elders Series (en español)
• Healthy Living for Elders (series)
• High Blood Pressure
• How Nutrition Affects Oral Health
• Medicines and Supplements
• Nutrition for Elders
• Nutrition for Elders (en español)
• Physical Changes of Aging
• Preparing for a Disaster: Strategies for Older Adults
• Proper Hand Washing for Elders
• Safe Return (Dealing with Dementia)
• Signs and Symptoms of Depression
• Suicide and the Elderly: Warning Signs and Helping Points

Other Sites & Publications

• Administration on Aging
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Florida's Aging Resource Centers
• Fruits & Veggies Matter--Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
• Medicare.gov
• Medications and Older People--FCIC
• Sleep and Aging--National Sleep Foundation

• Return to Aging & Caregiving

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