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	2010 Alzheimer’s Report: Facts and Figures
		Alzheimer's Association, 2010, Free http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/report_alzfactsfigures2010.pdf Among other data, this publication includes a special report on race, ethnicity, and Alzheimer’s disease.
	Corsentino, Elizabeth A., et al, "Family Caregivers' Future Planning for Younger and Older Adults With Serious Mental Illness (SMI)", Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2008 (Vol. 27, No. 4)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/466 Corsentino et al found that while caregivers for people with serious mental illness are concerned about the future of the sufferer in question, the large majority have not made plans for that person’s future.
	Discovery and Hope
		National Institute on Aging, 2007, Free http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B3CD16E6-8A31-41D9-8DCD-A7998B8B9B00/0/7220ProgressRpt2007_f.pdf Progress report on Alzheimer’s Disease, covering research and future prospects.
	Fortinsky, Richard H., et al, "Primary Care Physicians’ Dementia Care Practices: Evidence of Geographic Variation", Gerontologist, April 2010 (Vol. 50, No. 2)
		http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/2/179.abstract The authors found that medication prescription patterns, community resource referral patterns, and reported barriers to optimal dementia care vary considerably by geography and age among primary care physicians dealing with dementia patients.
	Future of Alzheimer's: Breakthroughs and Challenges (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging), May 14, 2008
		http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=297771 The testimony of Rudi Tanzi of the Massachusetts General Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Sandra Day O’Connor (whose husband suffers from Alzheimer’s), and other witnesses is available both as text and as a web-cast.
	Gardner, Paula J., and Poole, Jennifer M., "One Story at a Time", Journal of Applied Gerontology, October 2009 (Vol. 28, No. 5)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/5/600 Gardner and Poole note that various factors including social isolation and financial worries put older adults at risk for addictions. Their own findings suggest that “narrative therapy” was helpful; participants in their study were able to reduce or halt their substance misuse.
	Löckenhoff, Corinna E., et al , "Five-factor Model Personality Traits and the Retirement Transition: Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Associations", Psychology and Aging, September 2009 (Vol. 24, No. 3)
		http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2009-13203-021&CFID=4680849&CFTOKEN=80919089 The authors found no relationship between personality traits and the timing of retirement, but did find that those low in Neuroticism and high in Extraversion reported higher retirement satisfaction, and those high in Extraversion reported higher postretirement activity levels.
	Topo, Päivi, "Technology Studies to Meet the Needs of People With Dementia and Their Caregivers", Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2009 (Vol. 28, No. 1)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/5 Topo presents the findings of a review of studies that focused on technology supporting people with dementia and their caregivers.
	Woodruff, Susan I., et al, "Alcohol Use Risk Levels Among Older Patients Screened in Emergency Departments in Southern California", Journal of Applied Gerontology, October 2009 (Vol. 28, No. 5)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/5/649 The authors found no differences in risk level in “young-old” (65-74 years of age) and “old-old” (75+) groups, but higher alcohol risk was associated with male gender and higher income.
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	American Association for Geriatric Psychology
		Active in: USA 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 1050, Bethesda, MD 20814-3004 Telephone:301-654-7850 Fax:301-654-4137 main@aagponline.org http://www.aagpgpa.org/ Information and resources to help physicians improve the quality of life for older people with mental disorders.