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• Why Managing your Medicine Matters
• Join the Pace Makers
• Eating Well as You Age
• Prescription for Life: Building Community Partnerships to Promote Physical Activity and Social Engagement for Older Adults - Past Event

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• Why Managing your Medicine Matters

For Advocates

• Healthy Aging: Fact Sheet
• Making Sense of Medicare

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Have more questions about influenza? Explore these trusted online resources.

American Academy of Family Physicians

• Guide to Influenza: Resources on influenza prevention and treatment
• Preventative Care for Seniors: Information to help seniors stay healthy, including annual influenza immunization
• Preventing the Flu: Tips from FamilyDoctor.org

American College of Physicians  

• Adult Immunization Initiative: Information about the flu and vaccines for adults aged 50 and over
• Adult Immunization: Overview of recommended adult immunizations, including influenza
• The Flu: What You Can Do: Downloadable health tip sheet also available in Spanish

American Lung Association

• Faces of Influenza: Website designed to put a face on influenza in the United States
• Flu Clinic Locator: Find a flu clinic by entering a zip code

American Medical Association

• Seasonal Influenza Clinical Guidance: Overview of the flu and its symptoms 
• Vaccines and Adults: A Lifetime of Health: Information for all adults regarding their immunization needs (in English and Spanish)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• What You Should Know and Do This Flu Season if You Are 65 Years and Older: Tips for older adults during the flu season 
• Vaccine Options for Adults 65 and older: Brief overview of vaccine options for older adults 
• Flu Symptoms & Severity: The most common symptoms and complications caused by the flu 
• Cold Versus Flu: The difference between a cold and the flu
• Other free resources: Links to print materials, video and audio, buttons and badges, and other resources available for download

Department of Health and Human Services

• Caring for Seniors: Fact sheet on why older adults are at greater risk for flu and vaccine options
• About the Flu: Fact sheet about the flu, how it spreads, and ways to protect yourself

The Gerontological Society of America

• From Publication to Practice: Interdisciplinary look at new developments in the prevention and treatment of influenza in older adults (for geriatricians)

Infectious Disease Society of America

• What is Seasonal Influenza?: Overview of the flu and strains of the disease 

Immunization Action Coalition

• Ask the Experts About Influenza Vaccination: The seriousness of the flu and benefits of vaccination 
• Vaccine Information Statements: Downloadable vaccine information statements available in English and 25 other languages

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

• Protecting Older Adults from Influenza: Detailed report about protecting older adults from the flu

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