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Our subject terms are taken from the AARP AgeLine Thesaurus of Aging Terminology. This means that in order to search the subject field most effectively, you need to know the appropriate term to use, otherwise your search will turn up no results. The thesaurus includes scope notes to describe the intended meaning and use of each term. Copies of the thesaurus are available online at the link above, or in hard copy in the IOA Information Center.

Clicking on the subject terms below will take you to search results from our digital library for that subject term.

401k Plans
85+
AARP
Accessibility
Accident Prevention
Accidents
Acronyms
Active Aging
Activities of Daily Living
Activity Patterns
Activity Planning
Activity Restrictions
Adaptation
Adjustment
Administration on Aging
Adult Children
Adult Education
Adults
Advance Directives
Adverse Drug Reactions
Advertising
Advisory Groups
Advocacy
Affordable Housing
Afghanistan
Africa
Age Concentration
Age Differences
Age Discrimination
Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Age Groups
Age Segregation
Ageism
Aging
Aging in Place
Aging Network
Agitation
Agriculture
AIDS
Alberta
Alcoholism
Alienation
Alternative Medicine
Alternative Work Patterns
Alzheimers Disease
Ambulatory Care
American Geriatrics Society
American Indians
Annual Report
Anthropology
Anti Aging Medicine
Architectural Barriers
Architectural Design
Area Agencies on Aging
Argentina
Arizona
Arkansas
Art
Art Programs
Arthritis
Asia
Asians
Assessment
Asset Depletion
Assets
Assistance Programs
Assisted Living Facilities
Assistive Devices
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
At Risk Populations
Attitudes
Attitudes Toward Aging
Attitudes Toward Death
Audiovisual Materials
Australia
Austria
Automobile Driving
Awards
Baby Boom Generation
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Bankruptcy
Behavior
Belgium
Benefits
Bereavement
Bermuda
Best Practices
Bibliographies
Bicycling
Biography
Biological Aging
Birth Rates
Blacks
Blindness
Blood Pressure
Board and Care Homes
Body Image
Brain
Brazil
Breast Cancer
British Columbia
Businesses
California
Cambodia
Canada
Canadians
Cancer
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular System
Care Satisfaction
Career Development
Careers
Caregiver Education
Caregivers
Caregiving Burden
Caribbean
Case Management
Case Studies
Census Reports
Centenarians
Checklists
Child Care
Childhood
Children
China
Chinese
Chronic Diseases
Chronic Pain
Chronically Ill
Civic Activities
Civil Rights
Clergy
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Cognition
Cognitive Impairment
Cohorts
Colorado
Communication
Communities
Community Attitudes
Community Involvement
Community Projects
Community Services
Comorbidity
Computer Aided Instruction
Computers
Conference Proceedings
Congressional Testimony
Connecticut
Consortia
Consultants
Consumer Directed Care
Consumer Education
Consumer Expenditures
Consumer Fraud
Consumer Guides
Consumer Price Index
Consumer Protection
Consumers
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Continuing Education
Continuum of Care
Controlled Clinical Trials
Correctional Institutions
Cost Containment
Cost Effectiveness
Cost of Living
Cost of Living Adjustments
Cost Shifting
Costs
Counseling
Couples
Creativity
Credit
Crime Prevention
Crimes
Criminals
Crisis Intervention
Cross Cultural Studies
Culture
Curriculum
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Daily Activities
Data Collection
Data Quality
Databases
Daughters
Day Care Services
Death
Death Causes
Death of Spouse
Death Rates
Debts
Decision Making
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Defined Contribution Pension Plans
Dehydration
Delaware
Dementia
Dementia Care Mapping
Demographic Characteristics
Demography
Denmark
Dental Health
Dental Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Dependency Ratio
Dependent Parents
Depression
Developed Nations
Developing Nations
Development
Developmentally Disabled
Diabetes
Dictionaries
Diet
Dietary Services
Dignity
Directories
Disabilities
Disability Benefits
Disabled
Disabled Workers
Disaster Assistance
Discrimination
Diseases
Disengagement
Distance Education
District of Columbia
Diversity
Divided Attention
Divorce
Downloadable Statistical Data
Driving Cessation
Driving Records
Driving Skills
Drug Abuse
Drug Costs
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drugs
Dying
Early Retirement
Eastern Europe
Eating
Ecology
Economic Development
Economic Needs
Economic Patterns
Economic Resources
Economic Security
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational Needs
Educational Resources
Elder Abuse
Elder Law
Elder Neglect
Eldercare Programs
Eligibility Determination
Employability
Employee Benefits
Employers
Employment
Employment Agencies
Employment Discrimination
Employment History
Employment Opportunities
Employment Practices
Employment Programs
Employment Termination
Employment Trends
Encyclopedias
Entitlement Spending
Environment
Environmental Attitudes
Environmental Problems
Epidemiology
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Estate Planning
Estate Recovery
Estonia
Estrogen
Ethical Practices
Etiology
Europe
European Union
Europeans
Euthanasia
Evaluation
Evidence Based
Exercise
Exercise Programs
Extended Family
Factor Analysis
Falls
Family and Medical Leave Act
Family and Staff Relations
Family Assistance
Family Relationships
Family Therapy
Federal Budget
Federal Funding
Females
Feminism
Fertility
Fiji
Filmographies
Financial Abuse
Financial Assistance
Financial Institutions
Financing
Finland
Fires
Flexible Retirement
Florida
Focus Groups
Food Stamp Program
For Profit Organizations
Foster Grandparent Program
Frail Elderly
France
Fraud
Friends
Friendship Patterns
Frontline Health Workforce
Functional Assessment
Fund Raising
Funding
Funerals
Future Orientation
Gay Men
Generation X
Generation Y
Generations
Generativity
Genetics
Geographical Differences
Georgia
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatric Education
Geriatric Psychiatry
Geriatric Units
Geriatrics
Germany
Gerontological Nursing
Gerontological Research
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontology
Gerontology Careers
Gerontology Education
Geropsychology
Globalization
Glossaries
Government Agencies
Government Personnel
Government Services
Graduate Study
Grandchildren
Grandmothers
Grandparents
Grandparents as Parents
Grief
Guardianship
Happiness
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Health
Health and Safety Standards
Health Attitudes
Health Behavior
Health Care Reform
Health Education
Health Indices
Health Insurance
Health Needs
Health Patterns
Health Personnel
Health Promotion
Health Service Administration
Health Service Costs
Health Service Facilities
Health Service Standards
Health Services
Health Status
Healthy Aging
Hearing
Hearing Impairment
Heart
Help Seeking Behavior
HelpAge International
Higher Education
Hip Injuries
Hispanics
Historical Perspectives
Holistic Care
Home Care
Home Care Agencies
Home Care Workers
Home Health Care
Home Modification
Homeless
Homes for the Elderly
Homosexuality
Hong Kong
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hormones
Hospice
Hospital Personnel
Hospital Services
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Hotlines
Housing
Housing Costs
Housing Design
Housing Improvement
Housing Needs
Housing Programs
Housing Types
Human Factors Engineering
Humanities
Hungary
Hypertension
Idaho
Illinois
Immigration
Immunization
Income
Income Levels
Income Sources
Independence
Independent Living
India
Indian Health Service
Indiana
Individual Accounts
Individual Retirement Accounts
Indonesia
Industries
Infection
Influenza
Informal Support Systems
Information and Referral Services
Information Dissemination
Information Resources
Information Systems
Information Technology
Informed Consent
Inheritance
Injuries
Inservice Training
Insomnia
Institutional Care
Institutional Personnel
Institutionalization
Institutionalized Populations
Instructional Materials
Instructional Techniques
Insurance
Interagency Cooperation
Interdisciplinary Education
Interdisciplinary Team Care
Intergenerational Conflict
Intergenerational Programs
Intergenerational Relationships
Intergenerational Transfers
International
Internet
Interpersonal Relations
Intervention Strategies
Interviews
Investments
Iowa
Iraq
Ireland
Isolation
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Japanese
Job Applicants
Job Performance
Job Satisfaction
Job Security
Job Tenure
Job Training
Kansas
Kentucky
Kidney Diseases
Koreans
Labor Force
Labor Shortage
Labor Statistics
Labor Turnover
Labor Unions
Language
Last Year of Life
Latin America
Latvia
Lawyers
Leadership
Learning
Legal Problems
Legal Rights
Legal Services
Legal System
Legislation
Leisure
Leisure Activities
Lesbians
Library Services
Licensure and Certification
Life Continuity
Life Course
Life Events
Life Expectancy
Life History Research
Life Review
Life Satisfaction
Life Span
Lifelong Learning
Lifestyle
Literacy
Literature
Literature Reviews
Lithuania
Living Alone
Living Arrangements
Living Conditions
Living Standards
Living Trusts
Loneliness
Long Distance Caregivers
Long Term Care
Long Term Care Administration
Long Term Care Insurance
Longevity
Longitudinal Studies
Loss Adjustment
Louisiana
Low Income
Lungs
Maine
Malaysia
Males
Malnutrition
Mammography
Managed Care
Management
Mandatory Retirement
Manitoba
Marital Status
Marriage
Maryland
Mass Media
Massachusetts
Medicaid
Medical Ethics
Medical Procedures
Medical Profession
Medical Records
Medical Research
Medicare
Medicare Beneficiaries
Medicare Reform
Medication Errors
Medication Management
Membership Organizations
Memory
Memory Aids
Menopause
Mental Abilities
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Meta Analyses
Mexico
Michigan
Middle Aged
Midlife Transition
Migration
Mini Mental State Examination
Minnesota
Minority Groups
Mississippi
Missouri
Mobility
Model Programs
Models
Money Management
Montana
Morale
Morbidity
Mortgages
Mothers
Motor Vehicle Deaths
Municipalities
Musculoskeletal System
National Council on the Aging
National Health Insurance
National Institute on Aging
Natural Disasters
Nebraska
Needs Assessment
Neighborhoods
Nervous System
Net Worth
Netherlands
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New Zealand
Noninstitutionalized Populations
Nonprofit Organizations
Normal Aging
North America
North Carolina
North Korea
Norway
Nova Scotia
Nurses
Nurses Aides
Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Home Placement
Nursing Home Reform Act
Nursing Home Standards
Nursing Homes
Nutrition
Nutrition Education
Nutritional Requirements
Nutritional Status
Obesity
Occupational Mobility
Occupational Stress
Occupational Therapy
Occupations
Oceania
Ohio
Oklahoma
Old Age Assistance
Old Old
Older Adults
Older Americans Act
Older Computer Users
Older Students
Older Workers (also Aging Workforce)
Ombudsmen
Online Community
Ontario
Oral Health
Oral History
Oregon
Organizational Change
Organizational Policies
Organizations
Osteoporosis
Out of Pocket Expenditures
Outcomes
Outpatient Services
Outreach Services
Pacific Islanders
Pain
Palliative Care
Paraprofessional Personnel
Parents
Parkinsons Disease
Part Time Employment
Partnerships
Patient Admissions
Patient Care
Patient Education
Peer Counseling
Pennsylvania
Pension Benefits
Pension Plans
Pensions
Performance Standards
Periodical
Personal Accounts
Personal Care
Personal Guides
Personality
Pharmaceutical Services
Philippines
Philosophy
Photographs
Physical Activity
Physical Condition
Physical Mobility
Physical Performance
Physical Therapy
Physician Education
Physician Patient Relations
Physician Services
Physicians
Planning
Poland
Policy Making
Political Activity
Political Attitudes
Polypharmacy
Population
Population Aging
Postretirement Work
Poverty
Prescription Drugs
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
Prisoners
Private Health Insurance
Private Sector
Privatization
Product Design
Productivity
Professional Associations
Professional Guides
Professional Personnel
Program Descriptions
Program Evaluations
Program Management
Projection
Prostate
Prostate Cancer
Protective Services
Psychiatric Hospitals
Psychiatric Patients
Psychiatric Services
Psychiatrists
Psychological Aging
Psychological Attitudes
Psychology
Psychosocial Needs
Psychosomatic Disorders
Public Assistance
Public Health
Public Health Services
Public Officials
Public Policy
Public Transportation
Qualitative Research
Quality Assurance
Quality of Care
Quality of Life
Quebec
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Rate Setting
Reading
Recruiting
Reemployment
Regulation
Rehabilitation
Reimbursement
Religion
Religious Activities
Religious Attitudes
Relocation
Reminiscence
Research Techniques
Resident and Staff Relations
Residential Mobility
Respiratory Diseases
Restraints
Retention
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Retired Workers
Retiree Health Benefits
Retirement
Retirement Adjustment
Retirement Age
Retirement Attitudes
Retirement Communities
Retirement Housing
Retirement Income
Retirement Locations
Retirement Planning
Retirement Reasons
Reverse Annuity Mortgages
Rhode Island
Right to Die
Risk Factors
Risk Management
Role Changes
Role Perception
Rural
Russia
Safety
Sandwich Generation
Saskatchewan
Savings
Schizophrenia
Scientists
Scotland
Screening
Security
Self Care
Self Concept
Self Employment
Self Neglect
Semantic Memory
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Senior Centers
Senior Community Service Employment Program
Senior Companion Program
Senses
Service Accessibility
Service Costs
Service Delivery
Service Demand
Service Needs
Service Occupations
Service Planning
Service Utilization
Sex Differences
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Behavior
Shared Housing
Sheltered Housing
Short Term Memory
Siblings
Silent Generation
Singapore
Single
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Skin
Sleep
Sleep Disorders
Slovakia
Slovenia
Small Business
Smoking
Sociability
Social Activities
Social Adjustment
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Classes
Social Dating
Social Gerontology
Social Integration
Social Interaction
Social Issues
Social Mobility
Social Needs
Social Networks
Social Science
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Social Security Benefits
Social Security Coverage
Social Security Reform
Social Services
Social Values
Social Work
Social Workers
Socialization
Socioeconomic Levels
Sociology
South Africa
South America
South Carolina
South Dakota
South Korea
Spain
Speech Disorders
Speech Therapy
Spiritual Well Being
Sports
Sri Lanka
Staffing Levels
State Agencies on Aging
State Plans on Aging
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Data
Stress
Stroke
Students
Study Participation
Subject headings
Suburban
Successful Aging
Sudan
Suicide
Supplemental Security Income
Supportive Services
Surgery
Survey Questionnaires
Surveys
Sweden
Switzerland
Symptoms
Taiwan
Taste
Tax Credits
Tax Legislation
Taxes
Teachers
Technology
Telemedicine
Telephone Use
Tennessee
Terminal Care
Test Validity
Tests
Texas
Textbooks
Thailand
Theories
Theories of Aging
Therapy
Tibet
Toolkits
Tools and Calculators
Training
Transition
Transportation
Transportation Availability
Transportation Needs
Transportation Planning
Transportation Programs
Travel
Travel Barriers
Treatment
Trusts
Ukraine
Unemployment
Unemployment Insurance
Uninsured
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
United Nations
United States
United States Congress
Universal Design
University Centers
Unmet Needs
Urban and Regional Planning
Urogenital System
Usability
Vermont
Veterans
Veterans Administration
Victims of Crimes
Violence
Virginia
Vision
Visual Memory
Volunteer Services
Volunteer Training
Volunteers
Wages
Wales
Walking
Washington
Wealth
Weight
West Virginia
White House Conference on Aging
Whites
Widowers
Widowhood
Widows
Wills
Wisconsin
Wisdom
Wives
Work Attitudes
Work Environment
Work Experience
Workers
Working Paper Collection
World Health Organization
World War II Generation
Writing Ability
Young Adults
Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe