Resources & Publications

• Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions
  Older people today are more visible, more active and more independent than ever before. They are living longer and in better health. But as the population of older Americans grows, so does the hidden problem of elder abuse, exploitation and neglect.

• Psychologists Make A Significant Contribution (PDF, 84KB)
  This brochure describes the contributions of psychologists to the health & well-being of older adults. Made possible by a grant from the Retirement Research Foundation.

• What Practitioners Should Know About Working With Older Adults
  This publication is designed to give psychologists and other health care providers important information to help guide their work with older adults.

• Older Adults' Health And Age-Related Changes: Reality Versus Myth (PDF, 44KB)
  Based on What Practitioners Should Know About Working With Older Adults, this pamphlet is intended for consumers.

• Life Plan for the Life Span 2012 (PDF, 3.4MB) 
  Produced by the APA Committee on Aging. It offers guidance and links to resources helpful in planning for legal/financial, health, psychological, social and work life/retirement issues that often arise as people age.

Summary of research studies and relevant books and journal articles on important topics related to the well-being of older adults.

Additional resources, including health education materials for consumers and national organizations that can provide assistance are listed at the end of the guides.

• Depression and Suicide in Older Adults (2009)

• Psychotherapy and Older Adults (2009)

• Older Adults and Insomnia Resource Guide (2008)

• Psychological Services for Long Term Care Resource Guide (2013) (PDF, 195KB)

• Aging and Human Sexuality Resource Guide (2007)

• APA Aging Issues Newsletter

• Psychology's Role in Addressing the Mental and Behavioral Health Needs of the Geriatric Population (PDF, 93KB)

• Memory and Aging (PDF, 156KB)

• Coping with Stress and Anxiety (PDF, 92KB)

• Integrated Health Care for an Aging Population: A Fact Sheet for Graduate Psychology Faculty and Training Directors (PDF, 3MB)

• Integrated Health Care for an Aging Population: A Fact Sheet for Policymakers (PDF, 3MB)

• Integrated Health Care for an Aging Population: A Fact Sheet for Consumers (PDF, 1.5MB)

• Psychology and Aging

• Resolution on Family Caregivers (2011) (PDF, 50KB)

• Blueprint for Change: Integrated Health Care for an Aging Population (2008) (2.44MB)

• Resolution on the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (PDF, 48KB)

• 2005 White House Conference on Aging Post-Event Summary Report (PDF, 52KB)

• Resolution on Ageism (2002)

• Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change (PDF, 170KB)

• Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults
  Developed by the APA Division 12-Section II and Division 20 Interdivisional Task Force on Practice in Clinical Geropsychology (2003).

• The APA Working Group on Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life

• Blueprint for Change: Achieving Integrated Health Care for an Aging Population (PDF, 724KB)

• Multicultural Competency in Geropsychology: A Report of the APA Committee on Aging and its Working Group on Multicultural Competency in Geropsychology

• Integrated Heath Care for an Aging Population (IHAP) — 2007 APA Convention Symposium (PDF, 2MB)
  APA Presidential Task Force: An Initiative of Sharon Stephens Brehm, PhD

  • Principles of Integrative Care — Peter Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP

  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Diverse Sites of Care — Deborah A. King, PhD, Jennifer S. Funderburk, PhD, Yeates Conwell, MD

  • Knowledge and Skills that Psychologists Contribute to Integrative Health Care — Martita A. Lopez, PhD, Jennifer Manly, PhD

  • The Older Consumer’s Perspective on Health Care — Gregory Hinrichsen, PhD

• Moving Psychology Forward In an Aging Society: Progress & Possibility — Committee on Aging (CONA) 10th Anniversary Symposium (PDF, 1.8MB)
  Michael A. Smyer, PhD

• Members further APA's advocacy efforts (APA Monitor, October 2003)

• Reaching the underserved (APA Monitor, September 2003)

• An empty nest can promote freedom, improved relationships (APA Monitor, April 2003)

• American Psychologist^®

• Contemporary Psychology^®

• Health Psychology

• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied^®

• Journal of Aging and Mental Health

• Professional Psychology: Research and Practice^®

• Neuropsychology^®

• Psychology and Aging^®

• Retire Smart, Retire Happy

• A Guide to Psychotherapy and Aging: Effective Clinical Interventions in a Life-Stage Context

• A History of Geropsychology in Autobiography

• Older Couples with Paula Hartman-Stein, PhD, ABPP

• Parenting Our Elderly Parents with Patricia J. Pitta, PhD, ABPP

• Self-Care for Aging Services Providers in the Aftermath of Katrina and Rita (PDF, 364KB)

• Substance Use by Older Adults: Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System