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For many years, it made grants for research and education in geriatric medicine, nursing and social work. It now focuses on three priority areas: creating age-friendly health systems, supporting family caregivers and improving serious illness, and end-of-life care. [3]
The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. [1] In 1974, under Public Law 93-296, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. [2]
Older Americans Act of 1965: Long title: To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the ...
The Alliance for Aging Research is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes medical research to improve the human experience of aging. [1] Founded in 1986 by Daniel Perry, the Alliance also advocates and implements health education for consumers and health professionals. The Alliance is governed by a board of directors.
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency within the Administration for Community Living of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly by awarding grants to States, Native American tribal organizations, and local communities to support programs authorized by Congress in the Older ...
Today, anti-aging or longevity research exists in the scientific mainstream and represents a $7 trillion marketplace. [10] All of the Foundation's grants, investments, prizes and policy decisions follow seven strategies: [11] New Parts for People recognizes that age takes a toll on human bodies. The strategy is designed to promote technologies ...
“Ovaries are the architects of healthy female bodies,” says Jennifer Garrison, PhD, an assistant professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, and cofounder and executive director of ...
International Aging Research Portfolio (IARP) is a non-profit, open-access knowledge management system incorporating grants, publications, conferences in natural and social & behavioral sciences. In addition to the advanced search and visual trend analysis tools the system includes a directory of research projects classified into categories ...