Healthy Aging at the Millis Public Library
Support Programs
- Millis Memory Cafe – Meets monthly on the 4th Monday. Check the Memory Cafe page to confirm dates. Please contact Kim at ktolson@minlib.net for more info.
- Millis Council on Aging – The COA in Millis provides a wide array of services and programs to seniors in Millis and beyond. Visit their website for details.
Informational Resources
Books
- Medicine and Health – 610 – 619 in Nonfiction
- Healthy Aging – 612.6
- Health, Nutrition, Fitness – 613
- Memory Disorders – 616.83 in Nonfiction
Online Resources
- General Health
- Health and Medicine – Articles on: Fitness, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center – Includes health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, health videos from Healthology, Inc., pamphlets and health-related articles from general interest publications
- MedlinePlus – From the National Institutes of Health, provides high-quality health and wellness information that is easy to understand and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish.
- Mayo Clinic – Mayo Clinic’s award-winning website offers consumer health information and self-improvement tools.
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s Association – Provides information on current research, living with Alzheimer’s, general facts, and resources for healthcare professionals
- Food and Nutrition
- Choose My Plate – Healthy eating resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- EatRight.org – Information on food and nutrition from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, an organization of over 100,000 nutrition professionals