Recommended Resource List: Aging—Physical Aspects

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Weil, Andrew. Healthy Aging: a Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-being. Westminster, MD: Books on Tape, 2005. Call number: SR CD 612.67 Weil

• Books
  • As You Age: A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol.  [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Food and Drug Administration, 2004.  Internet access: English Version: http://media.shs.net/asyouage/asyouagebrochure01.pdf  Spanish Version http://store.health.org/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=16806 \
  • Connally, N. Thomas. The Third Third: a Physician's Guide to a Healthy, Happy, Longer Life. Albany, TX: Bright Sky Press, 2001. Call number: 613.0438 Conn
  • Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000. Call number:  362.160973 Cons
  • Corio, Laura E. The Change before the Change: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Healthy in the Decade before Menopause. New York: Bantam Books, 2000. Call number:  618.175 Cori
  • Diamond, Jed. Surviving Male Menopause: A Guide for Women and Men. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2000. Call number: 616.693 Diam
  • Ehlers, Gordon. Facing Your Fifties: Every Man's Reference Guide to Mid-life Health. New York: M. Evans and Co., 2002. Call number:  613.04234 Ehle
  • Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging.  Bethesda, MD: The Institute, 2001.  Call number: HE 20.3858:EX 3/2/2001.  Internet access: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21052
  • Fredrikson, Eric. How to Avoid Falling: a Guide for Active Aging and Independence. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2004. Call number: 613.60846 Fred
  • Gordon, Sandra. The Aging Eye. New York: Fireside, 2001. Call number: 618.9777 Gord
  • Grumman, Jessie C. Aftershock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You, or Someone You Love, a Devastating Diagnosis. New York: Walker & Co., 2007. Call number: 616.044 Grump
  • Kearney-Cooke, Ann Mary. Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Feeling Good about Your Body and Self after 40.  New York: Atria, 2004. Call number: 646.700844 Kear
  • Levine, Robert. Aging with Attitude: Growing Older with Dignity and Vitality. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Call number:  305.26 Levi
  • Lieberman, Shari. Get Off the Menopause Roller Coaster: Natural Solutions for Mood Swings, Hot Flashes, Fatigue, Anxiety, Depression, and Other Symptoms.  New York: Avery, 2000. Call number: 618.17506 Lieb
  • Love, Susan M., et. al. Dr. Susan Love’s Menopause and Hormone Book: Making Informed Choices.  New York:  Three Rivers Press, 2003. Call number:  618.175 Love
  • Manson, JoAnn E. Hot Flashes, Hormones & Your Health. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Call number: 618.175 Mans
  • Matthews, Joseph. Long Term Care: How to Plan and Pay for It. 6th ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2006. Call number: 362.160973 Matt
  • Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging. Philadelphia, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, 2002. Call number:  612.67 Mayo
  • Mayo Clinic on Vision and Eye Health. Philadelphia, PA: Mason Crest Pub., 2002. Call number:  617.7 Mayo
  • The Merck Manual of Health & Aging. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2004. Call number:  613.0438 Merc
  • Michaels, Evelyne. The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging: the Complete Guide to Well-being in Your Later Years. Rev. ed. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2001. Call number:  613.0438 Mich
  • Minkin, Mary Jane. A Woman's Guide to Menopause & Perimenopause. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. Call number: 618.175 Mink
  • Moore, Michele. The Only Menopause Guide You’ll Need.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Call number:  618.175 Moor
  • Oakes, Chuck. Making Your Home Senior-friendly: a Guide for Friends and Family. San Diego, CA: Aventine Press, 2004. Call number:  649.80846 Oake
  • Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2006. Call number:  618.175 Our
  • Pratt, Marcia. When It's Time: a Practical Nursing Home Handbook for Families. Bangor, ME: Booklocker.com, 2005. Call number: 362.16 Prat
  • Schwartz, Erika. The 30-day Natural Hormone Plan: Look and Feel Young Again--without Synthetic HRT. New York: Warner Books, 2004. Call number: 613.04244 Schw
  • Sember, Brette McWhorter. Gay & Lesbian Medical Rights: How to Protect Yourself, Your Partner, and Your Family. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 2007. Call number: 344.73041 Semb
  • Simpson, Kathryn R. The Perimenopause & Menopause Workbook: a Comprehensive, Personalized Guide to Hormone Health for Women. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2006. Call number: 618.175 Simp
  • Staying Strong: a Senior's Guide to a More Active and Independent Life. Minneapolis, MN: Fairview Press, 2000. Call number:  613.70446 Stay
  • The Truth about Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break Free from the Medical Myths of Menopause. Roseville, CA: Prima Pub., 2002. Call number:  618.175 Trut
  • Wei, Jeanne Y. Aging Well: the Complete Guide to Physical and Emotional Health. New York: Wiley, 2000. Call number:  613.0438 Wei
  • Weil, Andrew. Healthy Aging: a Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-being. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Call number:  612.67 Weil
  • Wingert, Pat. Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Me?: the Complete Guide to Menopause. New York: Workman Pub., 2006. Call number:  618.175 Wing
• Videos
  • Age Happens (The Human Condition series). 28 min. INTELECOM, 2001. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 613 Age
  • Approaching the 14th Moon. 52 min. Landmark Media, 1993. Videocassette. Call Number: VC 612.665 Appr
  • Body Story: the Death Knell of Old Age. 25 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1999. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 616.078 Body
  • Chair Fitness. 112 min. Fit As A Fiddle Productions,1997-c2000. 3 DVDs. Call number: VC DV 612.044 Chai
  • Fitness and Nutrition (program 1). 27 min. Grand Kent Consortium on Successful Aging, 2001. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 613.7 Fitn
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy. 15 min. Milner-Fenwick, 2003. Videocassette. Call number: VC 618.175061 Horm
  • How the Body Ages. 57 min. Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1993. Videocassette. Call number: VC 305.26 How
  • How to Choose a Nursing Home. 30 min. Aquarius Productions, Inc., 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC 362.16 How
  • Intimacy, Sexuality and Aging. 27 min. Grand Kent Consortium on Successful Aging, 2001. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 306.7 Inti
  • Maximizing Physical Potential of Older Adults. 58 min. Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1993. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 305.26 Maxi
  • Menopause.  16 min. Milner-Fenwick, 2003. Videocassette.  Call number: VC 618.175  Meno
  • Myths and Realities of Aging. 58 min. Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1993. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 305.26 Myth
  • Pathways: for People with Limited Mobility. 48 min. Mobility Ltd., 1993. DVD. Call number: VC DV 613.71 Yoga
  • When Women Go Through Menopause, Where Do Men Go?: The Other Side of the Moon.  57 min.  Fanlight Productions, 1996. Videocassette. Call number: VC 612.665 When
• Websites
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menopause.html
    Medline Plus – Menopause provides an overview as well as information on diagnosis/symptoms, treatment, alternative therapy, clinical trials and coping strategies.  Source: National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Some information is also available in Spanish.  Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hormonereplacementtherapy.html
    Medline Plus – Hormone Replacement Therapy provides an overview as well as news, treatment, alternative therapy, clinical trials and research links.  Some information is also available in Spanish.  Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/menopause.asp
    National Institute on Aging “Menopause” Age Page: Health Information
    Provides an overview of  menopause including Hormones and Change, Signs of Menopause, Menopause and the Heart and Bones, Hormone Replacement, and Resources.  The information is also available in Spanish.  Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/guidebook/guidebook.htm
    Menopause Guidebook offered by the North American Menopause Society is 60 page booklet on perimenopause, early menopause, menopause symptoms and long-term effects of estrogen loss, and a wide variety of therapies to enhance health.  The information is also available in Spanish.  Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/earlyguidebook/emgindex.htm
    Early Menopause Guidebook offered by the North American Menopause Society is a 64-page resource for women reaching menopause earlier than the typical age, either spontaneously or through medical means. This information is also available in Spanish.  Last accessed on February 1, 2007.