Coverage of AGELINE

Roughly two-thirds of the AGELINE records are obtained from journals, with the rest from books and book chapters. All are accompanied by an original, informative abstract. Documents are indexed using the Thesaurus of Aging Terminology.

Inclusive coverage is from 1978 to the present, with selected coverage from 1966 to 1977.

Coverage includes the following:

* Adults age 50 and over

* Alzheimer's caregiving and services

* Attitudes and theories about aging

* Baby boomers

* Consumer issues and guides

* Demographics of aging

* Employment of older workers, age discrimination

* Exercise and nutrition

* Family relationships, caregiving

* Financial issues, pensions, estates

* Health and health care services, costs, insurance

* Housing, retirement communities

* Long-term care, assisted living, nursing homes

* Middle age

* Psychology, learning, memory

* Public policy and legislation

* Retirement planning, adjustment

* Services for older adults

* Social and intergenerational relationships, grandparents

* Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

* Travel and leisure

Citations are of interest to:

* Researchers, educators, and students seeking information on psychosocial development, political activity, health and health care, family relationships, employment patterns, community involvement, and public policy.

* Service providers requiring information on program management, federal regulation, marketing, program description, and evaluation.

* General public looking for information on Social Security and Medicare, family caregiving, making long-term care decisions, health issues, retirement locations, travel and education, and financial management.

AGELINE can be used to:

* Conduct research on memory and learning tasks, family caregiving relationships, adjustment to retirement, and funding of entitlement programs.

* Locate data on utilization on health services, development of hospital geriatric services, special dementia units, assisted living options, and Medicare policy.

* Find information on marketing to seniors, managing older workers, buying habits of midlife baby boomers, and demographic projections.

* Locate publications on retirement planning and retirement locations, 401k's, estate planning, Social Security benefits, health after 50, relationships with adult children and grandchildren, and self-employment.