Public Resources

Advanced Healthcare Directives

Advance directives, or living wills, inform your family about your wishes if you become too ill to let them know.

• North Dakota Honoring Choices - Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
  POLST's goal is to effectively communicate the wishes of patients facing serious illness or end of life care.
• National POLST Paradigm

Alzheimer’s

• Care Consultation
  An in-depth, personalized service for individuals and families who are facing many decisions and challenges associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.

Articles

• No Country for Old Age
  When it comes to old age, illness, and death, little remains to us of common meaning or shared social rituals.

Health Promotion

• CDC's National Registry of Recognized Diabetes Prevention Programs
  Lists contact information for all CDC-recognized organizations that deliver evidence-based type 2 diabetes prevention programs in communities across the United States.
• SilverSneakers
  A fitness program for seniors that's included with many Medicare Advantage plans. Membership includes access to every participating gym and fitness center in the network. Fitness classes are offered for all abilities led by our SilverSneakers trained instructors.

Podcasts

• Everything Your Doc Wants You to Know
  Information about health matters affecting adults, from latest research updates to tips on navigating the health system and everything in between.

Services

• Service Providers for Seniors
  Area guide to services for seniors in the Greater Grand Forks area (North Dakota)