Older Adults: Designing Health Information to Meet their Needs

Are You Communicating Effectively with Older Adults?

Do you want to communicate health messages to an older adult audience? Whether you're developing print or online information, broadcast media or delivering a health presentation, this web site is for you. This section will provide tools and resources to help public health professionals improve their communication with older adults by focusing on health literacy issues. These resources are for all professionals and organizations that interact and communicate with older adults about health issues. These organizations include public health departments, healthcare providers and facilities, government agencies, non-profit/community advocacy organizations, the media, and health-related industries.

Are you ready?

Read CDC's report on older adults and health literacy issues [PDF - 1.97MB]

Begin with a self-assessment