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This guide for clinicians summarizes the evidence from both observational studies and controlled trials that compare the effectiveness and safety of oral hypoglycemics.

"Hospital At Home" is an innovative health care model that can provide hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care until the patient is ready for discharge to their primary care physician. The Web site contains information and tools for organizations that are considering starting their own program.

This handbook provides information on forming a community-based network for community members who wish to become involved in maintaining their elderly neighbors in their homes. It is also for public health and social service agencies, area agencies on aging, and others who recognize the value of community caring and the potential for neighbors to augment the services that they, as agencies, provide.

This adult resources tools page on the Health Not Cosmetics Web site provides patients with reliable and valuable information on living more productive and healthier lifestyles and empowers them to take responsibility for finding the right information to make the changes necessary in their lives to achieve greater overall health.

This page of the Health not Cosmetics Web site for physicians and providers contains materials and tools to help patients develop healthy living habits and lose weight.

Men can use the checklists in this flyer to help them stay healthy at age 50+.

The Nursing Home Improvement Feedback Tool (NHIFT, or “nifty”) is a computer-based audit and feedback tool that assists nursing homes in collecting data and viewing process measure scores for four clinical topics: depression, pain, physical restraints, and pressure ulcers.

This evidence-based guide for consumers can help patients talk with their doctor or nurse about pills for type 2 diabetes.

These resources can help hospitals and health systems in voluntarily adopting standardized color-coded patient wristbands.

Men and women can use the chart on this poster as a guide to help them stay healthy at age 50+.