Publications
The Colorado Gerontological Society has three publications which are designed to help older adults and those working with them. Too often people do not receive services because they are unaware of their availability.
STA-WELL NEWS is a regular newsletter distributed to more than 8,000 seniors in Colorado and particularly the metropolitan area. It features current policy changes, health articles and information regarding benefits available to the senior population.
Benefits for Seniors is a sourcebook for practitioners which contain information on eligibility, application procedures and income and resource guidelines on government benefit programs.
Our Senior Resource Guidebook provides information regarding community resources, consumer checklists, guidelines for advance directives, and features a detailed document locator to encourage a detailed record of important documents.
Benefits for Seniors Sourcebook for Practitioners
The Benefits for Seniors publication is a Sourcebook for Eldercare Practitioners. Written for a professional audience with frequent interactions with major government programs, the Sourcebook is an extensive guide to many of the programs, subsidies, and services commonly used by Colorado seniors including Old Age Pension, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps and more. It features explanations of the most common and complex programs, contains benefit amounts, eligibility requirements, application methods, and many forms.
Perhaps most useful is the Tips for Practitioners, which lists some of the tips and tricks for each program that other aging professionals have perfected to maximize your effectiveness and the range of resources available to you.
Copies of this incredibly useful book can be purchased for $105 ($95 for each additional copy on the same order and address). CGS organizational members receive a $10 discount or $95 for the first copy, and $85 for each additional copy. NOTE: The hard copy Sourcebook is currently on back order and is not available for purchase. Check back in Spring 2012 for next year's edition.
New this year, an E-Sourcebook features all of the same information in an easy to use pdf format, bringing all of these resources directly to your desktop. E-Sourcebooks are are incredible bargain, available for $75 ($55 for each additional copy on the same order and email address) or $65 for CGS organizational members ($55 for each additional copy).
They may be bought from our office, online or over the phone!
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Order Benefits for Seniors: A Sourcebook for Practitioners
This is an extensive guide to many of the programs, subsidies, and services commonly used by Colorado seniors including Old Age Pension, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps and more. It features explanations of the most common and complex programs, contains benefit amounts, eligibility requirements, application methods, and many forms.
Copies of this incredibly useful book can be purchased for $105 ($95 for each additional copy on the same order and address). CGS members receive a $10 discount or $95 for the first copy, and $85 for each additional copy.
NOTE: The hard copy Sourcebook is currently on back order and is not available for purchase. Please check back in Spring 2012 for the new edition./b>
An E-Sourcebook is also available in a pdf format, providing all the same resources at your fingertips in a searchable and easy to read format. E-Sourcebooks are available for $75 for non-members ($65 for members). When you order an E-Sourcebook, it will be delivered electronically within one working week.
STA-Well News
The STA-Well News is our regular newsletter for Colorado seniors and caregivers. It features articles on healthy aging, senior issues, government and community benefits, senior events and programs, educational information and more.
As of 2012, the STA-Well News has a distribution of over 11,000 seniors statewide. To sign-up to receive the STA-Well News please click here. You can also download the current issue of the STA-Well News. You may also consult our archive of past issues.
For questions or comments on the STA-Well News, including content, requesting a copy, subscribing or unsubscribing, please contact us.
Download Current STA-Well News
STA-Well News Archive (2007-2012)
The Colorado Gerontological Society and its predecessor Senior Answers and Services, issues the STA-Well News, a regular newsletter for seniors and caregivers for 35 years. Below please find the issue archive to 2007. Earlier years will be made available soon.
STA-Well News Volume 37, Issue 2 - April 2012
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Senior Resource Guidebook
The 2012-2013 edition of the Senior Resource Guidebook is now available to seniors and their families who need assistance with health care problems. Like the aging process itself, the need for support services evolves according to one's own time frame. Whether a person wishes to remain at home or requires permanent residential care - and regardless of finances; it is likely that options exist which may meet individual requirements. Often families find themselves struggling with making decisions about placing a loved one in a nursing home or assisted living without much information. Important questions should be asked as someone is placed in a nursing home or an assisted living. Home care can be an even more difficult decision sometimes. Note: Although every effort is made to maintain current information, our data should be used as a preliminary tool and confirmed by contacting the individual facility.
A comprehensive list of all facilities can also be found in our Senior Resource Guidebook. You may download an order form to purchase by mail, order online or by calling 303.333.3482. More information on advertising in the Senior Resource Guidebook is available below.
Information for Advertisers
The Senior Resource Guidebook is a premier informational resource for Colorado seniors, their families and caregivers. It provides comprehensive information including location, phone number, prices and amenities for Colorado assisted living residences, nursing homes, independent living facilities, retirement communities, adult day cares and home care agencies.
More than 20,000 printed copies of the Guidebook are distributed across Colorado every year, to local libraries, senior and community centers, at senior fairs and events and by request. The Guidebook reaches a wide demographic from those looking for subsidized housing to those seeking to purchase extensive insurance coverage, with consumers from Denver to Durango.
The Guidebook is a standard magazine size size layout with a wraparound glossy cover and advertising section, and newsprint content paper. All advertisements are full color and are available in quarter page, half page and full page sizes.
Advertisements should be a minimum of 600dpi and must be submitted as PDF, TIFF, PNG, GIF, or INDD. Advertisements are due no later than March 26, 2013 for 2013-2014 printing (placement cannot be guaranteed, regardless of payment after this date).
Please download an advertising order form or ad spec sheet below for more information.
Download Advertising Specs for Senior Resource Guidebook
Download Senior Resource Guidebook Advertising Order Form
Order the Senior Resource Guidebook
You can order your personal copy of the Senior Resource Guidebook for only $9 shipping and handling. You may also order bulk bundles of 30 Guidebooks. Seniors may pick up a complimentary copy at our office during regular business hours.