title: Considering health literacy.
abstract: Older adults face many decisions as they navigate the complex health-care system. For people with low health literacy skills, making such decisions can be daunting. This brief discusses health literacy and describes techniques your organization or program can use to reach out to those with low levels of health literacy.
authors.affiliation: National Academy on an Aging Society, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kilker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011203:Poverty; D011932:Reading; D014481:United States