Aging and Health Care

ISBN-13: 9781032689395 / Twarda / 2024 / 282 str.

Opis

Originally published in 1989, Aging and Health Care focuses on the most urgent health care problems of older people at the time and explores possible solutions. Drawing on up-to-date social and behavioral research, it provides a sound basis on which to build practices and policies on aging and health care.

Spis treści

Foreword.  List of Contributors.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction: Health Care for an Aging Society Marcia G. Ory and Kathleen Bond  Part One: Epidemiology and Health Care: Background Perspectives  2. Is There a Role for Prevention Among the Elderly? Epidemiological Evidence from the Alameda County Study George A. Kaplan and Mary N. Haan  3. The Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Older People Thomas T. H. Wan  Part Two: Older People and Formal Health Care Systems  4. The Consistency of Formal Health Care Utilization: Physician and Hospital Utilization Jana M. Mossey, Betty Havens and Frederic D. Wolinsky  5. The Role of the Hospital in the Care of Older Persons Carl Eisdorfer, Ross Mullner and Donna Cohen  6. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Institutional Care Linda K. George and George L. Maddox  Part Three: Older People and Informal Health Care Systems  7. Informal Care for Frail Older Persons Sharon L. Tennstedt and John B. McKinlay  8. Interventions with Caregivers of Frail Elderly Persons Dolores Gallagher, Steven Lovett and Antonette Zeiss  Part Four: Linkages Between Formal and Informal Care  9. The Balance Between Formal and Informal Care Beth J. Soldo, Emily M. Agree and Douglas A. Wolf  10. Transitions in Long-Term Care Robert L. Kane and Rosalie A. Kane  11. Epilogue: Future Challenges in Health Care for an Aging Population David Mechanic.  Index.

O autorze

Marcia G. Ory and Kathleen Bond