1st Edition

Aging and Health Care Social Science and Policy Perspectives

Edited By Marcia G. Ory, Kathleen Bond Copyright 1989
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Of all the problems associated with a rapidly growing aging population, health care demands top priority. Research on health care for older people requires an understanding of the basic principles of aging and its related social processes, while popular assumptions on the subject are often ill-informed and are based more on misconceptions about aging than on scientific knowledge. Originally... Read more

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.

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Marcia G. Ory and Kathleen Bond