Ageing and Health Care

1. Introduction: Health Care for an Ageing Society Marcia Ory and Kathleen Bond Part 1: Epidemiology and Health Care: Background Perspectives 2. Is there a Role for Prevention Among the Elderly? Epidemiologic Evidence from the Almeda County Study George E. Kaplan and Mary N. Haan 3. The Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Older People Thomas T. H. Wan Part 2: 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 Fredric 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 3: Older People and Informal Health Care Systems 7. Informal Care for Frail Old Persons Sharon Tennstedt and John B. McKinlay 8. Interventions with Caregivers of Frail Elderly Persons Dolores Gallagher, Stephen Lovett and Antoinette Zeiss Part 4: Linkages Between Formal and Informal Care 9. The Balance Between Formal and Informal Care Beth J. Soldo and Emily M. Agree 10. Transitions in Long Term Care Robert L. Kane and Rosalie Kane Epilogue: 11. Future Challenges in Health Care for an Ageing Population David Mechanic.