Aging and Health

: PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CONTRIBUTORS. PART I: HEALTH NEEDS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES. Reduction of the National Morbidity. The Dynamics of Population Aging and Health. Hip Fracture Trends in Saskatchewan 1972-1984. Late Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hospital Utilization by Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Alzheimer's Disease: Research and Public Policy. A Method to Examine Confusion-Potentiating Medications in Studies of the Institutionalized Elderly. Age and Sensitivity to Light: Implications for Depression, Sundowning, and Lighting Standards. Increase in Hospital Discharge Rates by the Oldest Old Despite Changes in Reimbursement Mechanisms, Olmsted County, MN, 1970-1985. One-Stop Access for Senior Citizens: A Model of Integrated Service Delivery for Rural Areas. The Impact of Health Education on the Use of Medications in Elderly Women. Policy as Significant Determinator of the Use of Physical Restraints. Health Care Beliefs and the Use of Medical and Social Services by the Elderly. PART II: MONEY, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHOICES. Reading the Menu with Better Glasses: Aging and Health Policy Research. Death, Ethics, and Choice. The Politics of Change in the Health Arena. Politics and the Limits of "Rationality". Aging and Health: Research, Policy, and Resource Allocation. Informal Social Support Systems in China. Australian Services for the Elderly-Some Structural Difficulties. Institutionalization of Elderly Canadians: Future Allocations to Non-Health Sectors. Demography, Economy, and the Future of the Health System for the Elderly: A European Perspective. Health and Aging from a Dutch Health Policy Perspective. Private Versus Public Financing of Long Term Care in the United States. PART III: PERFORMING EFFECTIVE GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Research, Policy, and the Delivery of Care to the Elderly. Linking Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Demystifying the Research Process. Lessons for Gerontology from Healthy Public Policy Initiatives. The Consumer Response to Research and Policy. The Consumer View of Research and Policy. A Consumer's View of Research and Policy in Aging and Health. PART IV: APPLYING GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH EFFECTIVELY. Diffusion Across a Semipermeable Membrane, or the Process Through Which Research Influences Policy Development. Profession Without Practice: An Administrator's Perspective on Barriers That Restrict the Use of Research in Public Policy. Overcoming Barriers to Using Research in the Policymaking Process: A Researcher's Perspective. Research and Public Policy on Urinary Incontinence: Can We Afford Not to Evaluate? Integrating Research into the Delivery Environment: One Community-Based Agency's Struggle. Integrating Research into the Long Term Care Setting. Integration of Research in Clinical Practice. PART V: CEMENTING RESEARCH AND POLICY CONNECTIONS. Research and Policy: Cementing the Connections. Strengthening Research-Policy Relations in the Field of Aging and Health. Research and Policy from the Federal Government Perspective. How Can Granting Agencies Respond to the Need for Research on Aging and Health? Index.