Aging and Prevention

Sharon Simson, Laura B. Wilson, Jared Hermalin, Robert Hess

Contents
Preface



Introduction
Social Policies and Programs for the Elderly as Mechanisms of Prevention
The Status of Preventive Care for the Aged: A Meta-Analysis
Healthy Aging Through Knowledge and Self-Care
Targeting Community Services to High-Risk Elders: Toward Preventing Long-Term Care Institutionalization
Prevention of Unnecessary Geriatric Deaths: Differential Rate of Morbidity/Mortality on Admission to Long Term Care Facilities
An Alternative Health Delivery System for the Chronically Ill Elderly
Health, Prevention, and Television: Images of the Elderly and Perceptions of Social Reality
Older Women and Informal Supports: Impact on Prevention
Opportunities for Prevention of Domestic Neglect and Abuse of the Elderly