Human Factors Interventions for the Health Care of Older Adults

Preface
OVERVIEW AND GENERAL ISSUES
Health Care of Older Adults: The Promise of Human Factors Research, A.D. Fisk and W.A. Rogers
Needs and Requirements in Health Care for the Older Adult: Challenges and Opportunities for the New Millennium, B.H. Beith

COGNITIVE ISSUES
Consideration of Memory Functioning in Health Care Intervention With Older Adults, A.D. Smith,
Cognitive-Linguistic Aging: Considerations for Home Health Care Environments, C.D. Qualls, J.L. Harris, and W.A. Rogers,
Medical Uncertainty and the Older Patient: An Ecological Approach to Supporting Judgment and Decision Making, A. Kirlik and R. Strauss
Exercise, Aging, and Cognition: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind? A.F. Kramer, S. Hahn, E. McAuley, N.J. Cohen, M.T. Banich, C. Harrison, J. Chason, R.A. Boileau, L. Bardell, A. Colcombe, and E. Vakil

HOME HEALTH CARE AND CAREGIVING
The State of Telecommunication Technologies to Enhance Older Adults' Access to Health Services, P. Whitten
Overview and Intervention Approaches to Family Caregiving: Decomposing Complex Psychosocial Interventions, R. Schulz, S. Czaja, and S. Belle
Telecommunication Technology as an Aid to Family Caregivers, S.J. Czaja

TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
A Patient-Centered Approach to Automated Telephone Health Communication for Older Adults, D.G. Morrow and V.O. Leirer
Communication in Health Care Tactics for Older Adults: The Case of Heart Patients, T.B. Sheridan, J.F. Coughlin, D. Kim, and J.M. Thompson
Designing Medical Devices for Older Adults, D. Gardner-Bonneau

COMPUTERS AND HEALTH CARE
Computer Interface Issues for Health Self-Care: Cognitive and Perceptual Constraints, M. Charness and P. Holley
Searching the World Wide Web: Can Older Adults Get What They Need? A.J. Stronge, N. Walker, and W.A. Rogers