Aging and Health Care

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.