HEALTH CARE ISSUES AND COST:

Linkages in the Rural Continuum: The Balanced Budget Act and Beyond

Joseph Angelelli, Mary L. Fennell, Raymond R. Hyatt, and Joyce McKenney
Gerontologist 2003 43: 151-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost of Illness of Alzheimer's Disease: How Useful Are Current Estimates?

Bernard S. Bloom, Nathalie de Pouvourville, and Walter L. Straus
Gerontologist 2003 43: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcomes of Managed Care of Dually Eligible Older Persons

Robert L. Kane, Patricia Homyak, Boris Bershadsky, Yat-Sang Lum, and Mir Said Siadaty
Gerontologist 2003 43: 165-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Variations in Hospitalization Rates Among Nursing Home Residents: The Role of Facility and Market Attributes

Mary W. Carter and Frank W. Porell
Gerontologist 2003 43: 175-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GAY AND LESBIAN ELDERS:

The Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Elders and Their Families in Canada

Shari Brotman, Bill Ryan, and Robert Cormier
Gerontologist 2003 43: 192-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN NURSING HOMES:

Assessment of Social Cognition in Frail Older Adults and Its Association With SocialFunctioning in the Nursing Home

Allyson M. Washburn, Laura P. Sands, and Pamela J. Walton
Gerontologist 2003 43: 203-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Depression on Social Engagement in Newly Admitted Dutch Nursing Home Residents

Wilco Achterberg, Anne Margriet Pot, Ada Kerkstra, Marcel Ooms, Martien Muller, and Miel Ribbe
Gerontologist 2003 43: 213-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRADITIONS IN CAREGIVING:

Caregiving and Institutionalization of Cognitively Impaired Older People: Utilizing Dynamic Predictors of Change

Joseph E. Gaugler, Robert L. Kane, Rosalie A. Kane, Ted Clay, and Robert Newcomer
Gerontologist 2003 43: 219-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transitions in Spousal Caregiving

Lynda C. Burton, Bozena Zdaniuk, Richard Schulz, Sharon Jackson, and Calvin Hirsch
Gerontologist 2003 43: 230-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICE CONCEPTS:

Improving Nursing Home Communication: An Intervention to Reduce Elderspeak

Kristine Williams, Susan Kemper, and Mary Lee Hummert
Gerontologist 2003 43: 242-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Statewide Strategy to Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities

Marilyn J. Rantz, Amy Vogelsmeier, Pam Manion, De Minner, Betty Markway, Vicki Conn, Myra A. Aud, and David R. Mehr
Gerontologist 2003 43: 248-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effectiveness of Continuing Education in Long-Term Care: A Literature Review

Sandra Aylward, Paul Stolee, Nancy Keat, and Van Johncox
Gerontologist 2003 43: 259-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:     Robert H. Binstock, Editor

BIOLOGY OF AGING: THE STATE OF THE ART

Review Essay by George M. Martin
Gerontologist 2003 43: 272-274. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, HOME CARE, AND LONG-TERM SERVICES: LOOKING SIDEWAYS AND BACKWARDS FOR INSIGHTS ON LONG-TERM CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Review Essay by Rosalie A. Kane
Gerontologist 2003 43: 274-279. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS: EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND CURRENT GAPS IN THE EVIDENCE BASE

Review Essay by Antonette M. Zeiss
Gerontologist 2003 43: 279-283. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS, PART II

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2003 43: 285-288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

More Than a Failing Heart

Karen S. Feldt
Gerontologist 2003 43: 285-286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Way We Die:Listening to the Terminally Ill

Guy Micco
Gerontologist 2003 43: 286-288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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