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Contents: Volume 43, Number 2, April 2003   [Index by Author]  [Cover Caption]
       HEALTH CARE ISSUES AND COST
       GAY AND LESBIAN ELDERS
       SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN NURSING HOMES
       TRADITIONS IN CAREGIVING
       PRACTICE CONCEPTS
       BOOK REVIEWS
       AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS
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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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS, PART II
Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2003 43: 285-288. [Full Text]  

More Than a Failing Heart
Karen S. Feldt
Gerontologist 2003 43: 285-286. [Full Text]  

The Way We Die:Listening to the Terminally Ill
Guy Micco
Gerontologist 2003 43: 286-288. [Full Text]  

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