GUEST EDITORIAL:

Should Home Screening Tests for Alzheimer's Disease Be Regulated?

Marshall B. Kapp
Gerontologist 2003 43: 292-294. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FORUM:

"Do-It-Yourself" Dementia Testing: Issues Regarding an Alzheimer's Home Screening Test

Frederick J. Kier and Victor Molinari
Gerontologist 2003 43: 295-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES:

Differences in Presenting Advance Directives in the Chart, in the Minimum Data Set, and Through the Staffs Perceptions

Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Alexander Libin, and Steven Lipson
Gerontologist 2003 43: 302-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes: Correlates of Capacity and Possession of Advance Directives

Rebecca S. Allen, Shermetra R. DeLaine, William F. Chaplin, Daniel C. Marson, Michelle S. Bourgeois, Katinka Dijkstra, and Louis D. Burgio
Gerontologist 2003 43: 309-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

USE OF TECHNOLOGY:

The Effect of Age on the Use of Health and Self-Care Information: Confronting the Stereotype

Lisa Smith Wagner and Todd H. Wagner
Gerontologist 2003 43: 318-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Multimedia Program on Home Safety

Mary Anne Sweeney and David A. Chiriboga
Gerontologist 2003 43: 325-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of Assistive Technology and Personal Care in Alleviating Disability and Unmet Need

Emily M. Agree and Vicki A. Freedman
Gerontologist 2003 43: 335-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION:

Total and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Prescription Drugs Among Older Persons

Usha Sambamoorthi, Dennis Shea, and Stephen Crystal
Gerontologist 2003 43: 345-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development of the Family Caregiver Medication Administration Hassles Scale

Shirley S. Travis, Marie A. Bernard, William J. McAuley, Megan Thornton, and Tristen Kole
Gerontologist 2003 43: 360-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL SECTION: SELF-RATED HEALTH, GENDER, AND MORTALITY:

Self-Rated Health, Gender, and Mortality in Older Persons: Introduction to a Special Section

Dorly J. H. Deeg and Peter A. Bath
Gerontologist 2003 43: 369-371. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discussion: Gender Differences in Self-Rated Health, in Mortality, and in the Relationship Between the Two

Ellen L. Idler
Gerontologist 2003 43: 372-375. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Concepts of Self-Rated Health: Specifying the Gender Difference in Mortality Risk

Dorly J. H. Deeg and Didi M. W. Kriegsman
Gerontologist 2003 43: 376-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Differences Between Older Men and Women in the Self-Rated Health–Mortality Relationship

Peter A. Bath
Gerontologist 2003 43: 387-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gender Differences in the Self-Rated Health–Mortality Association: Is It Poor Self-Rated Health That Predicts Mortality or Excellent Self-Rated Health That Predicts Survival?

Yael Benyamini, Tzvia Blumstein, Ayala Lusky, and Baruch Modan
Gerontologist 2003 43: 396-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Are Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Enduring? Results From Three Birth Cohorts in Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom

Nicola Spiers, Carol Jagger, Michael Clarke, and Antony Arthur
Gerontologist 2003 43: 406-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:     Robert H. Binstock, Editor

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE POLICY: WORK IN PROGRESS

Review Essay by Robert B. Hudson
Gerontologist 2003 43: 412-415. [Full Text] [PDF]  

THEY ALSO SERVE: HOME CARE OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL

Review Essay by Amasa B. Ford
Gerontologist 2003 43: 415-417. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AGEISM COMES OF AGE

Review Essay by Erdman B. Palmore
Gerontologist 2003 43: 418-420. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SOCIALLY RECONSTRUCTING A MORE "COMFORTABLE AGING" PROCESS

Review Essay by Melanie A. Wakeman
Gerontologist 2003 43: 420-424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED

Review Essay by
Gerontologist 2003 43: 424-425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

OLD AGE AND LOSS IN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2003 43: 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

OLD AGE AND LOSS IN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

C. Joanne Grabinski
Gerontologist 2003 43: 426-428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

OLD AGE AND LOSS IN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

Prof. Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2003 43: 428-430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

OLD AGE AND LOSS IN FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS

James Vanden Bosch
Gerontologist 2003 43: 430-431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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