THE FORUM:

Born to Retire: The Foreshortened Life Course

David J. Ekerdt
Gerontologist 2004 44: 3-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GUEST EDITORIAL:

Determining the Relationship Between Staffing and Quality

John F. Schnelle
Gerontologist 2004 44: 10-12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NURSING HOME POLICY:

Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Under the Nursing Home Reform Act

Xinzhi Zhang and David C. Grabowski
Gerontologist 2004 44: 13-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nursing Home Quality, Cost, Staffing, and Staff Mix

Marilyn J. Rantz, Lanis Hicks, Victoria Grando, Gregory F. Petroski, Richard W. Madsen, David R. Mehr, Vicki Conn, Mary Zwygart-Staffacher, Jill Scott, Marcia Flesner, Jane Bostick, Rose Porter, and Meridean Maas
Gerontologist 2004 44: 24-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HEALTH CARE COST AND FINANCING:

Home Care Before and After the Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Shifts in Financing and Services

William D. Spector, Joel W. Cohen, and Irena Pesis-Katz
Gerontologist 2004 44: 39-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Do Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures Rise With Age Among Older Americans?

Susan T. Stewart
Gerontologist 2004 44: 48-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrollees Choose Priorities for Medicare

Marion Danis, Andrea K. Biddle, and Susan Dorr Goold
Gerontologist 2004 44: 58-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AT-RISK ELDERS:

Risk Factors for Nonelective Hospitalization in Frail and Older Adult, Inner-City Outpatients

Teresa M. Damush, David M. Smith, Anthony J. Perkins, Paul R. Dexter, and Faye Smith
Gerontologist 2004 44: 68-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patient and Clinical Site Factors Associated With Rescreening Behavior Among Older Multiethnic, Low-Income Women

Patrick Fox, Pamela Arnsberger, Desi Owens, Brenda Nussey, Xiluan Zhang, Jacqueline M. Golding, Farzaneh Tabnak, and Regina Otero-Sabogal
Gerontologist 2004 44: 76-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MANAGED CARE:

Are Healthier Older Adults Choosing Managed Care?

Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey
Gerontologist 2004 44: 85-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of an Innovative Medicare Managed Care Program on the Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents

Robert L. Kane, Shannon Flood, Boris Bershadsky, and Gail Keckhafer
Gerontologist 2004 44: 95-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMEN:

State Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs: Factors Associated With Perceived Effectiveness

Carroll L. Estes, Donna M. Zulman, Sheryl C. Goldberg, and Dawn D. Ogawa
Gerontologist 2004 44: 104-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF REPORT:

Factors Important to Success in the Volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman Role

H. Wayne Nelson, Karen Hooker, Kimberly N. DeHart, John A. Edwards, and Kevin Lanning
Gerontologist 2004 44: 116-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICE CONCEPTS:

Developing and Implementing an HIV/AIDS Educational Curriculum for Older Adults

Joanne Altschuler, Anne D. Katz, and Margaret Tynan
Gerontologist 2004 44: 121-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:     Robert H. Binstock, Editor

MILESTONES IN THE QUEST FOR QUALITY

Review Essay by Elias S. Cohen
Gerontologist 2004 44: 127-134. [Full Text] [PDF]  

INFORMATION PLEASE!

Review Essay by James J. Callahan, Jr.
Gerontologist 2004 44: 134-135. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN WHOLE-PERSON GERONTOLOGY

Review Essay by David O. Moberg
Gerontologist 2004 44: 136-140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED

Review Essay by
Gerontologist 2004 44: 140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

The Human Condition—Video Series

Lynne Gershenson Hodgson
Gerontologist 2004 44: 141-143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER TO THE AUDIOVISUAL EDITOR

Florence Safford
Gerontologist 2004 44: 143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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