THE FORUM:

Ethical Issues Involving Research Conducted With Homebound Older Adults

Julie L. Locher, Janet Bronstein, Caroline O. Robinson, Charlotte Williams, and Christine S. Ritchie
Gerontologist 2006 46: 160-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES:

Residential Care Provision in Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Waivers: A National Study of Program Trends

Martin Kitchener, Mauro Hernandez, Terence Ng, and Charlene Harrington
Gerontologist 2006 46: 165-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Characteristics Associated With Home- and Community-Based Service Utilization for Medicare Managed Care Consumers

Gretchen E. Alkema, Judy Y. Reyes, and Kathleen H. Wilber
Gerontologist 2006 46: 173-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of a Voucher Benefit on the Demand for Paid Personal Assistance

Hongdao Meng, Bruce Friedman, Andrew W. Dick, Brenda R. Wamsley, Gerald M. Eggert, and Dana Mukamel
Gerontologist 2006 46: 183-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELDER ABUSE:

Behavioral Health Services Utilization Among Older Adults Identified Within a State Abuse Hotline Database

Lawrence Schonfeld, Rebecca G. Larsen, and Paul G. Stiles
Gerontologist 2006 46: 193-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Extent and Frequency of Abuse in the Lives of Older Women and Their Relationship With Health Outcomes

Bonnie S. Fisher and Saundra L. Regan
Gerontologist 2006 46: 200-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IMPROVING THE WORKFORCE:

Measuring Staff Turnover in Nursing Homes

Nicholas G. Castle
Gerontologist 2006 46: 210-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interpersonal Complexity: A Cognitive Component of Person-Centered Care

Louis Medvene, Kerry Grosch, and Nathan Swink
Gerontologist 2006 46: 220-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Team Performance and Risk-Adjusted Health Outcomes in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Dana B. Mukamel, Helena Temkin-Greener, Rachel Delavan, Derick R. Peterson, Diane Gross, Stephen Kunitz, and T. Franklin Williams
Gerontologist 2006 46: 227-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASSISTED LIVING:

An Empirical Typology of Residential Care/Assisted Living Based on a Four-State Study

Nan Sook Park, Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, and J. Kevin Eckert
Gerontologist 2006 46: 238-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FALLS:

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Risk Factors for Falls, Fear of Falling, and Falls Efficacy in a Cohort of Middle-Aged African Americans

Elena M. Andresen, Fredric D. Wolinsky, J. Philip Miller, Margaret-Mary G. Wilson, Theodore K. Malmstrom, and Douglas K. Miller
Gerontologist 2006 46: 249-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MARITAL EFFECTS:

Well-Being in Older Mexican American Spouses

M. Kristen Peek, Jim P. Stimpson, Aloen L. Townsend, and Kyriakos S. Markides
Gerontologist 2006 46: 258-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF REPORT:

Marital History and the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Midlife

Zhenmei Zhang
Gerontologist 2006 46: 266-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICE CONCEPTS:

Just for Us: An Academic Medical Center–Community Partnership to Maintain the Health of a Frail Low-Income Senior Population

Susan D. Yaggy, J. Lloyd Michener, Duncan Yaggy, Mary T. Champagne, Mina Silberberg, Michelle Lyn, Fred Johnson, and Kimberly S. H. Yarnall
Gerontologist 2006 46: 271-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Findings From an Elder Abuse Forensic Center

Aileen Wiglesworth, Laura Mosqueda, Kerry Burnight, Ted Younglove, and Daniel Jeske
Gerontologist 2006 46: 277-283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Feasibility of Implementing the Strong for Life Program in Community Settings

Caryn D. Etkin, Thomas R. Prohaska, Bette Ann Harris, Nancy Latham, and Alan Jette
Gerontologist 2006 46: 284-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

THE INNER WORLD OF NURSING HOMES

Review Essay by Laura Katz Olson
Gerontologist 2006 46: 293-297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL SENESCENCE: BRILLIANT INSIGHT OR FOOLISH NOTION?

Review Essay by Edward J. Masoro
Gerontologist 2006 46: 297-300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BEING WOMEN, THEN LESBIANS, THEN OLD: FEMININITIES, SEXUALITIES, AND AGING

Review Essay by Edward H. Thompson, Jr
Gerontologist 2006 46: 300-305. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED:

BOOKS RECEIVED

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AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:

MISCELLANY

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2006 46: 306. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas Maltby
Gerontologist 2006 46: 306-307. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerontologist 2006 46: 307-308. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2006 46: 308-309. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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