FORUM:

The Aging Network and Managed Long-Term Care

Larry Polivka and Helen Zayac
Gerontologist 2008 48: 564-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

QUALITY OF LIFE:

Declining Patient Functioning and Caregiver Burden/Health: The Minnesota Stroke Survey–Quality of Life After Stroke Study

Melissa M. Nelson, Maureen A. Smith, Brian C. Martinson, Amy Kind, and Russell V. Luepker
Gerontologist 2008 48: 573-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Association Between Changes in Health Status and Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life

Howard B. Degenholtz, Jules Rosen, Nicholas Castle, Vikas Mittal, and Darren Liu
Gerontologist 2008 48: 584-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Major Depression and Subsyndromal Symptoms on Quality of Life and Attitudes Toward Aging in an International Sample of Older Adults

Eduardo Chachamovich, Marcelo Fleck, Ken Laidlaw, and Mick Power
Gerontologist 2008 48: 593-602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SOCIALIZATION:

More Than Just not Being Alone: The Number, Nature, and Complementarity of Meal-Time Social Interactions Influence Food Intake in Hospitalized Elderly Patients

Catherine Paquet, Danielle St-Arnaud-McKenzie, Zhenfeng Ma, Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, Guylaine Ferland, and Laurette Dubé
Gerontologist 2008 48: 603-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Social Relationships and Their Role in the Consideration to Hasten Death

Tracy A. Schroepfer
Gerontologist 2008 48: 612-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE:

Alcohol Consumption and Health Among Elders

Ana I. Balsa, Jenny F. Homer, Michael F. Fleming, and Michael T. French
Gerontologist 2008 48: 622-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reconceptualizing Early and Late Onset: A Life Course Analysis of Older Heroin Users

Miriam Williams Boeri, Claire E. Sterk, and Kirk W. Elifson
Gerontologist 2008 48: 637-645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valuation of Life in Old and Very Old Age: The Role of Sociodemographic, Social, and Health Resources for Positive Adaptation

Daniela Jopp, Christoph Rott, and Frank Oswald
Gerontologist 2008 48: 646-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION:

Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between the Use of Health Care Services and Functional Disability: The Health and Retirement Study (1992–2004)

Mary Elizabeth Bowen and Hector M. González
Gerontologist 2008 48: 659-667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Home Health Care and Patterns of Subsequent VA and Medicare Health Care Utilization for Veterans

Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Amy S. Jeffreys, and Cynthia J. Coffman
Gerontologist 2008 48: 668-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CIVIL MONEY:

Variation in the Use of Federal and State Civil Money Penalties for Nursing Homes

Charlene Harrington, Theodore Tsoukalas, Cynthia Rudder, Richard J. Mollot, and Helen Carrillo
Gerontologist 2008 48: 679-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF REPORT:

Religiousness/Spirituality and Mental Health Among Older Male Inmates

Rebecca S. Allen, Laura Lee Phillips, Lucinda Lee Roff, Ronald Cavanaugh, and Laura Day
Gerontologist 2008 48: 692-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICE CONCEPTS:

Harvest Health: Translation of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Older African Americans in a Senior Setting

Laura N. Gitlin, Nancy L. Chernett, Lynn Fields Harris, Delores Palmer, Paul Hopkins, and Marie P. Dennis
Gerontologist 2008 48: 698-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

BOOKS RECEIVED

Review Essay by
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ERRATA:

Errata

Gerontologist 2008 48: 708. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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