THE FORUM:

Anti-Aging Medicine: Can Consumers Be Better Protected?

Maxwell J. Mehlman, Robert H. Binstock, Eric T. Juengst, Roselle S. Ponsaran, and Peter J. Whitehouse
Gerontologist 2004 44: 304-310. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SPOUSAL CAREGIVERS:

Neuroticism and Longitudinal Change in Caregiver Depression: Impact of a Spouse-Caregiver Intervention Program

Yuri Jang, Olivio J. Clay, David L. Roth, William E. Haley, and Mary S. Mittelman
Gerontologist 2004 44: 311-317. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Relationship Between Care-Recipient Behaviors and Spousal Caregiving Stress

Berit Ingersoll-Dayton and Michael Raschick
Gerontologist 2004 44: 318-327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MARRIAGE AND DEPRESSED AFFECT:

Age, Marital Processes, and Depressed Affect

Jamila Bookwala and Jamie Jacobs
Gerontologist 2004 44: 328-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LEGAL ISSUES:

Factors Predicting Lawsuits Against Nursing Homes in Florida 1997–2001

Christopher E. Johnson, Aram Dobalian, Janet Burkhard, Deborah K. Hedgecock, and Jeffrey Harman
Gerontologist 2004 44: 339-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SATISFACTION WITH CARE:

Older Adults' Satisfaction With Integrated Capitated Health and Long-Term Care

Adam Atherly, Robert L. Kane, and Maureen A. Smith
Gerontologist 2004 44: 348-357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Response Formats and Satisfaction Surveys for Elders

Nicholas G. Castle and John Engberg
Gerontologist 2004 44: 358-367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

NURSING HOME STAFFING:

Quality of Care in the Nursing Home: Effects of Staff Assignment and Work Shift

Louis D. Burgio, Susan E. Fisher, J. Kaci Fairchild, Kay Scilley, and J. Michael Hardin
Gerontologist 2004 44: 368-377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complexity Science and the Dynamics of Climate and Communication: Reducing Nursing Home Turnover

Ruth A. Anderson, Kirsten N. Corazzini, and Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr.
Gerontologist 2004 44: 378-388. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

COSTS OF CARE:

Comparative Costs of Home Care and Residential Care

Neena L. Chappell, Betty Havens Dlitt, Marcus J. Hollander, Jo Ann Miller, and Carol McWilliam
Gerontologist 2004 44: 389-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Effect of Self-Reported and Performance-Based Functional Impairment on Future Hospital Costs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons

David B. Reuben, Teresa E. Seeman, Emmett Keeler, Risa P. Hayes, Lee Bowman, Ase Sewall, Susan H. Hirsch, Robert B. Wallace, and Jack M. Guralnik
Gerontologist 2004 44: 401-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MEASUREMENT TOOLS WITH ETHNIC POPULATIONS:

Examination of the Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale as a Subjective Quality-of-Life Measure in Elderly Hong Kong Chinese

Eric Wong, Jean Woo, Elsie Hui, and Suzanne C. Ho
Gerontologist 2004 44: 408-417. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reliability and Validity of the SF-36 Among Older Mexican Americans

M. Kristen Peek, Laura Ray, Kushang Patel, Diane Stoebner-May, and Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Gerontologist 2004 44: 418-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PRACTICE CONCEPTS:

Resident-Assisted Montessori Programming (RAMP): Training Persons With Dementia to Serve as Group Activity Leaders

Cameron J. Camp and Michael J. Skrajner
Gerontologist 2004 44: 426-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BOOK REVIEWS:     Robert H. Binstock, Editor

INTIMATIONS OF PROLONGEVITY

Review Essay by Harry R. Moody
Gerontologist 2004 44: 432-436. [Full Text]  

CHARTING A COURSE TO ADVANCE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH OLDER ADULTS AND FAMILIES

Review Essay by Judith G. Gonyea
Gerontologist 2004 44: 436-439. [Full Text]  

RETHINKING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RISK ADJUSTMENT

Review Essay by Darcey D. Terris and John F. P. Bridges
Gerontologist 2004 44: 439-443. [Full Text]  

BOOKS RECEIVED

Review Essay by
Gerontologist 2004 44: 443. [Full Text]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2004 44: 444. [Full Text]  

Toni Calasanti and Neal King
Gerontologist 2004 44: 444-445. [Full Text]  

Lyndall Hare
Gerontologist 2004 44: 446. [Full Text]  

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