Aging and Health Care : Social Science and Policy Perspectives (Paperback)

Foreword.? List of Contributors.? Acknowledgements.? 1. Introduction: Health Care for an Aging Society?Marcia G. Ory and Kathleen Bond??Part One: Epidemiology and Health Care: Background Perspectives??2. Is There a Role for Prevention Among the Elderly? Epidemiological Evidence from the Alameda County Study?George A. Kaplan and Mary N. Haan? 3. The Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Older People?Thomas T. H. Wan??Part Two: Older People and Formal Health Care Systems??4. The Consistency of Formal Health Care Utilization: Physician and Hospital Utilization?Jana M. Mossey, Betty Havens and Frederic D. Wolinsky? 5. The Role of the Hospital in the Care of Older Persons?Carl Eisdorfer, Ross Mullner and Donna Cohen? 6. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Institutional Care?Linda K. George and George L. Maddox??Part Three: Older People and Informal Health Care Systems??7. Informal Care for Frail Older Persons?Sharon L. Tennstedt and John B. McKinlay??8. Interventions with Caregivers of Frail Elderly Persons?Dolores Gallagher, Steven Lovett and Antonette Zeiss??Part Four: Linkages Between Formal and Informal Care? 9. The Balance Between Formal and Informal Care?Beth J. Soldo, Emily M. Agree and Douglas A. Wolf? 10. Transitions in Long-Term Care?Robert L. Kane and Rosalie A. Kane? 11. Epilogue: Future Challenges in Health Care for an Aging Population?David Mechanic.? Index.