Table of Contents

Contents
Preface

• Issues in Health and Social Policy for an Aging Society
• The Biological Constraints on Human Aging: Implications for Health Policy
• Institutional Versus Community Care of the Elderly: The Delicate Balance of Social Policy
• The Impact Prospective Payment Will Have on Deinstitutionalizing Health Care for the Elderly
• Educating Practitioners for Care of the Elderly: The Teaching Nursing Home?
• Health Promotion and the Elderly: Why Do It and Where Does It Lead?
• Medical Care for the Elderly in Other Western Countries: Lessons for the United States

About the Author

Andreoli, Kathleen G.; Musser, Leigh A.; Reiser, Stanley J.