Aging and Prevention: New Approaches for Preventing Health and Mental Health Problems in Older Adults

by Robert E Hess

Overview

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly. Interesting chapters focus on the prevention of long-term care institutionalization, alternative health delivery systems, informal support networks, and the prevention of domestic neglect and abuse of elderly adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780866561884
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1983
Series:	Prevention in Human Services Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sharon Simson, Laura B. Wilson, Jared Hermalin, Robert Hess

Table of Contents

Contents Preface

• Introduction
• Social Policies and Programs for the Elderly as Mechanisms of Prevention
• The Status of Preventive Care for the Aged: A Meta-Analysis
• Healthy Aging Through Knowledge and Self-Care
• Targeting Community Services to High-Risk Elders: Toward Preventing Long-Term Care Institutionalization
• Prevention of Unnecessary Geriatric Deaths: Differential Rate of Morbidity/Mortality on Admission to Long Term Care Facilities
• An Alternative Health Delivery System for the Chronically Ill Elderly
• Health, Prevention, and Television: Images of the Elderly and Perceptions of Social Reality
• Older Women and Informal Supports: Impact on Prevention
• Opportunities for Prevention of Domestic Neglect and Abuse of the Elderly