Health Care for the Elderly (eBook, PDF)

Regional Responses for National Policy Issues
Redaktion: Andreoli, Kathleen G.; Reiser, Stanley J.; Musser, Leigh A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Leading experts in health policy, gerontology, economics, and ethics explore the potential impact of the growing number of elderly on our health care system. They provide valuable information on the continuing debate over national health care policy for the elderly versus a more decentralized.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 363
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317773993
• Artikelnr.: 41220222

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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