Care of the elderly patient : policy issues and research opportunities : report of a forum of the Council on Health Care Technology / Jeremiah A. Barondess, David E. Rogers, and Kathleen N. Lohr, editors ; Institute of Medicine.

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Care of the Elderly Patient: Policy Issues and Research Opportunities -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction to the Council on Health Care Technology -- Quality of Care and the Health Needs of the Elderly Patient -- THE MEANING OF QUALITY -- THE OBJECTIVES OF HEALTH CARE -- THE MEANS FOR ATTAINING THE OBJECTIVES OF CARE -- SOME ASPECTS OF SYSTEM DESIGN -- CONCLUSIONS -- Home and Community Care of the Elderly: Introduction -- Home and Community Care of the Elderly: Framing the Issues -- CHANGES IN SEVERITY OF CARE

SITES AND TYPES OF CARELINKAGES BETWEEN ACUTE AND CHRONIC CARE -- GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT -- ALTERNATIVE MODES OF CARE -- Care Coordination -- QUALITY OF CARE -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNOLOGIES -- Bar Code Readers -- Medical Information Systems -- References -- Framing the Issues of Home and Community Care: Response -- CASE MANAGEMENT -- CHANGES IN MEDICAL CARE -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS -- Special Perspectives on Home and Community Care -- HEALTH SERVICES -- EDUCATION -- RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION

Special Perspectives on Home and Community CareINFORMAL CAREGIVERS -- Demographics -- Support for Informal Care Providers -- Respite Care -- Case Management -- Private Sector Help for Informal Care Providers -- OTHER CAREGIVERS -- Professional Nursing -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- Reimbursement -- Rehabilitation -- Ethical Issues -- References -- Special Perspectives on Home and Community Care -- PROGRAMS FOR HOME CARE -- HOME CARE PROFESSIONALS -- CASE STUDIES -- Special Perspectives on Home and Community Care -- SURVEY OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF THE ELDERLY

PROBLEMS IN CARE OF THE ELDERLYCase Management and Control -- Autonomy and Social Support -- Record Keeping -- Continuity of Care -- Planning Patient Services -- Education -- Payment -- Reference -- Special Perspectives on Home and Community Care -- INSURERS' PERSPECTIVES -- Building a System -- Home and Community Care of the Elderly: System Resources and Constraints -- AVAILABILITY OF FINANCING -- AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES -- REIMBURSEMENT FOR COMMUNITY CARE -- AVAILABILITY OF LOW-TECH COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES

AVAILABILITY OF MANPOWER FOR COMMUNITY CAREINFORMAL CARE PROVIDERS -- COORDINATING AVAILABLE SERVICES -- References -- Home and Community Care of the Elderly: System Resources and Constraints -- REHABILITATION -- SUPPLEMENTAL VERSUS SUBSTITUTE CARE -- Human Aides -- Animal Aides -- Physical Technology -- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SPINAL CORD INJURY -- Home and Community Care of the Elderly: Research and Policy Issues -- HIGH AND LOW TECHNOLOGY -- SERVICE DEVELOPMENT -- Problems in Community Care -- Providers of Home Care -- FINANCING -- References

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