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  Title Year Author Related Subject Description
151. Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care: An Interim Report Care: An Interim Report 2001 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation   Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying people and their families. Through the work of innovative demonstration projects and national workgroups they strive to address particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care.
152. A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: African American Populationy Competent Care: African American Population 1999 Kaiser Permanente   This handbook address the importance of "cultural competence" in health care delivery. Culturally competent care" describes heath care that is sensitive to the health beliefs and behaviors, epidemiology and treatment efficacy of different population groups.
153. Activities, Adaptation & Aging: Vol. 29 No. 1. 29 No. 1 2004 Haworth Press, Inc.   NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
154. Innovative and Effective Senior Transportation Models: A Resource Guide for the Community Transit Providersportation Models: A Resource Guide for the Community Transit Provider 1995 Central Plains Area Agency on Agingng Older Persons, Older automobile drivers & Transportation The goal of the Senior Transportation Program was for a project team to develop and implement innovative model transportation programs to meet special needs of older persons, particularly the most vulnerable who may be at-risk of institutionalization without transportation.
155. A Positive Approach to Retirement from Driving from Driving 1995 Central Plains Area Agency on Agingng Older Persons, Older automobile drivers & Transportation The goal of the Senior Transportation Program was for a project team to develop and implement innovative model transportation programs to meet special needs of older persons, particularly the most vulnerable who may be at-risk of institutionalization without transportation.
156. A Practical Guide to Resources & Regulations for the Community Transit ProviderRegulations for the Community Transit Provider 1995 Central Plains Area Agency on Agingng Older Persons, Older automobile drivers & Transportation The goal of the Senior Transportation Program was for a project team to develop and implement innovative model transportation programs to meet special needs of older persons, particularly the most vulnerable who may be at-risk of institutionalization without transportation.
157. Community Transit Practice Standards Which are Responsive to the Elderly and Their Care Managersards Which are Responsive to the Elderly and Their Care Managers 1995 Central Plains Area Agency on Agingng Older Persons, Older automobile drivers & Transportation The goal of the Senior Transportation Program was for a project team to develop and implement innovative model transportation programs to meet special needs of older persons, particularly the most vulnerable who may be at-risk of institutionalization without transportation.
158. A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Populationy Competent Care: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Population 2000 Kaiser Permanente   This is part of a series of handbooks that address the importance of "cultural competence" in health care delivery. "Culturally competent care" describes heath care that is sensitive to the health beliefs and behaviors, epidemiology and treatment efficacy of different population groups.
159. Home Health Care Services Quarterly Vol. 13 No. 1/2ly Vol. 13 No. 1/2 1992 Haworth Press, Inc.   Home Health Care Services Quarterly continues to publish important research on the cutting edge of home care and alternatives to long-term institutional care for the elderly, disabled, and other population groups that use in-home health care and other community services. The journal is aimed toward service providers and health care specialists involved with health care financing, evaluation of services, organization of services, and public policy issues.
160. Activities, Adaptation & Aging: Vol. 28 No. 3. 28 No. 3 2004 Haworth Press, Inc.   NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
161. Activities, Adaptation & Aging: Vol. 28 No. 4. 28 No. 4 2004 Haworth Press, Inc.   NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
162. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 53 No. 1Society Vol. 53 No. 1 2005 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Functional-Task exercise versus resistance strength exercise to improve daily function in older women (2) Executive Control Mediates Memory's Association with Change in Instructional Activities of Day Living (3) Sex Differences in the Risk of Frailty for Mortality Independent of Disability and Chronic Diseases (4) Drop Attacks in Older: Systematic Assessment Has a High Diagnostic Yield and many more topics.
163. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 52 No. 12Society Vol. 52 No. 12 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Prospective Association of Low and High Total and LDL Cholesterol with Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Men (2) Ameliorating Pain in Nursing Homes (3) Comparison of Routine Glove Use to Contact Isolation Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Multidrug REsistant Bacteria in a Long-Term Care Facility and many more topics.
164. A Clinical Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 11s Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 11 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Controversies in Geriatric Cardiology: Management of Heart Failure in Older Adults (2) Fever and Infection in the Nursing Home (3) Management of Anxiety in Late Life (4) Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities: An Overview of AHRQ Funded Projects and many other topics.
165. A Clinical Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 8s Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 8 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) United States Pharmacopoeia Draft Model Guidelines (2) One Patient, Many Places: Managing Health Care Transitions, Part III: Financial Incentives and Getting Started (3) New Concepts in Acute Pain Therapy (4) DNR: Not the Total Picture and many other topics.
166. Health, United States, 1999: Health and Aging Chartbookh and Aging Chartbook 1999 U.S. Dept of Health and Human Servicesrvices   Presents national trends in health statistics. Major findings are presented in the highlights. Includes a chartbook on health and aging and detailed tables on trends.
167. National Forum on Geriatric Education & Training: Programtion & Training: Program 1995 U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services   The purpose of the forum was to craft a 21st century agenda for action designed to better prepare the nation's health care workforce to serve an aging nation.
168. National Forum on Geriatric Education & Training: Programtion & Training: Program 1995 U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services   The purpose of the forum was to craft a 21st century agenda for action designed to better prepare the nation's health care workforce to serve an aging nation.
169. Long-Term and Prevention Services: 2001 Program Reports: 2001 Program Report 2001 Virginia Department of Social Services    
170. A Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 7s Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 7 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Palliative Care in Long-Term Care: Communicating with Families (2) Alzheimer’s Disease in the Long-Term Care Setting (3) Pet Therapy and many more topics.
171. Clinical Geriatrics: A Clinical Journal of The American Geriatrics Society Vol. 12 No. 6al of The American Geriatrics Society Vol. 12 No. 6 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Evaluation and Management of Insomnia in the Institutionalized Elderly (2) Weight Loss in Advanced Alzheimer's Disease, Part II: Interventions (3) Osteoporosis in the Aging Male and many more topics.
172. A Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 13 No. 1s Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 13 No. 1 2005 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Liability Reform and Long-Term Care (2) Protection from the Truth: A Challenge for Surrogates and Health Care Professionals (3) Case Study of a Patient with a Chronic Lower Extremity Wound and many more topics.
173. A Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 9s Society: Annuals of Long-Term Care Clinical Care - Clinical Care and Aging Vol. 12 No. 9 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) Osteoporosis: A Neglected but Treatable Disease (2) One Patient, Many Places: Managing Health Care Transitions, Part I: Introduction, Accountability, Information for Patients in Transition (3) Sexuality in Long-Term Care: Ethics and Action and many more topics.
174. Clinical Geriatrics: A Clinical Journal of The American Geriatrics Society Vol. 12 No. 12al of The American Geriatrics Society Vol. 12 No. 12 2004 American Geriatrics Society   Topics include (1) 2005 White House Conference on Aging (2) Abstracts from Medical Literature for the Geriatrics Practitioner (3) Hospice and Palliative Care: The Last Year in Review and many more topics.
175. Alzheimer's Disease: A Guide for ClergyClergy 2000 Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's-Disease, Clergy, Religious-Institutions, Religion This booklet for members of the clergy provides information about how to recognize, communicate with, and respond to someone with Alzheimer's disease (AD). It also offers suggestions for the spiritual care and comfort for people with AD and their caregivers. The booklet starts with a overview of AD, including its costs, diagnosis, treatment, and signs. It explains what to do if you recognize the signs of AD in a member of the congregation, and describes some of the cognitive and behavioral changes that occur in AD. Then, it suggests strategies for approaching and communicating with a person with AD, and for meeting the spiritual needs of the person with AD and family members. Finally, it describes the Safe Return Program and other resources available from the Alzheimer's Association.