Purpose of the Study: To identify needs encountered by older adult patients after hospital discharge and assess the impact of a telephone transitional care intervention on stress, health care utilization, readmissions, and mortality. Design and Methods: Older adult inpatients who met criteria for risk of post-discharge complications were…

Community-based frail older adults, burdened with complex medical and social needs, are at great risk for preventable rapid rehospitalizations. Although federal and state regulations are in place to address the care transitions between the hospital and nursing home, no such guidelines exist for the much larger population of community-dwelling…

Examines the importance of economic factors in physician and other health service utilization among older adults living in Bermuda. Using data from a national survey of 500 Bermudian elders, findings reveal economic factors to be unrelated to the use of physician services directly, but to be significant determinants of the use of other health…

Examined theoretical and methodological difficulties of defining, coding, and analyzing data on older volunteers using findings from Minnesota Senior Study, a survey of needs and resources of elderly. Proposes new conceptual model for classifying volunteer roles, based on whether voluntary service is "formal" or "informal,"…

Purpose: This article describes early efforts of four community partnerships in Boston, El Paso, Houston, and Milwaukee to address governance and management structures in ways that promote the sustainability of innovative community-based long-term care system improvements. The four communities are grantees of the Community Partnerships for Older…

This report is one of a series of publications initiated and sponsored by the Chicago Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens (MOSC). It assesses the status and needs of elderly homeowners, blacks, persons of Polish origin, persons living in the community of Rogers Park, persons in residential hotels and public housing elderly. (Author)

Elective off premises activities of 65 functionally mobile patients in two nursing homes were studied for a six-month period. More intact patients engaged in a greater frequency of off premises outings. Thus, in-house recreational activities in a long-term care setting should be geared to the more deprived intellectually impaired patient…