December 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
The American Journal of Health Promotion held a conference, "Health Promotion Across the Life Span," on March 23-28, 1998, in Monterey, Calif.
November 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation examined how people make decisions about long-term care, the availability of information about long-term care, and the barriers faced in making informed decisions.
October 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
The National PACE Association created model accreditation standards and performance measures for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a comprehensive service and financing model of long-term care for the frail elderly.
September 30, 1998
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Program Result Report
In 1997, the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change convened leading health policy academics, practitioners, and policy-makers for a conference on the future of Medicare and then published a book of papers from the conference.
September 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
As the cost of long-term care for the disabled and the elderly continued to rise during the early 1990s, policymakers and others sought new ways to control costs while maintaining or increasing satisfaction among those served.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
Rush Prudential HMO in Chicago examined an interdisciplinary approach to the management of chronic disease that involved diet, exercise, smoking cessation and social interactions.
December 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
From 1991 to 1994, researchers from Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research examined factors affecting the quality of health care in board and care homes.
December 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
United Seniors Health Cooperative established the Cooperative Care Network (CCN), a computerized service credit bank in the greater Washington area, to increase the availability of services for the elderly and the disabled living in their homes.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority created the Resident Education and Assistance Program to address problems of undiagnosed substance abuse among elderly residents living in subsidized public and private housing.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.
