Extending life, enhancing life : a national research agenda on aging

Extending life, enhancing life a national research agenda on aging

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Research Agenda on Aging (-)
Other Authors: Lonergan, Edmund T. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press 1991.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Aging > Research.
Aging > Research > Government policy > United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820323906719
Table of Contents:
  • Extending Life, Enhancing Life
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary and Recommendations for Funding
  • BACKGROUND
  • Support for Training and Research in Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • The Aging Society: Current Costs for Health Care of Older Persons
  • The Potential of Research on Aging
  • A NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA ON AGING
  • Basic Biomedical Research
  • Priority Research Recommendations
  • Additional Research Opportunities
  • Resource Recommendations
  • Clinical Research
  • Priority Research Recommendations
  • Additional Research Opportunities
  • Resource Recommendations
  • Behavioral and Social Research
  • Priority Research Recommendations
  • Additional Research Opportunities
  • Resource Recommendations
  • Health Services Delivery Research
  • Priority Research Recommendations
  • Additional Research Opportunities
  • Resource Recommendations
  • Research in Biomedical Ethics
  • Priority Research Recommendations
  • Additional Research Opportunities
  • Resource Recommendations
  • CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
  • Basic Biomedical Research
  • Clinical Research
  • Behavioral and Social Research
  • Health Services Delivery Research
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THE RESEARCH AGENDA ON AGING
  • Derivation of Recommendations for Funding
  • Funds for Research Projects
  • Funds for Training in Age-Related Studies
  • Funds for Centers
  • Funds for Infrastructure
  • Funds for Construction
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING AGENCIES
  • CONCLUDING COMMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Basic Biomedical Research
  • RESEARCH PRIORITIES
  • ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Funding of Research Proposals
  • Materials
  • Animal Models
  • Cell Line and Tissue Samples
  • Further Development of Existing Longitudinal Studies
  • CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Clinical Research
  • RESEARCH PRIORITIES.
  • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Old Age
  • Studies of Geriatric Syndromes
  • Failure to Thrive (Inanition)
  • Impaired Postural Stability, Strength, and Mobility
  • Mismanagement of Medications
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Delirium
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Dementia, Pseudodementia, and Psychiatric Disorders
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Infectious Disease and Immunosenescence
  • Neoplasia
  • Disorders of Metabolism and Homeostasis
  • ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • JUSTIFICATION AND MAJOR THEMES
  • The Dynamic Interaction of Individuals and Sociocultural Contexts
  • Differentiation
  • Modifiability
  • RESEARCH PRIORITIES
  • ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • METHODOLOGICAL NEEDS
  • Tests and Instruments
  • Coordination of Large-Scale Research
  • Field Intervention Studies
  • RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CROSS-DISCIPLINARY AND CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
  • Gender
  • Race and Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Other Cultural Factors
  • Population Dynamics
  • Brain, Environment, Society, and Behavior
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Health Services Delivery Research
  • LONG-TERM CARE AND CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR OLDER PERSONS
  • Characteristics of Older Persons Requiring Long-Term Care
  • Informal Providers of Long-Term Care
  • Formal Long-Term Care
  • Supply of Personnel for Long-Term Care
  • Locus of Long-Term Care
  • Quality Assurance
  • Technologies
  • FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE FOR OLDER PERSONS
  • DRUG USE
  • Inappropriate Prescribing
  • Noncompliance
  • Drug Costs and Older Persons
  • MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
  • DISABILITY/DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES
  • RESEARCH PRIORITIES
  • ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • RESOURCES REQUIRED
  • CROSS-DISCIPLINARY AND CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Research in Biomedical Ethics.
  • RESEARCH PRIORITIES
  • Life-Sustaining Treatment in Older Persons
  • Improving Discussions About Life-Sustaining Treatment
  • Improving Decision Making for Incompetent Patients Who Have Not Given Clear Advance Directives
  • Defining the Role of Institutional Ethics Committees, Particularly Within Nursing Homes
  • Establishing Medical Futility
  • Resolving Disagreements Between Health Care Professionals and Patients (or Patients' Families)
  • Issues of Equity and Access
  • Identification of Criteria for Appropriate Practice Standards
  • Age as a Criterion for Allocating Health Care Resources
  • Allocation of Resources for Patient Care and for Research
  • Ethical Issues in Aging Research
  • Innovative Approaches to Informed Consent
  • Proxy Consent for Incompetent Patients
  • Attitudes Toward Participation in Research
  • Research Review in Long-Term Care
  • ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 7 Review of Resources Committed to Research on Aging
  • FUNDING SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH ON AGING
  • The Federal Government
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
  • Health Care Financing Administration
  • Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
  • Other Federal Departments and Agencies
  • Industry and Foundations
  • Industry
  • Foundations
  • INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH ON AGING
  • Centers for Research on Aging Supported by the NIA
  • Centers for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Centers of Excellence in Research and Teaching in Geriatrics and Gerontology (Claude Pepper Centers)
  • Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Teaching and Research Nursing Homes
  • Other Institutional Supports for the Study of Aging
  • PUBLICATIONS ON RESEARCH IN AGING.
  • PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN THE STUDY OF AGING
  • REFERENCES
  • Appendixes
  • A Acknowledgments
  • Liaison Teams
  • Basic Biomedical Research
  • Clinical Research
  • Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Health Services Delivery Research
  • Biomedical Ethics
  • Experts Providing Information to the Committee
  • Directors, Dva Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers
  • Directors, Pharmaceutical Company Research
  • B Background Documents
  • Index.

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