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Population
Aging and Its Economic Costs: A Survey of the Issues and Evidence
Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer 1
Self-Care
Among Older Adults
Barbara A. Morrongiello and Benjamin H. Gottlieb
Self-Help,
Mutual Aid, and Support Groups Among Older Adults
Benjamin H. Gottlieb
Self-,
Informal and Formal Care: Partnerships in Community-Based and Residential
Long-Term Care Settings
Margaret J. Penning and Norah C. Keating
Care
Delivery Approaches and Seniors' Independence
Carol L. McWilliam, William L. Diehl-Jones, Jeffrey Jutai and Saeed
Tadrissi
Medical
Services Utilization Patterns
by Seniors Mark W. Rosenberg and Amanda M. James
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Drug Use and Seniors
Robyn Tamblyn and Robert Perreault
Bridging
the Knowledge Gap: From Evidence to Policy and Practice that Fosters
Seniors' Independence
Evelyn Shapiro and Betty Havens
The
Canadian Journal on Aging acknowledges the funding support of the
National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP) and the Division
of Aging and Seniors, Health Canada, in the production of this special
Supplement. The papers published in this issue are the result of a
knowledge transfer project funded by NHRDP and the Seniors Independence
Research Program (SIRP) and known as the National Consensus Process
(NCP): Creating Evidence-based Canadian Consensus on Health, Economic,
and Social Issues related to Seniors' Independence. Co-principal investigators
on the NCP were: Carol McWilliam, University of Western Ontario; Gloria
Gutman, Simon Fraser University; Margaret Penning, University of Victoria;
Miriam Stewart, University of Alberta; and Robyn Tamblyn, McGill University.
The Journal acknowledges the work of Carol McWilliam in soliciting
these manuscripts and submitting them collectively to the Journal
for peer review. The results and conclusions contained herein are
those of the authors. No official endorsement by the funding bodies
is intended, nor should it be inferred.
La
Revue canadienne du vieillissement reconnaît la participation
financière du Programme national de recherche et de développement
en matière de santé (PNRDS), Division du vieillissement
et des aînés, Santé Canada, à la réalisation
de ce supplément spécial. Les articles de ce numéro
proviennent d'un projet de transfert de connaissances financé
par le PNRDS et le Programme de recherche pour l'autonomie des aînés
(PRAA) et mieux connu sous le nom de Élaboration d'un consensus
national: Création d'un consensus canadien documenté
sur les questions économiques, sociales et sur les soins de
santé reliés à l'autonomie des personnes âgées.
Les principaux chercheurs du Consensus sont: Carol McWilliam de l'Université
Western Ontario; Gloria Gutman de l'Université Simon Fraser;
Margaret Penning de l'Université de Victoria; Miriam Stewart
de l'Université de l'Alberta et Robyn Tamblyn de l'Université
McGill. La Revue tient à souligner le travail de Carol McWilliam
dans la sollicitation des manuscrits et leur soumission à l'examen
de collègues. Les commentaires et les conclusions appartiennent
aux auteurs et ne sont pas nécessairement appuyés par
les organismes de financement.
