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Session: Politics, Policy, and Aging
4225.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Politics, Policy, and Aging
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Dana B. Mukamel, PhD
2:30 PM   Racial disparities in access to Medicare home health care: The disparate impact of policy
Joan K. Davitt, PhD, MSS, MLSP. Awards: James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award (less than 5 years after completing terminal degree) - Recipient
2:45 PM   Policy issues related to the six-month prognostic standard for eligibility in the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Shayna E. Rich, MA. Awards: Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Student Award - Honorable Mention
3:00 PM   Advancing caregiving as a public health issue: The need for surveillance and intervention
Ronda C. Talley, PhD, MPH
3:15 PM   Factors related to non-elderly nursing home residents' preferences and opportunities for de-institutionalization in Maryland
Annette E. Snyder, PhD, MSN, CFNP, Nancy A. Miller, PhD
3:30 PM   Evaluation of policy change: Effect of Grandparent Caretaker Law on caregivers, children, courts, and schools
Carla M. Clasen, MPH, BSN, Dionne Simmons, BHA, Carla Lachecki, MA, Jacqualyn Martin, Laurie McCool
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Ethics; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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