5188.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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| Learning Objectives: 1) To understand issues facing informal caregivers. 2) To become knowledgable about community support systems for caregivers. 3) To recognize the need for caring for the caregiver | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Valerie Cheh, PhD | ||||
| Social support and its relation to physical inactivity during leisure-time among adults aged 60 years and older Carlos J. Crespo, DrPH, Kim Forde, Ellen Smit, PhD, RD, Anastasia M. Snelling, PhD, RD, Leah J. Walbourn, Ross E. Andersen, PhD | ||||
| Friends and families: what do we know about the health plan decision support they provide to elders? Beth K . Kosiak, PhD, Elaine K. Swift, PhD, David Miranda, PhD, Shoshanna Sofaer, DrPH, Barbara Kreling, MS | ||||
| When the Caregiver Needs Care: The Predicaments of Vulnerable Family Caregivers Maryam Navaie-Waliser, DrPH, Penny H. Feldman, PhD, David A. Gould, PhD, Carol Levine, MA, Alexis N. Kuerbis, BA, Karen Donelan, ScD | ||||
| Impact of family and community support on hospital stay among the elderly in Japan Atsushi Irimagawa, LLB, MPH, Walter K. Patrick, MD, PhD | ||||
| Social networks and social support systems of the U.S. oldest old population Karla Hampton, Robert H. Friis, PhD, James H. Swan, PhD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Gerontological Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||