2035.2 Healthcare and Older Adults

Sunday, November 4, 2007: 2:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Successful aging according to older adults
Katherine Marx, MPH, Tommy Piggee, MA, CHES, Jean Gaines, PhD, RN, Rebecca P. Johnson, Kasey Burke and John Parrish, PhD
Board 2
Comparing the health status of older residents in Camden County New Jersey: Data from the BRFSS survey
Michael E. Srulevich, DO, MPH, Sherry C. Pomerantz, PhD and Nirva Vital, MPH
Board 3
Depression in older adults: Measuring the impact of co-residing minors in the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Jessica E. Graber, PhD and Sara A. Leitsch, PhD
Board 4
Geographic variation in the termination of dialysis prior to death
Charles E. Gessert, MD, MPH and Irina V. Haller, PhD, MS
Board 5
Effectively managing a frail elderly population in a managed care setting
Laurie Albright, LCSW, MA, Rob Gately, MS, Thanh-Nghia Nguyen, MPH, MBA, Shannon Ebbs-Biro, RN, BSN, Melinda Boyd, MSW, Amy Morhart-Carper, LCSW, Sandy Lasseter, RN,BSN, CCM and Alan E. Lazaroff, MD
Board 6
Helping Behavior and Self-Assessed Health in Middle-Aged and Elderly
Yanni Hao, MA and Linda J. Waite, PhD
Board 7
Complications of elderly orthopaedic trauma: Relationship of age, marital status and skeletal injury to discharge disposition
Mary-Kate Barrette-Grischow, MA, Bruce Ziran, MD and Thomas Hull, BA
Board 8
"You can dress yourself, walk down the hall and climb half a flight of stairs -- you don't need rehab": Ageism in health care and rehab
Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, MSPH, PhD
Board 9
Do Frequent Fingersticks Improve Glycemic Control in Nursing Home Diabetic Patients?
Steve Hom, MD, Barbara C. Tommasulo, MD, CMD, LNHA, Avinash Singavarapu, MD, Joshua Vernatter, MD, Gweneth Francis, MD, Charles Cal, RN, MS, MBA, Roshan Hussain, MPH, Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD and Yosef Dlugacz, PhD

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Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Mental Health, Health Administration

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