| Abstract: | This special issue on long-term care, guest edited by Carl and Susan Eisdorfer, addresses an issue that is rapidly becoming the most important health policy issue of the 1980s. The dilemma that we face as citizens and as rehabilitation professionals alike centers on our rapidly growing population of elderly citizens. While we have made unprecedented medical advances that have allowed for greater longevity, our health and social policies have not kept pace with these advances. We are therefore ill-equipped to deal with the myriad of economic, social, and health issues that confront our nation's elderly citizens. This issue of Rehabilitation Psychology is an attempt to address these questions by individuals who are leaders in the field of aging and long-term care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
