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Direct linkKemper, Peter – Gerontologist, 2003
This article provides a framework for understanding how long-term care (LTC) research contributes to policy, develops a typology of research contributions to policy with examples of each type, and suggests ways to ensure that contributions continue in the future. The article draws on in-depth interviews with LTC experts working at the interface…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Public Policy, Models, Long Range Planning
Rowles, Graham D.; And Others – 1986
Analysis of 1980 census data reveals that elderly people (age 65 and over) living in Central and Southern Appalachia suffer more inferior life circumstances than the elderly population in the nation as a whole, falling well below national averages in terms of income, access to transportation, availability of telephones, and presence of resources…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Family Structure
