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Direct linkHendricks, Jon; Applebaum, Robert; Kunkel, Suzanne – Gerontologist, 2010
This article is based on the premise that there is inadequate attention to the link between theory and applied research in social gerontology. The article contends that applied research studies do not often or effectively employ a theoretical framework and that theory-based articles, including theory-based research, are not often focused on…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Gerontology, Models, Research and Development
Peer reviewedEstes, Carroll L.; Binney, Elizabeth A. – Gerontologist, 1989
Sees "biomedicalization of aging" as socially constructing old age as process of decremental physical decline and placing aging under domain and control of biomedicine. Examines effects of medicalization on scientific enterprise and development of knowledge base in aging, status and work of professions, policy, and public perception.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Medicine, Research and Development
Peer reviewedWilliams, T. Franklin – Gerontologist, 1988
Improvements in the care of older people depend upon basic and clinical research findings that lead to greater independence and health maintenance. Conversely, research depends upon care, since care-related priorities influence society's support for research. More leaders in the field of aging are needed with personal experience in both care and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Older Adults, Research and Development, Research Needs
Peer reviewedWallace, Robert B. – Gerontologist, 1994
Health survey research assesses health of individuals in population. Measures include prevalence/incidence of diseases, signs/symptoms, functional states, and health services utilization. Although assessing individual biologic robustness can be problematic, testable approaches do exist. Characteristics of health of populations/communities, not…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Epidemiology, Evaluation Methods, Health
Peer reviewedRiley, Matilda White – Gerontologist, 1994
Presents 1993 Kent Lecture. Largely autobiographical lecture focuses on three themes: (1) Aging and Society Paradigm: The Roots--1968 On; (2) National Institute on Aging's Behavioral and Social Research Program--1979 On; and (3) Probing the Future--1993 On. Concludes that gerontological vision is needed if future is to improve upon past. (NB)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Futures (of Society), Gerontology, Models
Peer reviewedLiu, Korbin – Gerontologist, 1994
Notes that continuing progress in developing empirical information on different facets of long-term care service use has been possible because of improvements in design of data sets. Highlights some observations about progress in development of long-term care data and relationship between policy questions in long-term care and design of relevant…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Long Term Care, Longitudinal Studies, Older Adults
