Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introducing Public Health and Aging -- ESSENTIAL SERVICES OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- WHAT IS AGING? -- FIVE FACES OF AGING -- HEALTHY VS. SUCCESSFUL VS. OPTIMAL AGING -- HOW THE FIRST 50 YEARS MATTER FOR HEALTH RISKS IN THE SECOND 50 YEARS: THREE ILLUSTRATIONS -- THE DOMAINS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHY AGING -- POPULATION AGING AND THE GOALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH: BEYOND DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION -- SUMMARY -- 2 - Population Aging: Demographic and Epidemiologic Perspectives -- MEASURES OF POPULATION AGING -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION -- The Demographic Transition and Increasing Life Expectancy -- THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION AND SHIFTING CAUSES OF DEATH -- WHY POPULATION AGING MATTERS -- SUMMARY -- 3 - The Aging and Public Health Systems: Building a Healthy Aging Network -- PARALLEL "HEALTH CARE WORKFORCES" FOR THE AGED -- ATTEMPTS TO BRIDGE THE PARALLEL SYSTEMS OF ELDER HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY -- The Challenges of Bridging the Aging Services and Health Department Networks: A Case Study -- EFFORTS TO DEVELOP HEALTHY AGING NETWORKS -- THE CHALLENGES OF STANDARDIZING MEASUREMENT IN HEALTHY AGING INTERVENTIONS: A CASE STUDY -- PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING: ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES -- ESTIMATING AGING SERVICES NETWORK CHALLENGES IN THE COMMUNITY -- SUMMARY -- 4 - Chronic Disease in Older Adults -- COMMON POPULATION-BASED MEASURES OF ILLNESS AND DISEASE -- COMORBIDITY, MULTIMORBIDITY, AND SELF-CARE -- THE STATE OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION FOR OLDER ADULTS -- MEDICARE AND FINANCING OF PREVENTIVE CARE IN AN AGING SOCIETY -- PROMOTING CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN LATER LIFE -- SUMMARY -- 5 - Disability and Functioning -- THE LANGUAGE OF DISABILITY -- THE MEASUREMENT OF DISABILITY.

TRENDS IN DISABILITY PREVALENCE AND ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY -- THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISABILITY: RISK FACTORS FOR FUNCTIONAL DECLINE -- A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE: IDENTIFYING DISABLEMENT PATHWAYS -- PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS TO MAXIMIZE LATE-LIFE FUNCTIONING -- SUMMARY -- 6 - Cognitive Function: Dementia -- WHAT IS DEMENTIA? -- MAKING AND RECEIVING THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- COGNITIVE DECLINE WITH AGE: DISTINCT FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE? -- COGNITIVE DECLINE PRIOR TO FRANK DEMENTIA -- PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- RISK FACTORS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- NON-ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIAS -- INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT COGNITIVE DECLINE -- INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS -- SUMMARY -- 7 - Affective and Social Function: Suffering, Neglect, Isolation -- BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- PRESENTATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS IN LATE LIFE -- PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AT OLDER AGES -- MENTAL HEALTH IN A DISABLED OLDER POPULATION -- OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN LATE LIFE -- TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN LATE LIFE -- REDUCING THE RISK OF DEPRESSION AND ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY IN SENIORS -- NEGLECT AND ABUSE -- SOCIAL ISOLATION -- BROADER CONSIDERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HEALTH -- SUMMARY -- 8 - Aging, Public Health, and Application of the Quality-of-Life Paradigm -- IDENTIFICATION OF QOL DOMAINS -- CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF QOL MEASURES -- THE QUALITY-OF-LIFE PARADIGM IN AGING -- GENERALIZATION OF THE QUALITY-ADJUSTMENT PARADIGM -- HEALTH-RELATED AND ENVIRONMENT-RELATED QOL IN OLD AGE -- SUMMARY -- 9 - Aging, Public Health, and Long-Term Care -- WHAT IS LONG-TERM CARE? -- OVERVIEW: TRENDS IN LONG-TERM CARE USE AND SPENDING -- HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES -- PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH -- FAMILY CAREGIVING.

LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE ARRANGEMENTS -- ENHANCING LONG-TERM CARE -- SUMMARY -- 10 - Mortality and End-of-Life Care -- CAUSES OF DEATH -- MORTALITY RATES: KEY TRENDS AND PATTERNS -- DISPARITIES IN MORTALITY RISK -- THE HIGH COSTS OF DYING -- QUALITY OF LIFE NEAR THE END OF LIFE -- ALIGNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND END-OF-LIFE GOALS -- TERMINAL DROP -- SUMMARY -- 11 - Ethical Issues in Public Health and Aging -- AGE AS A CRITERION TO RATION MEDICAL CARE -- OTHER CONCEPTIONS OF THE LIFE COURSE AND THE ETHICS OF CARE AT THE END OF LIFE -- MINIMIZE SUFFERING OR MAXIMIZE CARE? -- RETHINKING AUTONOMY -- BEYOND SPARE-PARTS MEDICINE -- SUMMARY -- References -- Index.