Public Health Strategy for Living, Aging and Dying in Solidarity

Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey is a Fellow of Fordham University’s Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center and a health care attorney and aging and health researcher.Melissa Lang is the Chief Executive Officer at Gilda's Club Westchester.Barney Newman is Medical Director Emeritus for the WESTMED Medical Group, where he also served as the Chief Medical Officer.

• Introduction PART ONE. The Crisis of Suffering for Older AmericansChapter 1: Social Ecology of Aging: Critical Theoretical Perspectives in Aging and Public Health Policy for the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2: Philosophic Science Theory: Toward a Phenomenology of a Maternal Cosmos in Light of SufferingPART TWO. Paradigm Shifts in Delivery Systems and FinancingChapter 3: Moving from Fragmentation to Integrated Community-Based ServicesChapter 4. Development of Elder-Centered Systems of Care Chapter 5: Evolution of Financing Models and Impact on Quality and Services for Older Adults PART THREE. Challenges of Policy Implementation: Examples from the FieldChapter 6: Landscape for New Models of Care: Designing Best Practices and Environments Chapter 7: The Palliative Turn in Elder-Centered Care: A Public Health Strategy for Interdisciplinary Palliative and End-of-Life Care Chapter 8: A More Humanistic Approach to Relational Decision Making: Practical Ethics and Ethics Committees PART FOUR. Setting the Stage for Transforming Elder CareChapter 9: Policy Recommendations for More Compassionate Elder Care: Systems Reform, Social Justice, and Sustainable Social Solidarity Appendix A. Caregiving ResourcesAppendix B. The Ecology of Policy: Description of Public Policy Making ProcessAppendix C. Psychosocial Support Appendix D. Resources and Program Examples for Older AdultsAppendix E. Elder Abuse, Maltreatment, and Neglect ResourcesAppendix F. Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center - Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program