Expansion of long-term care in the prison system: An aging inmate population poses policy and programmatic questions

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-61

  Mara, Cynthia Massie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging inmates; Long term care; Older prisoners; Prison health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PRISONER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036981537     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v14n02_03     Document Type: Article

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