Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Debra Wilson

HCS/465

February 2, 2015

Terri Peters

Annotated Bibliography

Campbell, A. W., M.D. (2013, Fall). Health care for our aging population. Advances in

Mind – Body Medicine, 27, 4-6. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1462485395?accountid=458

This source, a Tufts University comprehensive geriatric assessment, provides an interesting overview of what the author views to be negative aspects of, and the general plight of health care and medical treatment for geriatric patients in the U.S., along with several main factors that are deemed responsible for the less than desirable care provided to older patients. This assessment contains a large body of areas or items, pertaining to the providing of medical care to our elderly, which had been targeted for study and evaluation. The purpose of this assessment is to point out that there is a large and variable number of complicated and complex medically related issues, for which it is crucial to address, in order to facilitate better and successful treatment, and increased disease and disability prevention for older Americans—medically related issues (and good communication too), which the journal article’s author believes are inadequately addressed or overlooked altogether.

Howse, K. (2012). Healthy aging: The role of health care services. Perspectives in Public Health

132(4), 171-7. Retrieved from http://proquest.com/docview/1026804606?accountid=458

This is a well-written and in-depth article that argues that the main role of health care services (especially in future years) for healthy aging strategies, is to foster better progress regarding the prevention and management of chronic diseases. It is a generally known fact that many affluent or high income countries are facing an impending vast increase in the aging of their populations. It is also a generally known fact that older individuals suffer from a greater prevalence of chronic diseases. Though...