Retooling for an aging America : building the health care workforce / Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Other author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Older people--Medical care. --United States.
Caregivers--United States.
Geriatricians--Supply and demand. --United States. --Forecasting.
Health Services for the Aged--manpower. --United States.
Aged--United States.
Caregivers--United States.
Health Workforce--trends. --United States.

Contents Health status and health care service utilization -- New models of care -- The professional health care workforce -- The direct-care workforce -- Patients and informal caregivers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008024225
ISBN9780309115872 :
ISBN0309115876