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ARTICLE | October 22, 1997

Research on Aging: Title and subTitle BreakAn Agenda for All Nations Individually and Collectively FREE

Knight Steel, MD
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Reprints: Knight Steel, MD, The Homecare Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601.


JAMA. 1997;278(16):1374-1375. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550160094045
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History has demonstrated a degree of arbitrariness about national borders. Gerontology affirms this fact, for all persons of all nations desire to maintain the highest degree of function and quality of life for the longest period. The Global Issue on Aging, representing the combined effort of 97 medical journals from 31 countries, reflects the present-day interest among scientists and clinicians in the care and well-being of all who are aged and anticipates some of the highest priorities of medical and social welfare worldwide for decades to come.1

In the past century, the developed world has witnessed a greater increase in life expectancy than in all recorded history to the year 1900. Coupled with the declining birth rate world-wide, the elderly are assuming a larger proportion of the population with implications for almost all aspects of society. Today in both Japan and the United States the elderly account for

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Joint Report of the WHO Aging and Health Programme (AHE) Consultative Meetings Held at New York and Brasilia. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1996.
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Kinsella K, Taeuber CM. An Aging World II. Washington, DC: US Bureau of the Census, International Population Reports, US Government Printing Office; 1992:25, 92-93.
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Ingrain M.  Russia faces demographic crisis . BMJ . 1996;;313:385.
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Wise J.  Death rates in Russion rise dramatically . BMJ . 1997;;315:386.
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WuDunn S.  The face of the future in Japan: economic threat of aging populace . New York Times . (September 2) ,1997;;section D:1, 14.
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Holder C.  New populations of old add to poor nations' burden . Science . 1996;;273:46-48.
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Feinleib MF, ed.  Proceedings of the 1988 International Symposium on Data on Aging . Vital Health Stat 5 . 1991;;6:1-269.
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Feinleib MF, ed.  Proceedings of the 1991 International Symposium on Data on Aging . Vital Health Stat 5 . 1993;;7:1-69.
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Jazwinski SM.  Longevity, genes and aging . Science . 1996;;273:54-58.
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Sohal RS, Weindruch R.  Oxidative stress, caloric restriction, and aging . Science . 1996;;273:59-63.
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Reynolds RD.  Vitamin supplements: current controversies . J Am Coll Nutr . 1994;;13:118-126.
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Andrews GR.  Healthy aging: the Asia/Oceanic experience . Aging . 1993;;5:148-151, 152-153.
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Wise PM, Krajnak KM, Kashon ML.  Menopause: aging of multiple pacemakers . Science . 1996;;273:67-70.
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Miller RA.  The aging immune system: primer and prospectus . Science . 1996;;273:70-74.
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Stamler J, Elliott P, Kesteloot H, et al.  Inverse relation of dietary protein markers with blood pressure: findings for 10020 men and women in the INTERSALT study . Circulation . 1996;;94:1629-1634.
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Chandra V, Ganguli M, Ratcliff G.  Studies of the epidemiology of dementia: comparisons between developed and developing countries . Aging (Milano) . 1994;;6:307-321.
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Baldereschi M, Aurato MP, Nencini P, et al.  Cross national interrater agreement on the clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia . Neurology . 1994;;44:239-242.
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Myers G, Maggi S.  Worldwide population aging: implications for health research . Aging (Milano) . 1993;;5:77-79.
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Black N.  Developing high quality clinical databases . BMJ . 1997;;315:381-382.
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West E, Newton J.  Clinical guidelines . BMJ . 1997;;315:324.
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Ribbe M, Ljunggren G, Steel K, et al.  Nursing homes in ten nations: a comparison between countries and settings . Age Ageing . 1997;;26( (suppl 2) ):3-12.
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Morris JN, Hawes C, Fries BE, et al.  Designing the National Resident Assessment Instrument for Nursing Facilities . Gerontologist . 1990;;30:293-307.
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Morris JN, Hawes C, Murphy K, et al. Long-Term Care Resident Assessment Instrument Training Manual . Washington, DC: Health Care Financing Administration; December 1990;.
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Morris JN, Fries BE, Steel K, et al.  Comprehensive clinical assessment in community setting: applicability of the MDS-HC . J Am Geriatr Soc . 1997;;45:1017-1024.
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Steel K, Sherwood S, Ribbe M. The future: a person-specific standardized assessment instrument. Age Ageing. In press.
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Clauser S, Fries BE.  Resident assessment and case-mix classification for nursing homes: cross-national perspectives . Health Care Financing Rev . 1992;;13( (4) ):133-153.
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Ikegami N, Fries BE, Takagi Y, et al.  Applying RUG-III in Japanese long-term care facilities . Gerontologist . 1994;;34:628-639.
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Lonergan ET, Krevans J.  A national agenda for research on aging . N Engl J Med . 1991;;324:1825-1828.
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World Health Report. Geneva, Switzerland; World Health Organization; 1997.

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Joint Report of the WHO Aging and Health Programme (AHE) Consultative Meetings Held at New York and Brasilia. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1996.
2 +
Kinsella K, Taeuber CM. An Aging World II. Washington, DC: US Bureau of the Census, International Population Reports, US Government Printing Office; 1992:25, 92-93.
3 +
Ingrain M.  Russia faces demographic crisis . BMJ . 1996;;313:385.
4 +
Wise J.  Death rates in Russion rise dramatically . BMJ . 1997;;315:386.
5 +
WuDunn S.  The face of the future in Japan: economic threat of aging populace . New York Times . (September 2) ,1997;;section D:1, 14.
6 +
Holder C.  New populations of old add to poor nations' burden . Science . 1996;;273:46-48.
7 +
Feinleib MF, ed.  Proceedings of the 1988 International Symposium on Data on Aging . Vital Health Stat 5 . 1991;;6:1-269.
8 +
Feinleib MF, ed.  Proceedings of the 1991 International Symposium on Data on Aging . Vital Health Stat 5 . 1993;;7:1-69.
9 +
Jazwinski SM.  Longevity, genes and aging . Science . 1996;;273:54-58.
10 +
Sohal RS, Weindruch R.  Oxidative stress, caloric restriction, and aging . Science . 1996;;273:59-63.
11 +
Reynolds RD.  Vitamin supplements: current controversies . J Am Coll Nutr . 1994;;13:118-126.
12 +
Andrews GR.  Healthy aging: the Asia/Oceanic experience . Aging . 1993;;5:148-151, 152-153.
13 +
Wise PM, Krajnak KM, Kashon ML.  Menopause: aging of multiple pacemakers . Science . 1996;;273:67-70.
14 +
Miller RA.  The aging immune system: primer and prospectus . Science . 1996;;273:70-74.
15 +
Stamler J, Elliott P, Kesteloot H, et al.  Inverse relation of dietary protein markers with blood pressure: findings for 10020 men and women in the INTERSALT study . Circulation . 1996;;94:1629-1634.
16 +
Chandra V, Ganguli M, Ratcliff G.  Studies of the epidemiology of dementia: comparisons between developed and developing countries . Aging (Milano) . 1994;;6:307-321.
17 +
Baldereschi M, Aurato MP, Nencini P, et al.  Cross national interrater agreement on the clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia . Neurology . 1994;;44:239-242.
18 +
Myers G, Maggi S.  Worldwide population aging: implications for health research . Aging (Milano) . 1993;;5:77-79.
19 +
Black N.  Developing high quality clinical databases . BMJ . 1997;;315:381-382.
20 +
West E, Newton J.  Clinical guidelines . BMJ . 1997;;315:324.
21 +
Ribbe M, Ljunggren G, Steel K, et al.  Nursing homes in ten nations: a comparison between countries and settings . Age Ageing . 1997;;26( (suppl 2) ):3-12.
22 +
Morris JN, Hawes C, Fries BE, et al.  Designing the National Resident Assessment Instrument for Nursing Facilities . Gerontologist . 1990;;30:293-307.
23 +
Morris JN, Hawes C, Murphy K, et al. Long-Term Care Resident Assessment Instrument Training Manual . Washington, DC: Health Care Financing Administration; December 1990;.
24 +
Morris JN, Fries BE, Steel K, et al.  Comprehensive clinical assessment in community setting: applicability of the MDS-HC . J Am Geriatr Soc . 1997;;45:1017-1024.
25 +
Steel K, Sherwood S, Ribbe M. The future: a person-specific standardized assessment instrument. Age Ageing. In press.
26 +
Clauser S, Fries BE.  Resident assessment and case-mix classification for nursing homes: cross-national perspectives . Health Care Financing Rev . 1992;;13( (4) ):133-153.
27 +
Ikegami N, Fries BE, Takagi Y, et al.  Applying RUG-III in Japanese long-term care facilities . Gerontologist . 1994;;34:628-639.
28 +
Lonergan ET, Krevans J.  A national agenda for research on aging . N Engl J Med . 1991;;324:1825-1828.
29 +
World Health Report. Geneva, Switzerland; World Health Organization; 1997.

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