A new Issue of Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

July 5, 2007

As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only.

Editorials

“Who Is Responsible for a Nursing Home Residents’ Daily Oral Care?” by Kenneth Shay, DDS, MS

International Health Affairs

“Japan’s Universal Long-Term Care System Reform of 2005: Containing Costs and Realizing a Vision” by Takako Tsutsui, PhD, and Naoko Muramatsu, PhD

Brief Reports

“Barriers to and Facilitators of Clinical Practice Guideline Use in Nursing Homes” by Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, MD, MHSc, Deborah Lekan, MSN, RNC, Queen Utley-Smith, EdD, RN, Natalie Ammarell, PhD, Donald Bailey, PhD, RN, Kirsten Corazzini, PhD, Mary L. Piven, PhD, RN, and Ruth A. Anderson, PhD, RN