Thesaurus of Aging Terminology

Thesaurus of
Aging Terminology
8TH EDITION | 2005
Ann Rimkus, Editor

Michael D. Melinchok, Editor
Kathleen McEvoy, Associate Editor
Amy K. Yeager, Associate Editor
AgeLine Database
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Knowledge Management
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.........................................................................................................................i
History of the Thesaurus...................................................................................................iii
Eighth Edition of the Thesaurus.........................................................................................v
New Descriptors in Eighth Edition .........................................................................vii
Descriptors Renamed or Deleted Since the Seventh Edition .................................ix
Retired Descriptors ...............................................................................................xiii
Thesaurus Arrangement .................................................................................................xvii
Searching the Database ..................................................................................................xxi
Abstracts ...............................................................................................................xxi
Boolean Searching ................................................................................................xxi
Descriptors ............................................................................................................xxi
Older Adults....................................................................................................xxi
Age ................................................................................................................xxii
United States, Outside United States, and International ..............................xxii
Gender ..........................................................................................................xxiii
Literature Types ...........................................................................................xxiii
AARP Publications ........................................................................................xxiii
AgeLine Access...............................................................................................................xxv
AARPs Research Information Center ...........................................................................xxvii
Relational Terms Section ...................................................................................................1
Rotated Terms Section ..................................................................................................155
Geographical Terms Section..........................................................................................235
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INTRODUCTION
The Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is a controlled vocabulary of subject terms used to index
journal articles, books, book chapters, videos, and dissertations cited in the AgeLine Database.
AgeLine is an online, bibliographic database produced by AARP (formerly the American
Association of Retired Persons) that focuses on the subject of aging and middle-aged and older
adults, particularly addressing the social, psychological, economic, policy, and health care
aspects of aging. AgeLine can be accessed via the Internet at www.aarp.org/ageline or
www.aarp.org/research/ageline and through online search services or CD-ROM at many
libraries (see AgeLine Access, page XXV).
The current edition was edited by AgeLine Database Senior Editors Ann Rimkus and Michael
Melinchok. Senior Editors Kathleen McEvoy and Amy Yeager made significant contributions in
researching new Descriptors, reviewing old Descriptors for currency, and writing scope notes.
AgeLine Production Manager Wendy Diliberti, who served as co-editor of the fifth and sixth
editions of the Thesaurus, provided invaluable advice and overall project oversight. Margaret
Eccles, AgeLine Content and Business Manager, served as editor of the third, fourth, and fifth
editions of the Thesaurus.
Particular thanks go to AgeLine Technician Danielle Aloia for extensive production support,
including mastering the thesaurus software, entering the numerous revisions, and troubleshooting
technical problems. AgeLine Senior Editor Susan Wallace proofed the entire new edition.
The Thesaurus was produced using Cuadra STAR Thesaurus software.
HISTORY OF THE THESAURUS
FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS

The Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is a revision of the National Clearinghouse on Aging (NCA)
Thesaurus, which was developed in 1975 by the Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of
Health and Human Services, to index its gerontological document collection. The second edition
of the NCA Thesaurus was published by AoA in 1977 and more fully reflected the older population
and AoAs priority concerns. The NCA Thesaurus was used from 1978 to 1982 to index literature
collected by AoAs Service Center for Aging Information (SCAN) system, operated contractually
from 1978 to mid-1982 by AoA. During that period 116 new terms were added to the Thesaurus,
although a new edition was not published.
THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH EDITIONS

In 1983 AARP became sole producer of the database and renamed it AgeLine. In 1986 AARP
published a substantially revised version of the NCA Thesaurus with the title Thesaurus of Aging
Terminology, 3rd Edition. The third edition contained 1,684 terms, including 250 new Descriptors
and numerous changes to existing terms.
The fourth edition, published in 1991, contained 1,788 main terms, including 154 new Descriptors,
as well as 347 nonpostable cross-references. The number of scope notes was increased
considerably, and terms outside the database scope were removed or clarified.
The fifth edition of the Thesaurus, published in 1994, contained 1,957 main terms and 453 nonpostable cross-references. It included 149 new subject Descriptors, 132 new cross-references,
and 49 new geographical terms that could be searched as Descriptors. A total of 21 terms were
deleted and several others modified.
The sixth edition of the Thesaurus, published in 1997, contained 2,030 main terms and 541 nonpostable cross-references. It included 128 new subject Descriptors and 88 new cross-references.
A total of 30 terms were deleted and several others modified.
The seventh edition of the Thesaurus, published in 2002, contained 2,051 main terms and 637
nonpostable cross-references. It included 158 new subject Descriptors and 96 new crossreferences. A total of 97 terms were deleted. A total of 52 Descriptors were replaced with a new
term and given a nonpostable cross-reference to the new Descriptor or were modified somewhat
for style consistency or to expand or narrow their meaning.
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EIGHTH EDITION OF THE THESAURUS
This edition of the Thesaurus contains 2,095 main terms, including 228 geographical terms, as well
as 753 nonpostable cross-references. A total of 133 new subject Descriptors were added, and 90
terms were deleted because of low usage in the database. A total of 36 Descriptors were
replaced with a new term and given a nonpostable cross-reference to the new Descriptor or were
modified somewhat for style consistency or to expand or narrow their meaning. Scope notes are
provided for most of the new Descriptors, and existing scope notes were reviewed for accuracy of
usage within the database and revised accordingly. Scope notes for self-explanatory terms were
deleted.
Although the entries for the new Descriptors all indicate 2005 as the year they were added to the
Thesaurus, a major effort was made to add the new terms to relevant records from the past few
years. In many instances, new terms were added to all relevant records in the database.
See page vii for a list of New Descriptors in the Eighth Edition.
See page ix for a list of Descriptors Renamed or Deleted Since the Seventh Edition
See page xiii for a list of all Retired Descriptors.
NEW DESCRIPTORS IN THE EIGHTH EDITION
This list contains all terms added since the seventh edition except those changed simply for style
consistency (for example, Ombudsman was changed to Ombudsmen). The latter are listed
under the next section, Descriptors Renamed or Deleted Since the Seventh Edition.
Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation

Act of 2001
Erectile Dysfunction
Estate Taxes
Estonians
Europeans
Exercise Adherence
Failure to Thrive
Family and Staff Relations
Fijians
Financial Advisors
Flexibility
Frontotemporal Dementia
Furnishings
Germans
Ghanaians
Globalization
Government Debt
Great Grandparents
Grief Counseling
Guatemalans
Haitians
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
Healthy Aging
HelpAge International
Horticultural Therapy
Individual Accounts
Integrated Pension Plans
Labor Shortage
Last Year of Life
Lewy Body Dementia
Life Course
Light Therapy
Male Menopause
Marginalization
Market Segmentation
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement
and Modernization Act
Meditation
Accessibility
Active Aging
Adoption
Aerobic Exercise
Africans
Ambivalence
Ancillary Services
Anti Aging Lifestyle
Anti Aging Medicine
Aphasia
Apolipoprotein Epsilon 4
Aquatic Exercise
Aromatherapy
Artificial Intelligence
Attachment Behavior
Azerbaijanis
Bankruptcy
Bicycling
Bipolar Disorder
Bosnians
Cancer Survivors
Caregiver Education
Center for Epidemiologic Studies
Depression Scale
Central America
Chamorros
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clock Drawing Test
Complicated Grief
Countertransference
Cypriots
Decentralization
Deficit Awareness
Dementia Care Mapping
Disorder Severity
Divided Attention
Driving Cessation
Dutch
Dysphagia
Dyspnea
Eastern Europeans
Eating
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Testosterone
Thais
Transference
Transportation Patterns
United States Nationals
World War II Generation
Yoga
Mental Exercise
Montessori Method
Mood Disorders
Moroccans
Mutual Funds
National Health Service
National Surveys
Naturally Occurring Retirement
Communities
Near Death Experiences
Nepalis
Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs
Notional Defined Contribution Pension
Plans
Nursing Home Reform Act
Occupational Stress
Organizational Change
Palliative Care
Perimenopause
Place of Death
Plays
Prescription Drug Cards
Prevalence
Prevention
Prostate Cancer
Purpose in Life
Recipes
Relapse
Reporting Requirements
Resident and Staff Relations
Resilience
Resumes
Risk Management
Role Conflict
Sadness
Salvadorans
Second Homes
Sedentary Lifestyle
SF 36 Health Survey
Silent Generation
Smoking
Spaniards
State Surveys
Suffering
Survey Questionnaires
Swiss
Tax Credits
Terrorism
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DESCRIPTORS RENAMED OR DELETED SINCE THE SEVENTH EDITION
This list contains all the terms that were changed since the last edition of the Thesaurus. Some
terms were simply renamed with a term that is more commonly used for the same concept. Others
were given editorial changes, such as being made plural, for consistency with similar terms in the
Thesaurus. Terms that have been used infrequently since the seventh edition were either deleted
or subsumed under a broader heading. Where possible, cross-references have been provided for
deleted terms; in other cases, information related to a deleted term may be found through freetext searching. For additional information, see the next section, Retired Descriptors, which lists all
of the terms removed from this and previous editions of the Thesaurus that may still be found in
AgeLine records.
AARP Andrus Foundation > use AARP Foundation

AARP Andrus Foundation Publications > use AARP Foundation Publications
Accident Insurance
Acclimatization
Affective Disorders > use Mood Disorders
Age Discrimination Act > use Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Age Discrimination in Employment Act > use Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967
Aid to the Blind > use Public Assistance
Amputation
Anesthesia
Annual Income
Appliances
Area Plan on Aging > use Area Plans on Aging
Arrests
Atherosclerosis > use Arteriosclerosis
Auditory Defects > use Hearing Impairment
Autonomic Nervous System > use Nervous System
Central Nervous System > use Nervous System
Checking Accounts
Cooking > use Food Preparation
Counseling Services
Death Counseling > use Grief Counseling
Disability Duration
Discouraged Workers
Discretionary Income
Disposable Income
Do Not Resuscitate Orders > use Advance Directives
Durable Goods
Durable Power of Attorney > use Advance Directives
Duration of Institutionalization
Eating Habits > use Eating
Educational Opportunities
Educational Programs
Emotional Crisis
Emotional Dependence
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Energy Consumption
Furniture > use Furnishings
Genograms
Habits
Health Programs
High Rise Housing
Home Furnishings > use Furnishings
Hospital Records > use Medical Records
Household Composition > use Living Arrangements
Hypnosis
Illness
Impotence > use Erectile Dysfunction
Income in Kind
Income Maintenance > use Public Assistance
Indian Health Service Programs > use Indian Health Service
Indian Reservations
Inheritance Taxes > use Estate Taxes
Jewish Sponsored Activities
Life Cycle > use Life Course
Living Patterns
Living Wills > use Advance Directives
Marital Counseling
Meal Programs > use Food Programs
Milieu Therapy
National Caucus on the Black Aged
Navajos > use American Indians
Nursing Home Administration Licensure
Nutrition Programs
Older Americans Act Title III
Older Americans Act Title IV
Older Americans Act Title V
Older Americans Act Title VI
Older Americans Act Title VII
Ombudsman > use Ombudsmen
Organic Brain Syndrome
Paramedical Personnel
Parapsychology
Periodontal Disease > use Periodontal Diseases
Personal Adjustment > use Adjustment
Personal Security > use Security
Physicians Assistants > use Physician Assistants
Police > use Police Officers
Poverty Programs > use Public Assistance
Presbycusis > use Hearing Impairment
Preschool Age Children > use Children
Preventive Health Services > use Preventive Medicine
Professional Standards Review Organizations
Property Value
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Reentry Women > use Reemployment

Regression
Retirement Counseling
Retirement History Survey
Seasonal Variations
Smoking Habits > use Smoking
Southeast Asians > use Asians
State Plan on Aging > use State Plans on Aging
Suburbs > use Suburban
Supplemental Income
Teacher Aides > use Teachers
Transportation Habits > use Transportation Patterns
Veterans Pensions
Welfare > use Public Assistance
Welfare Needs
Welfare Recipients
Zoning > use Regulation
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RETIRED DESCRIPTORS
This list contains all terms that have been used in indexing AgeLine records but that are no longer
in the Thesaurus. An effort has been undertaken to reindex all records with current terminology
where possible (for example, inserting the current Descriptor Physical Mobility for the old
Descriptor Ambulatory) and delete outdated or little-used terms from the Thesaurus and from
database records. The following terms were retained in database records because they are
proper names of organizations or programs no longer in wide use, have no ready equivalent in the
current Thesaurus, or have some historical importance. They can be used to search AgeLine for
older records.
AARP Andrus Foundation > use AARP Foundation

AARP Andrus Foundation Publications > use AARP Foundation Publications
Accessory Apartments > use Accessory Housing
ACTION
Agriculture > use Farms
Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled
Air Conditioning
Air Pollution
Alaska Natives > use American Indians
American Association of Homes for the Aging
American College of Health Care Administrators
Anemia
Animal Experiments
Annual Income
Aptitude Tests
Area Planning and Social Services Program
Automotive Workers
Birth Place
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Boards of Directors > use Advisory Groups
Bookmobiles
Bureau of the Census
Caffeine
Cash Reserves
Celibacy
Childbearing Age
Circuit Breakers
Community Centers
Community College > use Higher Education
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Computerized Systems
Cooperative Extension Service
Cosmetics
Counseling Services
Credit Cards > use Credit
Crying
Cultural Anthropology > use Culture
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Curiosity
Daydreaming
Demoralization
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Deviance
Do Not Resuscitate Orders > use Advance Directives
Durable Power of Attorney > use Advance Directives
Earnings Sharing
ECHO Housing > use Accessory Housing
Educational Facilities
Emotional Crisis
Engineers
Extended Care Facilities > use Skilled Nursing Facilities
Federal Council on the Aging
Firefighters
Fixed Income > use Income Levels
Food and Drug Administration
Food Storage
Frustration
Generations in Family
Genograms
Green Thumb Program
Guaranteed Annual Income > use Annual Income
Habits
Halfway Houses
Health Care Financing Administration > use Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Heat Tolerance > use Body Temperature
Household Composition
Hypotension > use Blood Pressure
Hysteria
Illness
Income in Kind
Income Maintenance
Indian Reservations
Insurance Programs > use Insurance
Jewish Sponsored Activities
Job Sharing > use Alternative Work Patterns
Land Use
Library Aides
Living Patterns
Living Wills > use Advance Directives
Locomotor Activities
Long Term Care Gerontology Centers
Manpower
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Methadone
Milieu Therapy
Miners > use Blue Collar Workers
Mobile Health Units > use Outreach Services and Health Services
Model Cities Programs
Monthly Income > use Income Levels
National Caucus on the Black Aged
National Council of Senior Citizens
Neuropeptides
Nutrition Programs
Nutrition Projects
Office of Economic Opportunity
Older Americans Act Title III
Older Americans Act Title IV
Older Americans Act Title V
Older Americans Act Title VI
Older Americans Act Title VII
Older Americans Volunteer Program
Older Womens League
Organic Brain Syndrome
Peace Corps
Penis > use Urogenital System
Poisoning
Postal Services
Preventive Health Services
Professional Standards Review Organizations
Public Health Nursing
Rabbis > use Clergy
Rail Transportation
Railroad Workers > use Blue Collar Workers
Regression
Retirement Counseling
Retirement History Survey
Salt
School Attendance
Seasonal Variations
Seniority
Sensitivity Training
Service Corps of Retired Executives
Sheltered Workshops
Shopping Malls
Sick Leave
Skilled Workers
Social Security Act Title XX
State Employment Service
State Supplements
Swing Beds
Taxis
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Technical Personnel
Tinnitus
Tranquilizers > use Antianxiety Drugs or Antipsychotic Drugs
Transit Operations
Transportation Personnel
Underemployment
Urban Mass Transportation Act
Vagina > use Urogenital System
Vocal Cords > use Speech
Vocational Education > use Job Training
Welfare Agencies
World Assembly on Aging
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THESAURUS ARRANGEMENT
THESAURUS ARRANGEMENT
The Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is divided into three sections: Relational Terms, Rotated
Terms, and Geographical Terms. The Relational Terms section indicates all levels of relationship
among Thesaurus terms. The Rotated Terms section provides an alphabetized columnar listing of
all words found within Thesaurus terms. The Geographical Terms section provides a ready reference list of state, province, country, regional, and continent names searchable as Descriptors.
RELATIONAL TERMS SECTION

This alphabetical listing of all Thesaurus Descriptors shows all levels of relationship of each term
to other Thesaurus terms. It aids the user in interpreting how a term is used in the context of the
AgeLine Database and also suggests additional terms to use in searching. This section also contains cross-references (i.e., nonpostable terms), distinguished from the main terms by being in italics followed by the word USE and a main term. Geographical terms are listed as main terms,
although relationships are not routinely provided for them. Each main term other than geographical names is followed by a superscript date indicating the year the term was first included in the
Thesaurus. No punctuation is used within Thesaurus terms.
As an illustration, the entry for the term Compulsive Behavior is given below; other entries may
have some or none of the same relational components.
Compulsive Behavior1997
SN Acts performed because of an irresistible urge, regardless of their rationality.
UF Compulsivity
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
BT Behavior
NT Hoarding Behavior
RT Behavior Problems
Gambling
where:
1997 = Date
Provides date of Thesaurus edition in which term was first included.
SN
= Scope Note
Provides a definition of the term, describes how AgeLine uses the term, or suggests search
strategies.
UF
= Used For
Identifies similar concepts encompassed by this term. Each UF term is listed as a crossreference or USE term.
BT
= Broader Term
Indicates the Thesaurus term that is similar but more general than this term.
NT
= Narrower Term
Indicates the Thesaurus term that is similar but more specific than this term.
RT
= Related Term
Indicates Thesaurus terms that bear some relationship to the concept expressed by this
term but are not directly hierarchical.
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Broader, narrower, and related terms are all reciprocal (that is, if term A is broader than term B,
then term B must be narrower to term A). Likewise, if term C is related to term D, then term D
must be related to term C. Related terms are good sources of alternate searching terms.
The hierarchical relationships (BTs and NTs) are shown only one level up and down. To determine
if the hierarchy includes other broader or narrower terms that may be useful, you should look at
the main entry of each BT or NT to locate other possible relationships.
ROTATED TERMS SECTION

This section alphabetically lists all words contained within Thesaurus terms to aid the searcher in
finding out how a certain concept is expressed in this Thesaurus out of all the variations possible.
Thus a multiple-word Descriptor such as Mental Health Services will be listed in three places in
the Rotated Terms section: under Mental, Health, and Services. At each of these places the
entire term will be listed:
Mental
Mental
Mental
Mental
Mini Mental
Mental
Mental
Mental
National Institute of Mental
National
Legal
Library
Mental Health
Older Americans Resources and
Outpatient
Health
Health Centers
Health Services
Illness USE Mental Disorders
State Examination
Health
Health Centers
Health Services
Health
Health Insurance
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
The Rotated Terms section is useful for identifying Descriptors when the first word or words are
difficult to determine (for example, looking under Services will give you 32 Descriptors with
Services as a last word, from Ancillary Services to Volunteer Services). The Rotated Terms
section can help the user identify multiple-word terms that share a common word important to a
subject search (for example, looking under Housing to find Age Segregated Housing,
Congregate Housing, and Housing Needs, among others). Checking this columnar listing is
faster than browsing through the Relational Terms section in such cases.
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GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS SECTION

This alphabetical listing of geographical terms, located at the end of the Thesaurus, is provided as
a convenient reference for searchers. All of the terms listed are included in the Relational Terms
section and can be searched as Descriptors; however, there may or may not be citations indexed
for each geographical entity.
Included in the geographical terms are the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and outlying
territories; the Canadian provinces; virtually all country names; continents; and some regional
names, such as Caribbean, Latin America, and Oceania.
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SEARCHING THE DATABASE
ABSTRACTS
All citations in the AgeLine Database contain 100- to 200-word abstracts, thus allowing for effective free-text searching in addition to searching with Thesaurus Descriptors. American spelling is
used in the abstracts and in the Thesaurus. British spelling is retained in titles and proper names.
BOOLEAN SEARCHING
AgeLine offers the power of Boolean searching, allowing searchers to use the and operator to
narrow the search, the or operator to form a larger search pool of possibly relevant documents,
and the not operator to eliminate specific concepts in the search phrase. Other Boolean operators are available and vary depending on the search software.
DESCRIPTORS
The Thesaurus Descriptors reflect the literature covered in the AgeLine database. As a general
rule, each AgeLine record is assigned 8-15 Descriptors from the Thesaurus. The Descriptors provide a profile of the documents major thrust/scope/purpose. For research documents, most
Descriptors cover concepts in the title, purpose statement, and major findings. For nonresearch
materials, the Descriptors cover the major topics addressed. Where appropriate, each record is
also indexed with the Descriptors Older Adults, United States (or Outside United States), the
youngest age of the population described (for example, 55+), the age range of the study population (for example, Middle Aged), and the gender of the study population (for example, Females).
See explanations for each of these below.
Although the entries for the new Descriptors all indicate 2005 as the year they were added to the
Thesaurus, a major effort was made to add the new terms to relevant records from the past few
years. In many instances, new terms were added to all relevant records in the database.
Older Adults
Since every record in AgeLine focuses in some way on aging-related issues, it is not necessary to
use such terms as aged, seniors, elderly, or geriatric in your search statement.
The Descriptor Older Adults is added to any document dealing directly or indirectly with a population aged 60 years or older. The Older Adults Descriptor is intended to aid those who search
multiple databases simultaneously and who may otherwise miss relevant AgeLine citations.
Those searching only in AgeLine would not generally use this Descriptor except in looking for
material comparing Older Adults with other age groups (for example, Young Adults or Middle
Aged).
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Age
To keep up with the proliferation of literature comparing various age groups and to better describe
study samples, AgeLine uses two types of age Descriptors. The first category includes the following 16 number Descriptors, which describe the youngest age of the population(s) covered:
18+
25+
30+
35+
40+
45+
50+
55+
60+
65+
70+
75+
80+
85+
90+
95+
For example, if the population is described as being aged 65 and older, the Descriptor 65+ is
used. Note that the + may require a special searching strategy on various search systems.
The second category of Descriptors provides information about the age range of the study population, if that information is provided.
Descriptors
Approximate Age Range
Children
Adolescents
Young Adults
Adults
Middle Aged
Young Old
Old Old
Centenarians
Under 65
Adults of All Ages
0-12
13-17
18-24
25-39
40-59
60-74
75-100+
100 years and older
64 years and younger
18 years and older
For example, if a study population is described as being aged 65-74, the Descriptors 65+ and
Young Old are both used. If this population is also compared with a middle-aged population
aged 42 to 55 and an older population aged 75 to 89, the Descriptors 40+, Middle Aged, 75+,
Old Old, and Age Differences also apply.
United States, Outside United States, and International

All domestic literature is indexed with the Descriptor United States. All documents focusing on
countries other than the United States are indexed with the Descriptor Outside United States.
From October 1994 on, the Descriptor International has been used if two or more countries
are compared. Prior to this, the Descriptor Cross Cultural Studies was used, but this term is
now used more narrowly to describe literature comparing cultures within a country or among
different countries.
To identify documents focusing on people from other countries, use the country name Descriptor
for people living in that country and use the ethnic group Descriptor for persons living in the
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United States or outside their native country. For example, use China and Caregivers for a
discussion of caregiving in China, and use Chinese, Caregivers, and United States for a discussion of caregiving among Chinese living in the United States.
Gender
The Descriptors Males and Females are used only if significant information or data are presented
for either or both sex; if males and females are compared, the Descriptor Sex Differences is also
used. For ease of searching, records indexed with Males also include the term Men, while
records indexed with Females also include the term Women.
Literature Types
In addition to searching AgeLine documents by Publication TypeJournal Article, Book,
Chapter, Dissertation, Videocertain Descriptors can be used to further identify types of literature. To make the terms consistent, a number have been changed from the singular to the plural
since the last edition of the Thesaurus. These literature types are as follows:
Consumer Guides
Personal Guides
Professional Guides
Literature Reviews
Longitudinal Studies
Meta Analyses
National Surveys (New)
State Surveys (New)
Surveys
Program Descriptions
Program Evaluations
Audiovisual Materials
Bibliographies
Book Reviews
Census Reports
Checklists
Commentaries
Conference Proceedings
Congressional Testimony
Directories
Encyclopedias
Filmographies
Glossaries
Illustrations
Instructional Materials
Interviews
Narratives
Personal Accounts
Photographs
Plays (New)
Recipes (New)
Speeches
Survey Questionnaires (New)
Textbooks
AARP Publications
To aid users in retrieving publications produced by AARP, its subdivisions, and related organizations, these terms have been posted to all relevant records:
AARP
AARP
AARP
AARP
Foundation Publications
Public Policy Institute Publications
Publications
Research
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The terms AARP Foundation Publications and AARP Public Policy Institute Publications are
used to index publications produced by these AARP components. AARP Publications is used to
index all material in AgeLine produced by AARP, including articles in AARP The Magazine. AARP
Research is used to identify AARP publications presenting research results, along with AARPsponsored research published by contract organizations. AARP Foundation and AARP are used
to identify records that are about these organizations, such as annual reports or policy-related
documents.
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18+
RELATIONAL TERMS
18+2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
60+1994
Identifies literature on individuals aged 18
and older.
Eighteen Years and Older
Age Groups
Adults of All Ages
Under 65
Young Adults
SN
UF
BT
RT
25+2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
UF
BT
RT

and older.
Seventy Years and Older
Age Groups
Older Adults
Young Old
75+1977
and older.
Thirty Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Adults
Under 65
SN
UF
BT
RT
40+1994
SN

and older.
Sixty Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Older Adults
Young Old
70+1994
and older.
Thirty Years and Older
Age Groups
Adults
Under 65
35+2002
SN

and older.
Sixty Years and Older
Age Groups
Older Adults
Under 65
Young Old
65+1994
and older.
Twenty Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Adults
Under 65
30+2002
SN
90+

and older.
Seventy Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Old Old
Older Adults
80+1997
and older.
Forty Years and Older
Age Groups
Middle Aged
Under 65
SN

and older.
Forty Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Middle Aged
Under 65
85+1994
UF
BT
RT

and older.
Eighty Years and Older
Octogenarians
Age Groups
Old Old
Older Adults
45+1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
50+1994
SN
UF
BT
RT

and older.
Fifty Years and Older
Age Groups
Middle Aged
Under 65
90+1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
55+1994
SN
UF
BT
RT

and older.
Eighty Five Years and Older
Oldest Old
Age Groups
Old Old
Older Adults

and older.
Fifty Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Middle Aged
Under 65

and older.
Ninety Years and Older
Nonagenarians
Age Groups
Old Old
Older Adults
95+
95+2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
AARP Public Policy Institute Publications2002

and older.
Ninety Five Years and Older
Age Groups
Centenarians
Old Old
Older Adults
UF
RT
SN
Centenarians
RT
13th Generation
USE
PPI Publications
AARP Publications
AARP Research
Public Policy
AARP Publications2002
100+
USE
Access
RELATIONAL TERMS
Generation X
Use for anything published by AARP.

Compare with AARP FOUNDATION
PUBLICATIONS.
AARP
AARP Foundation Publications
AARP Public Policy Institute Publications
AARP Research
401k Plans1994
BT
RT
AARP Research2002
Salary Reduction Plans

Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001
SN
AAPCC
USE
RT
Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost
AARP2002
UF
BT
NT
RT
American Association of Retired Persons

National Retired Teachers Association
NRTA
Organizations
AARP Foundation
AARP Publications
AARP Research
Abilities1977
NT
AARP Andrus Foundation

USE
AARP Foundation
AARP Andrus Foundation Publications

USE
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
The AARP Foundation is a nonprofit

organization that is affiliated with AARP and
administers educational, employment,
advocacy, and community service programs
funded by federal and private sources.
Merged with the AARP Andrus Foundation in
2003.
Andrus Foundation
AARP
AARP Research
UF
RT
Indigenous peoples of Australia.

Koori
Native Australians
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Australia
Australians
Absenteeism1977
SN
RT
Frequency, duration, or cause of absence

from work.
Job Performance
Work Attitudes
Abused Older Adults

USE
AARP Foundation Publications2002

SN
Functional Ability
Mental Abilities
Motor Skills
Spatial Abilities
Verbal Abilities
Writing Ability
Aborigines2002
AARP Foundation2002
SN
Refers to AARP publications presenting or

reviewing research and to reports of
research sponsored by AARP.
AARP
AARP Foundation
AARP Publications
Gerontological Research
Elder Abuse
Academic Achievement
Use this term to refer to anything funded or

published by the AARP Foundation or a unit
within the foundation, such as Legal
Advocacy. The AARP Foundation merged
with the AARP Andrus Foundation in 2003.
AARP Andrus Foundation Publications
Andrus Foundation Publications
AARP Foundation
AARP Publications
AARP Research
USE
Educational Attainment
Accelerated Death Benefits

USE Living Benefits
Access to Services
USE
Service Accessibility
Accessibility
Accessibility2005
SN
NT
RT
Active Aging2005
Use a more specific term if possible.

Compare with ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS,
SERVICE ACCESSIBILITY, and TRAVEL
BARRIERS.
Architectural Barriers
Human Factors Engineering
Travel Barriers
Universal Design
SN
BT
RT
Accessibility of Facilities
USE
Accessory Housing1991
SN
UF
BT
Activity
RELATIONAL TERMS
Housing constructed within or in close

proximity to an existing single family home
to accommodate an aging relative.
ECHO Housing
Granny Flats
Housing Types
The process of optimizing opportunities for

physical, social, and mental activity
throughout the life course to extend healthy
life expectancy, productivity, and quality of
life in older age. Compare with
SUCCESSFUL AGING, PRODUCTIVE AGING,
and HEALTHY AGING.
Aging
Activity Participation
Healthy Aging
Mental Exercise
Physical Activity
Productive Aging
Social Activities
Successful Aging
Active Life Expectancy

USE
Healthy Life Expectancy
Activities of Daily Living1977

Accident Prevention1977
BT
RT
SN
Prevention
Accidents
Safety
Accidents1977
NT
RT
UF
RT
Falls
Home Accidents
Traffic Accidents
Accident Prevention
Burns
Death Causes
Fires
Injuries
Safety
Activity Continuity1977
SN
Accountability1980
SN
RT
RT
Responsibility for the results of activities

over which the individual or organization has
authority.
Ethical Practices
Liabilities
Performance Standards
Program Evaluations
Quality Assurance
BT
RT
Licensure and Certification
Acculturation1994
RT
Assimilation of and adjustment to a new

culture, often following immigration.
Culture
Minority Groups
Social Adjustment
Social Integration
Socialization
Active Aging
Activity Continuity
Community Involvement
Exercise Adherence
Organization Membership
Participation Rates
Sociability
Social Activities
Activity Patterns1977
RT
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

USE
Occupations
Activity Planning
Activity Participation1977
RT
SN
Continuation of activities from middle age to

old age.
Activity Patterns
Disengagement
Activity Coordinators1983
Accreditation
USE
Specific group of basic personal care tasks

such as eating, bathing, and dressing, used
to measure functional ability in older adults.
Compare with DAILY ACTIVITIES and
INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY
LIVING.
ADLs
Daily Activities
Functional Ability
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Personal Care
Self Care
AIDS
Activity Continuity
Behavior
Daily Activities
Lifestyle
Sedentary Lifestyle
Activity
Activity Planning1983
BT
RT
Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost1997
Planning
Activity Coordinators
SN
Activity Restrictions1977
UF
RT
Restricted Activity
Disabilities
Functional Ability
Physical Mobility
Physical Performance
UF
RT
Acuity Levels
USE
Level of Care
Acupuncture
USE
Administration
RELATIONAL TERMS
A prospective estimate of the average percapita Medicare expenditures in the fee-forservice sector of a geographic area,
calculated on a county-by-county basis.
Used to set Medicare capitation rates for
managed care providers.
AAPCC
Capitation
Costs
Health Service Costs
Medicare
Prospective Pricing
Rate Setting
Risk Contracts
Alternative Medicine
Adjustment1977
Acute Care
SN
UF
BT
RT
2002
SN
Care rendered for an illness, injury, or

condition marked by a sudden onset or
abrupt change of health status and requiring
prompt attention, but which is of limited
duration (usually 30 days or less).
Intensive Care
Patient Care
Acute Diseases
Emergency Health Services
Hospital Services
Subacute Care
UF
BT
NT
Acute Diseases1977
BT
RT
RT
Diseases
Acute Care
Chronic Diseases
Adaptation1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Physical or behavioral modification by an

individual in response to changes, stressors,
or risks in the physical environment.
Compare with ADJUSTMENT.
Behavioral Adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
Behavior
Adjustment
Behavioral Changes
Coping Behavior
Disabilities
Disabled
Environment
Environmental Problems
Home Modification
Resilience
Successful Aging
Adjustment Problems
USE
Adjustment
ADLs
USE
Activities of Daily Living
Administration on Aging1977
SN
ADEA
USE
Establishment of a satisfactory relationship

between an individuals internal
psychological needs and external demands.
Use a narrower term where appropriate.
Compare with ADAPTATION.
Adjustment Problems
Maladjustment
Psychological Adaptation
Psychological Attitudes
Environmental Adjustment
Loss Adjustment
Retirement Adjustment
Social Adjustment
Adaptation
Behavioral Changes
Coping Behavior
Life Satisfaction
Mental Health
Morale
Psychological Well Being
Resilience
Stress
Successful Aging
BT
RT
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of

1967
Agency established by the Older Americans

Act and responsible for implementing
programs mandated by the Act. Also serves
as an advocate for older adults with other
federal departments. Part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Department of Health and Human Services
Aging Network
Area Agencies on Aging
Older Americans Act
State Agencies on Aging
White House Conference on Aging
Adolescents
Adolescents1980
SN
BT
RT
Adults of All Ages1997
Identifies literature on individuals aged 13 to

17. For literature on minor children in
general without a specific age reference, use
CHILDREN.
Age Groups
Children
Grandchildren
Under 65
Young Adults
SN
BT
NT
Adoption2005
SN
RT
RT
To take a child into ones family through

legal means and raise as ones own.
Children
Foster Homes
Grandparents as Parents
Parents
Identifies surveys or research findings on

individuals across the adult age range,
18-75+.
Age Groups
Adults
Middle Aged
Old Old
Older Adults
Young Adults
Young Old
18+
Advance Directives1991
SN
Adult Children1977
BT
RT
Advocacy
RELATIONAL TERMS
UF
Relatives
Boomerang Children
Children
Daughters
Dependent Parents
Empty Nest
Filial Responsibility
In Laws
Intergenerational Relationships
Parents
Proximity of Children
Proximity of Family
Sandwich Generation
Sons
RT
Documents or empowerments executed by

legally competent individuals to direct or
determine their own care at some future
point. Compare with POWER OF
ATTORNEY.
DNRs
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Durable Power of Attorney
Health Care Power of Attorney
Living Wills
Medical Power of Attorney
Psychiatric Advance Directives
Life Sustaining Treatment
Medical Ethics
Patient Rights
Patient Self Determination Act
Right to Die
Surrogate Decision Making
Terminal Care
Adverse Drug Reactions1980

Adult Day Care Services
USE
BT
RT
Day Care Services
Adult Education1977
SN
BT
RT
Purposeful learning activities for adults that

are not part of a formal degree or certificate
program. Compare with CONTINUING
EDUCATION.
Education
Continuing Education
Elderhostel
Lifelong Learning
Older Students
Universities of the Third Age
Adverse Selection
USE
RT
BT
RT
Market Segmentation
Marketing
Public Relations
Advisory Groups1977
UF
RT
Protective Services
Adults1977
SN
Biased Selection
Advertising1983
Adult Protective Services

USE
Side Effects
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Medication Errors
Boards of Directors
Ethics Committees
Program Management
Advocacy1977
39. Prior to 1994, used more broadly.
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
25+
30+
35+
Middle Aged
Under 65
Young Adults
RT
Empowerment
Legal Rights
Legislation
Mediation
Ombudsmen
Patient Rights
Political Activity
Public Policy
Resident Councils
Silver Haired Legislatures
Aerobic
Aerobic Exercise2005
SN
Age Concentration1977
Physical conditioning that uses large muscle

groups strenuously to elevate respiration
and heart rates for a temporary but
continuous period of time.
Exercise
Aquatic Exercise
Bicycling
Exercise Programs
Heart Rate
Physical Condition
Respiration
Running
Strength Training
Swimming
Walking
BT
RT
SN
RT
SN
BT
SN
Emotions
Affection
Love
Affective Disorders
USE
BT
RT
Equal Employment Opportunities
Affordable Housing1994
BT
RT
Comparisons between and within age

groups.
Age Groups
Age Norms
Cohorts
Diversity
Generations
Age Discrimination1977
Mood Disorders
Affirmative Action
USE
Aging organization with national and local

branches in countries throughout the world
that provide services and information to
older adults.
Organizations
Age Differences1983
RT
USE
Density of population by age. Compare with

AGE INTEGRATION and AGE
SEGREGATION.
Dependency Ratio
Population Aging
Age Concern1997
Affect
USE
Age
RELATIONAL TERMS
Housing
Housing Costs
Public Housing
Rental Costs
Discrimination
Age Discrimination Act of 1975
1967
Age Integration
Age Segregation
Age Stereotypes
Ageism
Attitudes Toward Aging
Employment Discrimination
Prejudice
Afghanistan
Afghans
SN
BT
1997
BT
RT
Afghan nationals or persons of Afghan

descent living outside of Afghanistan. Use
AFGHANISTAN for people living in that
country.
Foreign Origin

19671977
UF
BT
RT
Africa
African Americans
USE
Blacks
Africans2005
SN
BT
African nationals or persons of African

descent living outside of Africa. Use AFRICA
for people living in that continent.
Foreign Origin
SN
Posthospitalization Care
Age Awareness
USE
ADEA
Legislation
Age Discrimination
Discrimination
Employment Practices
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Hiring Policies
Age Groups1994
After Care
USE
Legislation
Age Discrimination
Discrimination
Age Identification
Use specific narrower age terms to limit

retrieval to particular subsets of the
population. Age group terms include both
word terms (YOUNG OLD, CENTENARIANS,
for example) and number terms (50+, 85+,
for example). Either or both types of terms
may be assigned to a document, depending
on usage in that particular item. Prior to
1995, use of age terms was restricted to
very old populations or populations middle
aged or younger.
(contd)
Age
Age Groups (contd)
NT
RT
Age Measurement1980
18+
25+
30+
35+
40+
45+
50+
55+
60+
65+
70+
75+
80+
85+
90+
95+
Adolescents
Adults
Adults of All Ages
Centenarians
Children
Middle Aged
Old Old
Older Adults
Under 65
Young Adults
Young Old
Age Differences
Baby Boom Generation
Cohorts
Echo Boom Generation
Generation X
Generations
Silent Generation
SN
BT
UF
BT
RT
SN
RT
RT
Expectations of what is considered

appropriate behavior at different ages;
perceptions of appropriate ages for major
life events or personal accomplishments
over a normal life course.
Age Differences
Age Identification
Age Stereotypes
Life Events
Age of Onset1994
SN
UF
RT
Age of person at first appearance of a

mental or physical disorder or disease.
Onset
Compression of Morbidity
Disease Stages
Early Onset Dementia
Etiology
Medical Prognosis
Morbidity
Pathology
Risk Factors
Age Segregated Housing1977

SN
BT
RT
Age with which individuals identify

themselves.
Age Awareness
Age Norms
Self Concept
Housing for which there is an age

requirement.
Housing Types
Age Integration
Age Segregation
Congregate Housing
Homes for the Elderly
Retirement Communities
Retirement Housing
Sheltered Housing
Age Segregation2002
SN
Age Integration2002
SN
Measuring disparities among chronological

age, functional age, and age identification.
Assessment
Age Norms1997
Age Identification1977
SN
Age
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
A policy or social process that promotes

interaction among persons of all ages
through physical proximity, age-shared
interests, or other mechanisms. Compare
with AGE CONCENTRATION.
Age Discrimination
Age Segregated Housing
Age Segregation
Intergenerational Living
Intergenerational Programs
A policy or social process that tends to limit

interaction primarily to persons of the same
age, such as housing for older adults that is
isolated from the wider community.
Compare with AGE CONCENTRATION.
Age Discrimination
Age Integration
Age Stereotypes1980
SN
UF
RT
Belief that members of a certain age group

are all the same, regardless of their
individuality.
Labeling
Stereotypes
Age Discrimination
Age Norms
Ageism
Knowledge of Aging
Prejudice
Aged
Aged
USE
Aging in Place1991
Older Adults
SN
Ageism1983
SN
BT
RT
Negative or prejudicial image of aging held

by society or by individuals. May make age
an influencing factor in situations where it is
in fact inappropriate or irrelevant.
Attitudes
Age Discrimination
Age Stereotypes
Marginalization
Prejudice
BT
RT
SN
Universal Design
Aggression1977
BT
RT
Harmful Behavior
Anger
Behavior Problems
Conflict
Hostility
Violence
RT
AGHE
USE
Circumstance of individuals remaining in

their own homes, retirement housing, or
other familiar surroundings as they age.
Aging
Attachment Behavior
Housing Tenure
Independent Living
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
Residential Mobility
Universal Design
Aging Network1991
Ageless Design
USE
Alarm
RELATIONAL TERMS
Federal, state, and local government

agencies mandated by the Older Americans
Act to channel funds and coordinate
programs for older adults and their families.
Private, nonprofit, or church groups may
sponsor these programs.
Administration on Aging
Interagency Cooperation
Older Americans Act
Aging Services Personnel1983

Association for Gerontology in Higher
Education
SN
UF
BT
Providers of services to older adults.

Geriatric Services Providers
Occupations
Aging1977
SN
NT
RT
Aging Well
Used sparingly. Where possible, use a

narrower or related term. Compare with
OLDER ADULTS.
Active Aging
Aging in Place
Biological Aging
Healthy Aging
Normal Aging
Premature Aging
Productive Aging
Psychological Aging
Successful Aging
Deterioration
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Longevity
Loss of Function
Theories of Aging
USE
Agitation1991
RT
BT
RT
Behavior Problems
Delirium
Restlessness
Sundown Syndrome
Agricultural Workers
USE
Farm Workers
Agriculture
USE
Farms
AIDS1991
UF
BT
RT
Aging Education1991
SN
Successful Aging
Educational programs for children or adults

that promote understanding of the process
of growing old. Compare with
GERONTOLOGY EDUCATION.
Education
Gerontology
Gerontology Education
Knowledge of Aging
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Communicable Diseases
Immune System
Air Transportation1977
BT
Transportation
Alabama
Alarm Systems1977
UF
RT
Personal Emergency Response Systems

Crime Prevention
Housing Security
Monitoring Devices
Safety
Alaska
Alaska
Alzheimers Disease1977
SN
Alaska Natives
USE
Anatomy
RELATIONAL TERMS
American Indians
Albania
BT
RT
Alberta
The most common form of irreversible

dementia, characterized by a progressive
deterioration in cognitive skills and by
behavioral and personality changes.
Dementia
Cholinergic Drugs
Alcohol Abuse
USE
Alzheimers Units
Alcoholism
USE
Special Care Units
Alcohol Consumption1977
UF
RT
Ambivalence2005
Drinking
Alcoholism
BT
RT
Confusion
Alcohol Programs1977
RT
Ambulatory
Alcoholism
USE
Physical Mobility
Alcoholism1977
UF
BT
RT
Ambulatory Care1977
Alcohol Abuse
Problem Drinking
Diseases
Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Programs
Drug Abuse
SN
BT
RT
Aleuts
USE
American Indians
Algeria
All types of medical care provided to

patients outside their homes without their
admission to a health facility. Includes care
given in physicians offices and in outpatient
health facilities.
Patient Care
Outpatient Services
Rehabilitation
American Association of Retired Persons

USE
AARP
Alienation1977
UF
BT
RT
American Geriatrics Society2002
Anomie
Disengagement
Isolation
Loneliness
Marginalization
BT
American Indians1977
SN
UF
Allergies
USE
Immune System AND Disorders
Alternative Medicine1994
SN
UF
RT
BT
RT
Nonconventional ways of keeping people

healthy and treating their illnesses.
Acupuncture
Folk Medicine
Anti Aging Medicine
Dietary Supplements
Holistic Care
Meditation
Mind Body Relationship
UF
BT
NT
RT
Native peoples of North, Central, and South

America.
Alaska Natives
Aleuts
Eskimos
Native Alaskans
Native Americans
Indian Health Service
National Indian Council on Aging
American Samoa
USE
Samoa
Americans with Disabilities Act1994

BT
RT
Alternative Work Patterns1980

SN
Organizations
Any number of work plans that vary

traditional work schedules and
accommodate the employee or employer.
Contingent Workers
Job Sharing
Telecommuting
Employment
Flexible Retirement
Part Time Employment
Legislation
Disabilities
Disabled
Discrimination
Amnesia1977
BT
RT
Memory Impairment
Dementia
Anatomy
USE
Human Body
Ancient
Ancient Societies1997
UF
RT
Anti Aging Lifestyle2005
Antiquity
Culture
Historical Perspectives
SN
BT
RT
Ancillary Services2005
SN
UF
RT
Antidepressants
RELATIONAL TERMS
Additional services provided by an

institution or organization to supplement the
main services provided as part of the
organizations primary mission.
Auxiliary Services
Health Services
Service Delivery
Social Services
A pattern of behavior that is adopted with

the purpose of slowing or reversing the
aging process and extending the life span.
Lifestyle
Active Aging
Aging
Anti Aging Medicine
Biological Aging
Health Behavior
Healthy Aging
Life Expectancy
Longevity
Anti Aging Medicine2005

Andorra
SN
Andropause
USE
Male Menopause
Andrus Foundation
USE
RT
AARP Foundation
Andrus Foundation Publications

USE
Anger1977
BT
RT
Emotions
Aggression
Conflict
Hostility
Violence
Antianxiety Drugs2002
SN
Angina2002
SN
BT
RT
Emerging, and controversial, field of

medicine that seeks to delay, halt, or reverse
the aging process and extend the human life
span through diet and exercise, dietary
supplements, drug therapy, genetic
engineering, and other means.
Biological Aging
Life Expectancy
Longevity
Preventive Medicine
A disease marked by brief attacks of chest

pain precipitated by deficient oxygenation of
the heart muscles.
Cardiovascular Diseases
Ischemia
UF
BT
RT
Angola
Refers to several classes of drugs that are

prescribed for the reduction of anxiety,
including benzodiazepines, muscle
relaxants, sedatives such as barbiturates,
and buspirone. Compare with
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.
Anxiolytic Drugs
Tranquilizers
Psychotropic Drugs
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Animal Assisted Therapy

USE
Antibiotics1977
Pet Therapy
BT
Drugs
Annuities1977
BT
RT
Anticholinergic Drugs2002
Income Sources
Insurance
Lifetime Income
Pensions
Retirement Income
Reverse Annuity Mortgages
SN
BT
RT
Anomie
USE
A class of drugs that block the activity of the

neurotransmitter acetylcholine at muscarinic
receptors. Often used to treat Parkinsons
disease or parkinsonism. Compare with
CHOLINERGIC DRUGS.
Drugs
Parkinsons Disease
Alienation
Anticholinesterase Drugs
Anorexia Nervosa
USE
USE
Cholinergic Drugs
Eating Disorders
Antidepressants1980
Anosognosia
USE
BT
RT
Deficit Awareness
10
Psychotropic Drugs
Depression
Antigua
Antigua and Barbuda
Aphasia2005
SN
Antioxidants1997
SN
RT
Enzymes or other organic substances, such

as vitamin C, beta-carotene, and vitamin E,
that are capable of counteracting the
damaging effects of oxidation in animal
tissues; being explored as anti-aging agents
capable of preventing or neutralizing free
radicals.
Biological Aging
Cell Metabolism
Longevity
Vitamins
BT
RT
Antipsychotic Drugs2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
USE

SN
UF
RT
Ancient Societies
Anxiety1977
BT
RT
Cognitive disorder marked by partial or total

loss of previously learned skills in
comprehending or expressing language in
its written or spoken form. It results from
damage to the brain caused by injury or
disease.
Disorders
Brain Damage
Cognitive Impairment
Communication
Comprehension
Language
Speech Disorders
APOE 4
Refers to several categories of drugs that

are prescribed for psychotic disorders and
anxiety, including phenothiazines,
thioanthines, butyrophenones, indolones,
and rauwolfia alkaloids. Compare with
ANTIANXIETY DRUGS.
Neuroleptics
Psychotropic Drugs
Psychoses
Antiquity
USE
Architectural
RELATIONAL TERMS
A genetic variation linked to increased risk

of depression, cognitive impairment, and
Alzheimers disease.
APOE 4
Alzheimers Disease
Dementia
Depression
Genetics
Appeals
Emotions
Antianxiety Drugs
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Fear
Phobias
Stress
Worry
USE
Claims Processing
Appearance
USE
Personal Appearance
Appetite1977
RT
Eating
Aquatic Exercise2005
Anxiety Disorders
2002
UF
BT
NT
RT
UF
Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Panic Disorders
Mental Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Antianxiety Drugs
Anxiety
Depression
Phobias
BT
RT
Water Aerobics
Water Exercise
Exercise
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise Programs
Physical Therapy
Strength Training
Swimming
Arabs1994
Anxiolytic Drugs
USE
SN
Antianxiety Drugs
Apartments1977
BT
RT
BT
Housing Types
Condominiums
Rental Housing
Architectural Barriers1977
SN
Apathy2002
BT
RT
Persons of Arabic descent living outside

their native countries. Use specific country
names for people living in Arab countries.
Foreign Origin
UF
RT
Boredom
Disengagement
Motivation
11
Design factors that impede access to public

and private buildings, facilities, and services.
Accessibility of Facilities
Accessibility
Americans with Disabilities Act
Architectural Design
Home Modification
Housing
(contd)
Architectural
Architectural Barriers (contd)
Art1983

Physical Mobility
Physically Disabled
Travel Barriers
Universal Design
SN
NT
RT
Architectural Design1977
NT
RT
Housing Design
Institutional Design
Auditory Environment
Visual Environment
BT
RT
SN
BT
RT
Local agencies in the United States

responsible within defined service areas for
coordinating the delivery of public and
private sector programs for older Americans.
Government Agencies
Aging Network
Area Plans on Aging
National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging
Older Americans Act
Planning and Service Areas
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
USE
Vascular Dementia
Arthritis1977
UF
BT
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diseases
Artificial Intelligence2005
SN
Arkansas
UF
Armed Forces Personnel

Military Personnel
Armed Forces Retirement System

Military Retirement System
Armenia
SN
Arterial disease characterized by inelasticity

and thickening of the vessel walls, resulting
in decreased blood flow.
Atherosclerosis
Cholesterol
Vascular Dementia
Arteriosclerotic Dementia

State Plans on Aging
Arizona
USE
Therapy
Art Programs
Arteriosclerosis1977
Argentina
USE
Organized workshops, clubs, or classes to

instruct and assist individuals in artistic
endeavors.
Art
Art Therapy
Art Therapy1983
Area Plans on Aging1977

RT
Refers to the visual arts. Compare with

MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, and
LITERATURE.
Art Programs
Crafts
Creativity
Hobbies
Humanities
Art Programs1977
Area Agencies on Aging1977

SN
Asians
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Prior to 1994, use UNION OF SOVIET
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS.
The imitation or duplication of intelligence in

computers and robots.
Computer Vision
Expert Systems
Knowledge Based Systems
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Neural Networks
Robotics
Computers
Information Technology
Artists1983
Armenians1983
SN
BT
BT
Armenian nationals or persons of Armenian

descent living outside of Armenia. Use
ARMENIA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Asia
Asians1977
SN
Aromatherapy2005
BT
RT
Occupations
Therapy
Smell
BT
12
Persons of Asian descent living outside their

native countries. Use specific country names
for people living in Asian countries and ASIA
for discussions of the region in general.
Foreign Origin
Aspirin
Aspirin1977
BT
RT
Assisted Living Facilities1991
Drugs
SN
Assertiveness1991
BT
RT
Behavior
Independence
Self Esteem
Assessment1983
NT
RT
Age Measurement
Culturally Sensitive Assessment
Functional Assessment
Geriatric Assessment
Needs Assessment
Diagnosis
Health Examinations
Minimum Data Set
Psychological Tests
Test Validity
Tests
UF
BT
RT
Asset Depletion1991
SN
UF
RT
RT
SN
BT
RT
Economic Resources
Investments
Property
Savings
Trusts
Asset Depletion
Bankruptcy
Eligibility Determination
Income
Liabilities
Means Testing
Money Management
Net Worth
Profits
Wealth
NT
RT
The act of making the means of suicide

(such as a prescription of barbiturates)
available to a terminally ill patient, who
subsequently acts on his or her own and
takes responsibility for the suicide.
Death
Attitudes Toward Death
Death Causes
Dying
Euthanasia
Medical Ethics
Right to Die
Suicide
Terminal Care
Assistive Devices1991
SN
UF
NT
RT
Assistance Programs1977
SN
Moderate- to large-scale supervised housing

offering separate accommodations, meals,
personal care, and amenities such as
housekeeping, transportation, and
recreational activities. For small-scale
facilities offering accommodation, meals,
and supportive care, use BOARD AND CARE
HOMES. For those providing housing and
meals without supportive care, use
CONGREGATE HOUSING or BOARDING
HOMES.
Very Sheltered Housing
Housing Types
Board and Care Homes
Boarding Homes
Congregate Housing
Independent Living
Long Term Care
Retirement Housing
Sheltered Housing
Assisted Suicide1994
Erosion of financial resources due to, for

example, the high cost of long term care.
Impoverishment
Medicaid Spenddown
Spenddown
Spousal Impoverishment
Assets
Economic Resources
Income Loss
Poverty
Wealth
Assets1977
BT
NT
Asthma
RELATIONAL TERMS
Equipment, aids, self-help devices, furniture,

or medical devices designed to help persons
with disabilities.
Health Appliances
Corrective Lenses
Durable Medical Equipment
Hearing Aids
Orthopedic Equipment
Pacemakers
Prosthetic Devices
Rehabilitation

Education1977
Formal programs providing supportive

services or emergency or subsistence aid.
Use more specific term where possible.
Disaster Assistance
Energy Assistance
Old Age Assistance
Public Assistance
Food Programs
UF
BT
AGHE
Organizations
Associative Priming
USE
Priming
Asthma
USE
13
Respiratory Diseases
At Risk
At Risk Populations2002
SN
NT
RT
Attitudes Toward Aging1977
Groups subject to factors that put them in

danger of developing adverse physical,
socioeconomic, or psychological conditions.
Frail Elderly
Disease Susceptibility
Risk Factors
SN
BT
RT
Atherosclerosis
USE
Arteriosclerosis
Athletes1991
SN
BT
RT
Auditory
RELATIONAL TERMS
Includes amateur and professional athletes.

Occupations
Sports
How older adults feel about aging, and the

attitudes of others toward aging and older
adults.
Attitudes
Age Discrimination
Age Identification
Age Stereotypes
Ageism
Facts on Aging Quiz
Infantilization
Knowledge of Aging
Prejudice
Self Concept
Attitudes Toward Death1977

Athletics
USE
BT
RT
Sports
Attachment Behavior2005
SN
UF
BT
RT
Behavior or attitudes exhibited by an

individual attracted to and dependent on a
specific person, place, or object for
emotional satisfaction.
Place Attachment
Behavior
Aging in Place
Emotional Closeness
Environmental Attitudes
Family Relationships
Interpersonal Relations
Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic Groups2002

UF
BT
RT
Attention Span1977
RT
Divided Attention
Learning
Mental Abilities
Selective Attention
Attitudes1977
UF
NT
RT
Attitudes
Assisted Suicide
Bereavement
Complicated Grief
Death
Dying
Euthanasia
Grief
Grief Counseling
Will to Live
Racial Attitudes
Attitudes
Discrimination
Foreign Origin
Minority Groups
Prejudice
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination
Attorneys
Opinion
Public Opinion
Ageism
Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic Groups
Community Attitudes
Health Attitudes
Political Attitudes
Religious Attitudes
Retirement Attitudes
Sexual Attitudes
Social Attitudes
Work Attitudes
Commentaries
Philosophy
Prejudice
USE
Lawyers
Audiovisual Materials1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Identifies audiotapes and slide/tape kits as

well as books and articles about audiotapes,
slide/tape kits, and videos. To identify
specific videos, limit search to the document
type VIDEO.
Video Reviews and Guides
Video Usage
Videos
Information Resources
Filmographies
Multimedia
Auditory Environment1980
BT
RT
14
Environment
Hearing
Housing Design
Noise
Visual Environment
Work Environment
Auditory
Auditory Responses1977
BT
RT
Aviation Personnel1977
Responses
Deafness
Ear Examinations
Hearing Impairment
SN
UF
BT
Australia
RT
BT
RT
Aborigines
UF
USE
USE
Azerbaijanis2005
Episodic Memory
Autobiographies
BT
Personal Accounts
Automation1977
NT
RT
USE
Baby Boom Generation1991

SN
Drivers
Older Drivers
Driving Skills
Driving Cessation
Driving Records
Motor Vehicles
Traffic Accidents
Traffic Safety
UF
BT
RT
Automobile Ownership1977
BT
RT
Azerbaijani nationals or persons of

Azerbaijani descent living outside of
Azerbaijan. Use AZERBAIJAN for persons
living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Baby Boom Echo
Computers
Productivity
Skills Obsolescence
Technology
Automobile Driving1977
UF
Deficit Awareness
Azerbaijan
SN
RT
Cognition
Awareness of Deficit
Autobiographical Memory
USE
Honors
Awareness
Australian nationals or persons of Australian

descent living outside of Australia. Use
AUSTRALIA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Aborigines
Austria
USE
Includes both civilian and military aviation

personnel.
Pilots
Occupations
Awards1994
Australians2002
SN
Balance
RELATIONAL TERMS
Ownership
Transportation Availability
Population cohort generally recognized to

be born between 1946 and 1964, which falls
between the Silent Generation and
Generation X.
Boomers
Generations
Age Groups
Cohorts
Generation X
Sandwich Generation
Silent Generation
Baby Bust Generation

USE
Generation X
Automobiles1977
UF
BT
Babysitting
Cars
Motor Vehicles
USE
Autonomy
USE
Child Care
Back1977
Independence
BT
RT
Human Body
Posture
Autopsies1977
NT
RT
Bahamas
Psychological Autopsies
Death Causes
Diagnosis
Pathology
Bahrain
Balance1997
Auxiliary Services
USE
SN
UF
RT
Ancillary Services
15
Bodily stability.
Equilibrium
Dizziness
Falls
Physical Mobility
Balance
Bed Usage
Balance Billing1991
SN
RT
USE
Practice of charging the client for the portion

of physician fees not reimbursed by
Medicare.
Cost Sharing
Medicare Assignment
Out of Pocket Expenditures
Physician Fees
Reimbursement
BT
RT
Hospital Bed Usage
Bedridden1977
RT
Chronically Ill
Housebound
Behavior1977
NT
Balanced Budget Act of 19972002

SN
Belgium
RELATIONAL TERMS
Federal legislation that includes provisions

to implement the Medicare+Choice program
and slow the rate of growth in Medicare
spending by introducing prospective pricing
for postacute care and home health
services.
Legislation
Budgets
Federal Budget
Medicare
Medicare+Choice
Prospective Pricing
RT
Adaptation
Assertiveness
Attachment Behavior
Behavior Problems
Compulsive Behavior
Coping Behavior
Harmful Behavior
Health Behavior
Help Seeking Behavior
Helping Behavior
Responses
Sexual Behavior
Wandering Behavior
Activity Patterns
Behavioral Changes
Risk Taking
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging1991

UF
BT
RT
Behavior Modification1977
BLSA
BT
RT
Bangladesh
Bangladeshis2002
SN
BT
Bangladeshi nationals or persons of

Bangladeshi descent living outside of
Bangladesh. Use BANGLADESH for persons
Foreign Origin
Behavior Problems1991
SN
UF
BT
RT
Bankruptcy2005
SN
RT
Therapy
Behavioral Changes
Biofeedback
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Reality Orientation
Remotivation Therapy
Inability of an individual or business to

discharge all debts as they come due. Not
used in reference to the financial status of
Social Security or other government
programs. Compare with FINANCING.
Assets
Credit
Debts
Economic Resources
Liabilities
Aberrant or difficult behaviors exhibited by

individuals.
Difficult Behavior
Behavior
Aggression
Agitation
Compulsive Behavior
Harmful Behavior
Hoarding Behavior
Restlessness
Sundown Syndrome
Wandering Behavior
Behavioral Adaptation
USE
Adaptation
Behavioral Changes1977
Banks
USE
RT
Financial Institutions
Barbados
Bathing1997
RT
Personal Care
Self Care
Belarus
SN
Bed Sores
USE
Adaptation
Adjustment
Behavior
Behavior Modification
Personality Development
Role Changes
Pressure Sores
Belgium
16

Belize
Bisexuals
RELATIONAL TERMS
Biking
Belize
USE
Bicycling
Benefit Claims
USE
Bilingual Services1977
Claims Processing
SN
Benefits1977
NT
RT
Disability Benefits
Employee Benefits
Insurance Benefits
Pension Benefits
Retiree Health Benefits
Social Security Benefits
Survivor Benefits
Veterans Benefits
Biofeedback1991
SN
RT
Benin
Bequests
USE
Services and programs provided in two or

more languages.
Language
Minority Groups
Method of learning to control ones bodily or
mental functions with the aid of a visual or
auditory representation of ones own brain
waves, blood pressure, or muscle tension.
Pain Management
Therapy
Inheritance
Biographies
Bereavement1977
UF
RT
USE
Mourning
Complicated Grief
Death
Death of Spouse
Funerals
Grief
Grief Counseling
Loss Adjustment
Widowhood
Personal Accounts
Biological Aging1977
BT
RT
Bermuda
Aging
Anti Aging Medicine
Antioxidants
Deterioration
Development
Life Span
Longevity
Loss of Function
Premature Aging
Biomedicalization
Bhutan
USE
Medicalization
Biased Selection1997
SN
UF
RT
Biorhythms
Concentration of above- or below-average

users of medical care in a health plan or
facility. Compare with STUDY
PARTICIPATION.
Adverse Selection
Selection Bias
Case Mix
Health Insurance
Level of Care
USE
Bipolar Disorder2005
SN
UF
BT
RT
Bibliographies1983
SN
BT
RT
Identifies a document type; occasionally

used to identify extensive bibliographies
within other works.
Filmographies
Literature Reviews
BT
RT
A psychiatric disorder marked by alternating

episodes of mania and depression.
Manic Depression
Mood Disorders
Depression
Emotions
Moods
Birth Rates1977
BT
RT
Bicycling2005
UF
Circadian Rhythms
Biking
Cycling
Physical Activity
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise
Sports
Health Indices
Death Rates
Demography
Fertility
Life Span
Population Aging
Reproduction
Bisexuals2002
RT
17
Gay Men
Homosexuality
Lesbians
Sexuality
Blacks
Blacks1977
UF
BT
Boarding Homes1977
African Americans
SN
Blindness1977
BT
RT
Visually Disabled
Cataracts
Eye Diseases
Eyes
Visual Responses
BT
RT
Block Grants1983
SN
RT
Boomers
RELATIONAL TERMS
Formula grants to states for use in broad

program areas, such as social services,
community services, and health.
Federal Funding
Government Expenditures
State
Homes in which accommodation and meals

are provided to one or several unrelated
individuals. For homes offering
accommodation, meals, and nonmedical
supportive care, use BOARD AND CARE
HOMES. Compare with CONGREGATE
HOUSING.
Housing Types
Assisted Living Facilities
Congregate Housing
Rental Housing
Boards of Directors
USE
Advisory Groups
Body Image1977
Blood
1977
BT
RT
BT
RT
Human Body
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure1977
RT
Self Concept
Cosmetic Surgery
Personal Appearance
Body Mass Index
Blood
Heart Rate
Human Body
Hypertension
Stroke
USE
Weight
Body Temperature1977
UF
RT
Heat Tolerance
Temperature
Human Body
Hypothermia
BLSA
USE
Bolivia
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Blue Collar Workers1991

UF
BT
RT
Bonds
Laborers
Workers
Occupations
White Collar Workers
USE
Securities
Bones1977
BT
RT
Musculoskeletal System
Osteoporosis
Board and Care Homes1991

SN
UF
BT
RT
Book Reviews2002
Homes in which accommodation, meals, and

nonmedical supportive care are provided to
one or more unrelated individuals. For
housing with more living units, additional
amenities, or more extensive supportive
services, use ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
For homes offering accommodation and
meals without care, use BOARDING HOMES
or CONGREGATE HOUSING.
Domiciliary Care
Personal Care Homes
Residential Care Homes
Housing Types
Boarding Homes
Congregate Housing
Foster Homes
Long Term Care
SN
RT
Identifies a document type.

Books
Books1977
BT
RT
Book Reviews
Literature
Reading
Boomerang Children1997
SN
RT
Adult children who move home to live with

their parents.
Adult Children
Empty Nest
Living Arrangements
Boomers
USE
18
Boredom
Bronchitis
Boredom1977
BT
RT
Buyout
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Apathy
Brothers
Bosnia and Herzegovina
USE
Brunei
Bosnians2005
SN
BT
Siblings
Bosnian nationals or persons of Bosnian

descent living outside of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Use BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA for people living in that
country.
Foreign Origin
Buddhists1977
BT
Religious Groups
Budget Deficits
USE
Federal Budget
Budget Surpluses
Botswana
USE
Budgets1977
Brain1977
BT
RT
NT
Nervous System
Brain Damage
Brain Scans
Electroencephalograms
RT
Brain Damage1977
RT
Aphasia
Brain
Stroke
Family Budgets
Federal Budget
Consumer Expenditures
Cost of Living
Government Debt
Money Management
Record Keeping
Bulgaria
Burial
Brain Scans1977
BT
RT
Federal Budget
USE
Health Examinations
Brain
Funerals
Burkina Faso
Burma
Brazil
UF
Myanmar
Breast Cancer1977
BT
RT
Burns1977
Cancer
Breasts
Mammography
Mastectomy
BT
RT
Breasts1977
Burundi
BT
RT
Buses1977
Human Body
Breast Cancer
Mammography
Mastectomy
BT
Injuries
Accidents
Fires
Motor Vehicles
Businesses1977
Breathing
USE
BT
NT
RT
Respiration
British2002
SN
BT
British nationals or persons of British

descent living outside of the United
Kingdom. Use UNITED KINGDOM for people
living in that country; use ENGLAND,
NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, or
WALES as well, if appropriate.
Foreign Origin
Private Sector
Small Business
Cooperatives
Employers
For Profit Organizations
Industries
Buyout Packages1997
SN
RT
British Columbia
19
Early-retirement incentives or severance

benefits offered to separating employees as
an inducement to leave.
Downsizing
Early Retirement
Employment Termination
Layoffs
Calcium
Calcium1977
BT
RT
Career
RELATIONAL TERMS
Carbohydrates1977
Minerals
Osteoporosis
BT
RT
Food Groups
Metabolism
Nutrition
California
Cardiac Arrest1994
Calorie Requirements1977
BT
RT
SN
Nutritional Requirements
Malnutrition
Metabolism
Nutrition Education
RT
Cambodia
Occurs when the heart stops pumping; is

fatal unless treated promptly. Compare with
HEART ATTACK and HEART FAILURE.
CPR
Cardiac Ischemia
USE
Ischemia
Cambodians1994
SN
BT
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cambodian nationals or persons of

Cambodian descent living outside of
Cambodia. Use CAMBODIA for people living
in that country.
Foreign Origin
USE
Cardiovascular Diseases1977
UF
Cameroon
BT
NT
Camping1983
BT
Outdoor Activities
Canada
Canadians1994
SN
BT
RT
Canadian nationals or persons of Canadian

descent living outside of Canada. Use
CANADA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Cancer1977
BT
NT
RT
Circulatory Diseases
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Diseases
Angina
Arteriosclerosis
Hypertension
Ischemia
Stroke
Blood Pressure
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiovascular System
Heart
Heart Attack
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular System1977
Diseases
Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Cancer Survivors
UF
BT
NT
RT
Cancer Survivors2005
RT
CPR
Circulatory System
Human Body
Heart
Care Management
Cancer
Recovery
USE
Case Management
Care Receivers1991
Cape Verde
SN
RT
Persons being cared for at home.

Caregivers
Capitation1991
SN
BT
RT
Care Satisfaction2002
Method of determining reimbursement for

services, in which a provider receives a set
(per capita) amount for each person served
during a specified period of time, regardless
of the number or nature of the services.
Prospective Pricing
Health Maintenance Organizations
Risk Contracts
BT
RT
Career Counseling
USE
Employment Counseling
Career Development1983
SN
Car Accidents
USE
Satisfaction
Quality of Care
RT
Traffic Accidents
20
Career-related decisions or events that form

an individuals occupational identity.
Careers
Employment History
Lifelong Learning
Occupational Mobility
Training
Careers
Careers1977
NT
RT
Case Management1980
Gerontology Careers
Second Careers
Career Development
Occupations
SN
UF
Caregiver Education2005
SN
BT
RT
Cataracts
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Education for nonpaid, informal care

providers.
Education
Caregivers
Health Education
Patient Education
Evaluation of the health and social service

needs of an individual, development of a
service plan, referral, and follow-up.
Care Management
Case Managers
Geriatric Care Managers
Continuum of Care
Discharge Planning
Needs Assessment
Service Coordination
Service Delivery
Service Needs
Service Planning
Caregivers1983
SN
UF
NT
RT
Case Managers
Family or unrelated individuals providing

health and personal care to individuals in the
home. Not used for paid care providers.
Family Caregivers
Long Distance Caregivers
Care Receivers
Caregiver Education
Caregiving Burden
Caregiving Rewards
Dependent Parents
Eldercare Programs
Home Care Workers
Informal Support Systems
Respite Care
Sandwich Generation
USE
Case Management
Case Mix1991
SN
RT
Classification of a patient population based

on characteristics such as diseases,
procedures or treatments, intensity or scope
of services, lengths of stay, and methods of
payment, with implications for the financing
and administration of health care services.
Biased Selection
Diagnosis Related Groups
Disease Stages
Level of Care
Rate Setting
Resource Utilization Groups
Caregiving Burden1991
SN
RT
Case Studies1997
Stress experienced by caregivers.

Caregivers
Stress
SN
Caregiving Rewards2002
SN
UF
RT
BT
RT
Positive feelings and outcomes experienced

by caregivers.
Caregiving Satisfaction
Caregivers
Satisfaction
Social Exchange Theory
Cash Balance Pension Plans2002

SN
Caregiving Satisfaction
USE
Caregiving Rewards
Caribbean
RT
Latin America
BT
RT
Caribbeans1997
SN
BT
Persons of Caribbean descent living outside

of the Caribbean. Use CARIBBEAN for
people living in that region.
Foreign Origin
Hybrid pension plans that have

characteristics of both defined benefit and
defined contribution plans. Benefits are
described in terms of individual account
balances and are calculated on career
average earnings, but investment risk is
borne by the employer and employees
receive benefit guarantees.
Pension Plans
Pension Benefits
Cash Income
USE
Income
Cataracts1977
BT
RT
Cars
USE
Identifies a document type consisting

primarily of a case study or studies or
documents about the use of case studies.
Compare with PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.
Qualitative Research
Research Techniques
Automobiles
21
Vision Disorders
Blindness
Eye Diseases
Catastrophic
Catastrophic Health Insurance1980
SN
BT
RT
Child Care
RELATIONAL TERMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Medical insurance providing coverage of

health care costs incurred during a lengthy
or severe illness.
Health Insurance
Long Term Care Insurance
(contd)
UF
BT
RT
CMS
HCFA
Health Care Financing Administration
Medicaid
Medicare
Catholics1977
BT
RT
Central African Republic
Religious Groups
Christians
Central America
Caucasians
USE
Central City
Whites
USE
Inner City
CCRCs
USE
Cerebrovascular Accident
Continuing Care Retirement

Communities
USE
Celebrities1991
UF
RT
Certificate of Need1991
Famous Persons
Interviews
Personal Accounts
SN
Cell Metabolism1977
BT
RT
Stroke
RT
Metabolism
Antioxidants
State authorization to construct or modify a

health service facility or offer a new or
different health service, based on the needs
of a targeted population.
Health Service Facilities
Nursing Homes
Certification
Census Reports1991
SN
BT
RT
USE
Identifies a document type that includes

data and analysis produced and published
by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Demographic Characteristics
Statistical Data
CES D
USE
UF
BT
RT
Chamorros2005

and older.
100+
Age Groups
95+
Longevity
Old Old
Older Adults
SN
BT
RT
UF
BT
RT
UF
RT
Philanthropy
Fund Raising
Gifts
Checklists2002
Widely used instrument for assessing

depression.
CES D
Psychological Tests
Depression
Screening
SN
RT
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services2002
SN
Indigenous people of Guam and the Mariana

Islands originating from Southeast Asia as
early as 2000 BC.
Guam
Charitable Contributions1994
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression

Scale2005
SN

Depression Scale
Chad
Centenarians1983
SN
Identifies a document providing a checklist

or checklists to help users follow
procedures, accomplish tasks, or reach
goals.
Consumer Guides
Personal Guides
Professional Guides
Chemical Restraints
Part of the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services. Administers oversight of
the Medicare program, the federal portion of
the Medicaid program, and related quality
assurance activities.
(contd)
USE
Restraints
Child Care1991
UF
RT
22
Babysitting
Children
Childhood
Christianity
Childhood1977
RT
Cities
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Children
Reminiscence
Christians
Christians1994
Childlessness1977
RT
UF
BT
RT
Children
Children1977
SN
BT
RT

and younger or literature on minor children
in general without a specific age reference.
Age Groups
Adolescents
Adoption
Adult Children
Child Care
Childhood
Childlessness
Daughters
Grandchildren
Parents
Relatives
Sandwich Generation
Sons
Under 65
Christianity
Religious Groups
Catholics
Mormons
Protestants
Chronic Disabilities
USE
Disabilities
Chronic Diseases1977
BT
RT
Diseases
Acute Diseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease2005

SN
BT
A chronic disease, often caused by cigarette

smoking, in which the airways in and out of
the lungs are partially obstructed, making it
difficult to breathe.
Chronic Pain1977
BT
RT
Pain
Pain Management
Chile
Chronically Ill1977
China
RT
RT
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Church Activities
Chinese1977
SN
BT
RT
USE
Chinese nationals or persons of Chinese

descent living outside of China. Use CHINA
for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Hmong
Religious Activities
Church Attendance
USE
Religious Service Attendance
Churches1977
RT
Cholesterol1977
RT
Bedridden
Frail Elderly
Housebound
Arteriosclerosis
Fats
Nutrition
Clergy
Religion
Cigarette Smoking
USE
Smoking
Cholinergic Drugs1980
SN
UF
BT
RT
Circadian Rhythms1997
Drugs whose actions resemble those of the

neurotransmitter acetylcholine and that
stimulate the parasympathetic nervous
system. Often used to treat Alzheimers
disease. Compare with ANTICHOLINERGIC
DRUGS.
Anticholinesterase Drugs
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Drugs
Alzheimers Disease
SN
UF
RT
Rhythmic biological cycles recurring at

approximately 24-hour intervals.
Biorhythms
Diurnal Variation
Sundown Syndrome
Circulatory Diseases
USE
Circulatory System
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
USE
USE
Cholinergic Drugs
Cities
Chore Services
USE
USE
Homemaker Services
23
Municipalities
City
City Planning
USE
Clinical Practice Guidelines1997
Urban and Regional Planning
SN
Civic Activities1977
RT
Civil Rights1977
UF
BT
RT
RT
Human Rights
Legal Rights
Discrimination
Legal System
Legislation
Civil Service Retirement System1977

SN
BT
RT
Cognition
RELATIONAL TERMS
Systematically developed statements to

assist physicians, other health care
personnel, and patients in making decisions
about appropriate health care for specific
clinical circumstances.
Health Service Standards
Institutional Care
Patient Care
Professional Guides
Quality of Care
Treatment
Clinics1977
Includes federal, state, and local public

retirement systems.
Pension Plans
Federal Employees Retirement System
Government Personnel
BT
NT
RT

Outpatient Clinics
Health Services
Mental Health Services
Clock Drawing Test2005

Claims Appeals
USE
SN
Claims Processing
Claims Processing1994
SN
UF
RT
BT
RT
Procedures involved in filing claims or

claims appeals for private insurance or for
government benefits and insurance.
Appeals
Benefit Claims
Claims Appeals
Insurance Benefits
Record Keeping
Clothing1977
NT
RT
BT
RT
UF
RT
Ministers
Priests
Rabbis
Occupations
Churches
Lay Ministry
Pastoral Counseling
Religious Training
USE
SN
Occupations
UF
RT

Services
Cognition1977
Client Relations1991
SN
Senior Clubs
Leisure Activities
Organizations
Social Activities
CMS
Clerical Personnel1977
BT
Shoes
Personal Appearance
Clubs2002
Clergy1977
UF

cognitive function; numerous versions of the
test exist.
Psychological Tests
Screening
Interaction between providers and users of

services, especially legal, counseling,
financial, and social services.
Countertransference
Ethical Practices
Physician Patient Relations
Transference
NT
RT
24
Operation of the mind by which one

becomes aware of objects of thought or
perception, including understanding or
reason.
Awareness
Executive Function
Information Processing
Thinking
Social Cognition
Comprehension
Creativity
Decision Making
Deficit Awareness
Divided Attention
Face Recognition
Intelligence
Learning
Memory
Mental Abilities
(contd)
Cognition
Community
RELATIONAL TERMS
Cognition (contd)
Coinsurance1977
Metamemory
Perception
Problem Solving
Recall Learning
Recognition Learning
Selective Attention
Serial Learning
Spatial Abilities
Stroop Effect
SN
RT
That portion of allowable health service

costs for which an insured person is liable,
over and above the deductible. Insurers
usually pay 80% of allowable costs and
insured persons pay the remaining 20%.
Cost Sharing
Health Insurance
COLAs
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy2002
SN
BT
RT
USE
Therapy model combining a focus on

learning to recognize and change faulty or
maladaptive thinking patterns (cognitive
therapy) and learning how to change
behavior (behavior modification) that is often
used to treat anxiety disorders, obsessive
compulsive disorders, panic attacks, and
other psychological states.
Psychotherapy
Cognition
Cost of Living Adjustments
College Town Retirement2002

RT
Retirement Locations
Colleges
USE
Higher Education
Colombia
Colorado
Commentaries2002
Cognitive Exercise
USE
SN
UF
RT
Mental Exercise

Editorials
Attitudes
Cognitive Impairment1980
SN
NT
RT
Commitment Procedures1977
Abnormal reduction in mental or intellectual

functions.
Memory Impairment
Aphasia
Brain Damage
Clock Drawing Test
Cognition
Comprehension
Dementia
Face Recognition
Memory
Mental Abilities
Mini Mental State Examination
Sensory Loss
RT
Communicable Diseases1977
BT
NT
RT
NT
RT
Shared Housing
Cohorts1977
SN
NT
RT
Diseases
AIDS
Influenza
Immunization
Infection
Morbidity
Pneumonia
Communication1977
Cohabitation
USE
Institutionalization
Legal Competency
Legal Rights
Groups of individuals who share common

characteristics, such as age. Includes cohort
analysis (studying changes in cohort
characteristics over an extended period of
time).
Generations
Age Differences
Age Groups
Generation X
Sandwich Generation
Silent Generation
Language
Speech
Aphasia
Information Dissemination
Mass Media
Multimedia
Telephone Use
Communities1977
NT
RT
Environment
Life Space
Neighborhoods
Community Attitudes1977
BT
RT
Attitudes
Discrimination
Morals
(contd)
25
Community
Community Attitudes (contd)
Companions (contd)
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Values
Intimate Relationships
Neighbors
Social Dating
Social Interaction
Social Networks
Community Care Act1997

SN
UF
BT
RT
Legislation passed in the United Kingdom in

1990 that made local authorities the lead
agencies in arranging community care, with
funding by cash-limited grants from the
central government.
National Health Service and Community
Care Act
Legislation
Community Services
Supportive Services
Competency
USE
SN
BT
RT
Higher Education
Community Dwelling Elderly

USE
An unresolved and prolonged sense of

mourning that results in maladaptive
behavior.
Grief
Bereavement
Depression
Loss Adjustment
Comprehension1994
Noninstitutionalized Populations
UF
BT
RT
Community Involvement1977
RT
Legal Competency
Complicated Grief2005
Community Colleges
USE
Computer
RELATIONAL TERMS
Civic Activities
Productive Aging
Social Activities
Understanding
Mental Abilities
Aphasia
Cognition
Perception
Compression of Morbidity1997
Community Projects1977
RT
SN
Community Services
Community Services1977
RT
Community Care Act

Community Projects
Health Services
Senior Centers
Supportive Services
UF
RT
Thesis suggesting that medical advances

and healthier lifestyles will postpone late-life
disability, resulting in people remaining
healthy and fit until a short time before
death.
Disease Postponement
Age of Onset
Anti Aging Medicine
Morbidity
Comorbidity1997
SN
RT
Compulsive Behavior1997
Coexistence of two or more physical or

mental disorders in an individual.
Diseases
Mental Disorders
Morbidity
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Comoros
Companion Animals
USE
Acts performed because of an irresistible

urge, regardless of their rationality.
Compulsivity
Behavior
Hoarding Behavior
Behavior Problems
Gambling
Pets
Compulsivity
Companions1977
SN
BT
RT
USE
Persons who regularly share parts of their

day-to-day lives for purposes of social
interaction, emotional support, and other
kinds of helping. Includes paid and volunteer
companions, companion programs, and the
concept of companionship.
Social Contacts
Confidants
Friends
Friendship Patterns
(contd)
Compulsive Behavior
Compulsory Retirement
USE
Mandatory Retirement
Computational Economic Modeling

USE
Econometric Models
Computer Aided Instruction1977

BT
RT
26
Instructional Techniques
Computers
Distance Education
Computer
Computer Applications
USE
Conflict1997
Computer Software
SN
Computer Programs
USE
Computer Software
NT
Computer Software1997
UF
RT
Congress
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Computer Applications
Computer Programs
Computers
Mental or physical strife resulting from

incompatible or opposing needs, drives,
wishes, or external or internal demands.
Intergenerational Conflict
Role Conflict
Aggression
Anger
Hostility
Violence
War
Computer Vision
USE
Conflict Resolution
USE
Mediation
Computers1980
RT
Confusion1977
Automation
Computer Aided Instruction
Computer Software
Databases
Internet
Older Computer Users
Technology
Telemedicine
UF
RT
Disorientation
Ambivalence
Delirium
Orientation
Congestive Heart Failure

USE
Heart Failure
Congo Brazzaville
USE
Republic of the Congo
Conciliation
USE
Congo Kinshasa
Mediation
USE
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Condominiums1977
SN
BT
RT
Congregate Housing1977
Multiple-unit housing in which each unit is

separately owned.
Housing Types
Apartments
SN
Conference Proceedings1994
SN
RT
Identifies published proceedings of a

professional conference. Not used for
individual journal articles originally
presented as conference papers.
Speeches
Confidants1977
RT
Companions
Friends
Social Contacts
BT
RT
Confidence1977
BT
RT
Self Concept
Confidence Games
USE
Consumer Fraud
Housing for unrelated individuals, usually

sponsored by government or nonprofit
organizations, characterized by separate
accommodations ranging from single rooms
to full apartments, and shared common
areas. Unlike boarding homes, congregate
housing typically offers group meals and
amenities such as housekeeping,
transportation, and recreational activities.
Personal or medical care and supervision
are usually not provided. For housing with
supportive care and supervision, use
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES or BOARD
AND CARE HOMES. Compare with
BOARDING HOMES.
Housing Types
Boarding Homes
Federal Housing Programs
Retirement Housing
Sheltered Housing
Confinement to Home
USE
Congregate Meals
Housebound
USE
Group Meals
Congress
USE
27
United States Congress
Congressional
Congressional Testimony1997
SN
RT
Continuing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Consumer Guides (contd)
RT
Identifies oral or written statements

presented before the U.S. Senate or House
of Representatives or one of their
committees.
Advocacy
Policy Making
Public Policy
Checklists
Consumer Education
Consumers
Personal Guides
Professional Guides
Consumer Price Index1977

RT
Cost of Living
Connecticut
Consumer Protection1977
Conscious Memory
USE
RT
Explicit Memory
Consultants1980
BT
Occupations
Consumer Directed Care1997

SN
UF
RT
Consumer Education
Consumer Fraud
Consumers
Hotlines
Legislation
Consumers1977
Type of care, usually home care, that

encourages clients to be more involved in
their own care management, such as hiring,
paying, supervising, and firing home care
workers.
Self Directed Care
Consumers
Home Care
Service Involvement
RT
Consumer Directed Care

Consumer Education
Consumer Guides
Consumer Protection
Cost of Living
Market Forces
Market Segmentation
Contact Lenses
USE
Corrective Lenses
Consumer Discounts
USE
Contentment
Discounts
USE
Life Satisfaction
Consumer Education1977
BT
RT
Contingent Workers
Education
Consumer Guides
Consumer Protection
Consumers
Food Labeling
USE
Continuing Care Retirement Communities1991

SN
Consumer Expenditures1977
NT
RT

Budgets
Consumer Education
Consumer Price Index
Cost of Living
Shopping
UF
BT
RT
Consumer Fraud1977
UF
BT
RT
UF
Communities offering a range of housing,

health care, social, and supportive services
under a contractual arrangement. Contracts
vary in duration and level of health care and
social services provided.
CCRCs
Life Care
Long Term Care
Retirement Housing
Continuing Education1977
Confidence Games
Scams
Fraud
Consumer Protection
Legal Problems
SN
Consumer Guides1983
SN
Alternative Work Patterns
BT
RT
Identifies a document type providing advice

or guidelines to individuals on such topics
as money management and health
insurance. Pair with another concept to
locate consumer guides on specific topics,
for example, NURSING HOMES and
CONSUMER GUIDES.
Guides
Manuals
(contd)
28
Includes specialized programs for

professionals often required for continued
certification as well as college courses for
part-time students that are often
administered by a separate unit within an
institution. Compare with ADULT
EDUCATION.
Education
Adult Education
Higher Education
Inservice Training
Lifelong Learning
Older Students
Training
Continuous
Continuous Learning
USE
Correctional Institutions1977
Lifelong Learning
UF
RT
Continuum of Care1991
SN
RT
Concept of care by which provision of

health, mental health, and social services is
varied according to client need and level of
impairment.
Case Management
Level of Care
Life Care
UF
BT
RT
USE
BT
RT
Studies that compare one or more test

treatment groups with one or more
comparison or control groups, but the
individuals in the test groups were either not
distributed in a completely random manner
or randomization was uncertain. Compare
with RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS.
Data Collection
Medical Research
Randomized Controlled Trials
Research Techniques
RT
Cost Effectiveness
Cost Shifting
Costs
Cost Effectiveness1977
RT
Cost Containment
Costs
Program Evaluations
Cost of Living1977
Recovery
Cookbooks
Recipes
Cooking
USE
Surgery
Body Image
Personal Appearance
Cost Containment1983
RT
USE
Cosmetic Surgery1980
Convalescence
USE
Contact Lenses
Eyeglasses
Glasses
Assistive Devices
Corticobasal Degeneration
Risk Contracts
Labor Relations
Labor Unions
Program Management
Controlled Clinical Trials1997

SN
Prisons
Crimes
Criminals
Prisoners
Corrective Lenses1977
Contracts1977
NT
RT
Cost
RELATIONAL TERMS
Budgets
Consumers
Costs
Inflation
Recession
Food Preparation
Cost of Living Adjustments1977

Cooperatives1977
SN
RT
UF
Enterprises or organizations owned by and

operated for the benefit of those using their
services.
Businesses
Senior Enterprises
RT
Cost Sharing1991
SN
Coping Behavior1977
SN
BT
RT
Includes coping mechanisms and styles.

Behavior
Adaptation
Adjustment
Defense Mechanisms
Resilience
RT
Coronary Disease
USE
Corporate Downsizing
USE
COLAs
Income Adjustments
Cost of Living
Costs
Downsizing
29
Sharing of costs among various parties.

Mainly used for, but not limited to, sharing
of health service costs between health
insurers and beneficiaries or between health
service providers and insurers.
Balance Billing
Coinsurance
Cost Shifting
Costs
Health Insurance
Reimbursement
Cost
Cost Shifting1997
SN
RT
Crime
RELATIONAL TERMS
Couples1977
The transferal of costs from one body to

another, such as providers recovering
uncompensated care costs for public
program enrollees through higher charges to
private payers, or businesses shifting the
cost of employee benefits to consumers.
Cost Containment
Cost Sharing
Costs
UF
BT
NT
RT
Married Couples
Unmarried Couples
Relatives
Retired Couples
Dual Earner Families
Marital Status
Married
Spouses
Court Decisions1980
Costa Rica
RT
Legal System
Legislation
Costs1977
NT
RT
Courtship
Drug Costs
Food Costs
Housing Costs
Operating Costs
Service Costs
Transportation Costs
Cost Containment
Cost Effectiveness
Cost of Living
Cost Sharing
Cost Shifting
Discounts
Profits
USE
CPR1991
UF
BT
RT
RT
Ivory Coast
Counseling1977
NT
RT
Advisement and guidance of an individual by

a trained professional.
Grief Counseling
Pastoral Counseling
Peer Counseling
Psychiatric Services
Therapy
USE
The complex feelings of a psychologist or

other health professional toward his or her
patient, specifically, the clinicians reactions
to the patients transference. Compare with
TRANSFERENCE.
Client Relations
Psychotherapy
Transference
Bankruptcy
Debts
Loans
Cremation
USE
Funerals
Crime Prevention1980
BT
RT
County1991
UF
RT
Credit1977
RT
RT
Art
Cognition
Crafts
Dance
Literary Expression
Literature
Music
Personality
Poetry
Credentialing
Countertransference2005
SN
Art
Creativity
Hobbies
Creativity1977
RT
SN
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Resuscitation
Cardiac Arrest
Crafts1977
Cote dIvoire
UF
Social Dating
Local Government
Municipalities
State
Prevention
Alarm Systems
Crimes
Criminal Justice System
Law Enforcement
Police Services
Safety
Crime Victims
USE
30
Victims of Crime
Crimes
Curriculum
RELATIONAL TERMS
Crimes1977
Cueing2002
SN
BT
NT
SN
RT
Includes crime rates.

Harmful Behavior
Fraud
Homicide
Rape
Correctional Institutions
Crime Prevention
Criminals
Fear of Crime
Financial Abuse
Victims of Crime
Violence
NT
RT
Cultural Activities1977
NT
Criminal Justice System1980

BT
RT
Verbal or nonverbal signaling that facilitates

learning, performance, or behavior. The
participant may or may not be conscious of
having received the signal. Compare with
PRIMING.
Priming
Memory
Memory Aids
RT
Legal System
Crime Prevention
Crimes
Criminals
Law Enforcement
Legislation
Dance
Music
Theater
Culture
Leisure Activities
Cultural Anthropology
USE
Culture
Cultural Comparisons
USE
Cross Cultural Studies
Criminals1991
RT
Cultural Diversity
Crimes
Prisoners
USE
Culturally Sensitive Assessment2002

SN
Crisis Intervention1977
RT
BT
RT

Gatekeeper Programs
Hotlines
Suicide
Croatia
SN
Prior to 1994, use YUGOSLAVIA.
Cross Cultural Studies1977

SN
UF
RT
Comparisons of aspects of cultures within a

country or among countries. Use with
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES if
appropriate. Prior to 1994, used more
broadly for any type of comparison between
countries. Compare with INTERNATIONAL.
Cultural Comparisons
Culture
Ethnography
International
Minority Groups
SN
UF
NT
RT
Cubans1977
BT
Includes culturally modified tests. Compare

with TEST TRANSLATIONS.
Assessment
Culture
Psychological Tests
Test Translations
Test Validity
Tests
Culture2002
Cuba
SN
Diversity
Cuban nationals or persons of Cuban

descent living outside of Cuba. Use CUBA
Foreign Origin
A set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and

practices that characterize a society or
social group.
Cultural Anthropology
Popular Culture
Acculturation
Ancient Societies
Cultural Activities
Diversity
Ethnography
Minority Groups
Rituals
Social Attitudes
Social Gerontology
Social Values
Curriculum1977
RT
31
Education
Textbooks
Curriculum
Curriculum Vitae
USE
Data Collection (contd)
Resumes
Proxy Respondents
Research Diaries
Research Techniques
Self Report Measures
State Surveys
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Data
Study Participation
Surveys
Cycling
USE
Bicycling
Cypriots2005
SN
BT
Death
RELATIONAL TERMS
Cypriot nationals or persons of Cypriot

descent living outside of Cyprus. Use
CYPRUS for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Cyprus
Data Quality2002
Czech Republic
SN
RT
Prior to 1994, use CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
Czechoslovakia
SN
As of January 1, 1993, formally separated

into two independent countries, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
Databases1997
RT
Czechs1997
SN
BT
Czech nationals or persons of Czech

descent living outside of the Czech
Republic. Use CZECH REPUBLIC for people
Foreign Origin
RT
USE
BT
RT
Daily patterns of behavior. Compare with

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING and
INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY
LIVING.
Activity Patterns
Leisure Activities
Lifestyle
Social Activities
SN
UF
BT
Cultural Activities
Creativity
Dance Therapy
Hobbies
RT
Care provided during the day in a group

setting to frail older adults who might
otherwise require institutionalization;
services consist of supervised health care,
social activities, or a combination of both.
For care provided to children, use CHILD
CARE.
Adult Day Care Services
Supportive Services
Deafness1977
RT
Therapy
Dance
Movement Therapy
Auditory Responses
Hearing
Hearing Impairment
Death1977
NT
Data Collection1983
SN
Females
Relatives
Adult Children
Children
Parents
Day Care Services1977
Dance Therapy1980
BT
RT
Social Dating
Daughters1983
Dance1983
BT
RT
Computers
Information Systems
Dating
Daily Activities1977
SN
Data Collection
Research Techniques
Statistical Data
Use STATISTICAL DATA for actual data

results.
Controlled Clinical Trials
Data Quality
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Minimum Data Set
National Surveys
Participant Observation
(contd)
RT
32
Assisted Suicide
Death of Spouse
Euthanasia
Homicide
Motor Vehicle Deaths
Suicide
Bereavement
Dying
Grief
Place of Death
Death
Death Benefits
USE
Defense Mechanisms1977
Survivor Benefits
SN
Death Causes1977
RT
Degeneration
RELATIONAL TERMS
Accidents
Assisted Suicide
Autopsies
Diseases
Euthanasia
Homicide
Suicide
Violence
UF
NT
RT
Adjustment made to escape recognition by

oneself of personal qualities or motives that
might cause anxiety.
Repression
Denial
Coping Behavior
Deficit Awareness
Personality
Deferred Compensation Plans

USE
Deferred Retirement
Death Certificates1977
BT
USE
Delayed Retirement
Medical Records
Deficit Awareness2005
Death of Spouse1977
BT
RT
SN
Death
Bereavement
Spouses
Widowers
Widowhood
Widows
UF
RT
Death Rates1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Mortality Rates
Health Indices
Mortality Crossover
Birth Rates
Demography
Life Expectancy
Life Span
Population Aging
Defined Benefit Pension Plans1991

SN
Debts1977
BT
RT
Knowledge that one has a disease, disorder,

or condition.
Anosognosia
Awareness of Deficit
Dementia Insight
Cognition
Defense Mechanisms
Loss of Function
Metamemory
Self Concept
Liabilities
Bankruptcy
Credit
Government Debt
Loans
Net Worth
BT
RT
Pension plans that include a formula for

calculating retirement benefits and obligate
the employer to provide those benefits.
Employer contributions are not fixed, but
vary together with the earnings of the fund
so as to meet the required benefits.
Compare with DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
PENSION PLANS.
Pension Plans
Defined Contribution Pension Plans
Notional Defined Contribution Pension Plans
Pension Benefits
Defined Contribution Pension Plans1991

Decentralization2005
SN
RT
SN
Transfer of power from a larger organization

or central government to subordinate or
local units.
Privatization
BT
NT
RT
Decision Making1977
NT
RT

Cognition
Problem Solving
Resident Councils
Decubitus Ulcers
USE
Degeneration
Pressure Sores
USE
Deductibles
USE
Pension plans in which contributions are

defined using a formula, and individual
accounts are established. Investment
results, good or bad, are transferred to the
individual participant. Compare with
DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS.
Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Individual Retirement Accounts
Pension Benefits
33
Deterioration
Dehydration
Dehydration1997
SN
RT
Dementia (contd)
An abnormal depletion of body fluids. It is

the most common fluid and electrolyte
disorder in older adults.
Fluid Intake
Nutritional Disorders
RT
Deinstitutionalization1980
SN
RT
Denmark
RELATIONAL TERMS
Removal of individuals from institutions to

alternative arrangements in the community.
Especially refers to individuals in mental
health facilities.
Foster Homes

Lewy Body Dementia
Vascular Dementia
Amnesia
Delirium
Memory Impairment
Pseudodementia
Dementia Care Mapping2005

Delaware
SN
Delayed Retirement1994
SN
UF
BT
RT
Continued employment beyond the typical

retirement age. In the United States, delayed
retirement credits are given by the Social
Security Administration to workers aged 65
or older who continue working.
Deferred Retirement
Retirement
Retirement Age
Social Security Earnings Limitation
RT
An observational method designed to

examine quality of care from the perspective
of the person with dementia, as part of a
process of bringing about improvements to
care.
Assessment
Dementia
Quality of Care
Dementia Insight
USE
Deficit Awareness
Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Delirium1977
SN
BT
RT
USE
A disorder usually caused by a treatable

physical or mental illness that is
characterized by confusion, inattentiveness,
disorientation, illusions, hallucinations, or
agitation.
Mental Disorders
Agitation
Confusion
Delusions
Dementia
Hallucinations
Sundown Syndrome

UF
BT
RT
Congo Kinshasa
Zaire
Demographic Characteristics1977
NT
RT
Delusions1994
SN
Lewy Body Dementia
Foreign Origin
Rural
Suburban
Urban
Census Reports
Statistical Data
Demography1977
False beliefs that are resistant to reason or

confrontation of actual fact.
Mental Disorders
Delirium
Hallucinations
Paranoia
Psychoses
SN
UF
RT
Science of population.
Population Studies
Birth Rates
Death Rates
Population
Population Aging
Demonstration Projects1977
Dementia
SN
BT
NT
1983
USE
Acquired organic mental disorders with loss

of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity
to interfere with social or occupational
functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted,
involving memory, behavior, personality,
judgment, attention, spatial relations,
language, abstract thought, or other
executive functions, usually with progressive
intellectual decline that initially spares the
level of consciousness.
Mental Disorders
Alzheimers Disease
(contd)
Program Evaluations
Denial1977
SN
BT
Denmark
34
A defense mechanism in which the

existence of intolerable actions, ideas,
wishes, impulses, and affects is
unconsciously denied.
Defense Mechanisms
Dental
Dental Care Costs1977
BT
RT
Department of Veterans Affairs1994

Dental Services
SN
UF
BT
RT
Dental Diseases1977
BT
NT
RT
Diseases
Periodontal Diseases
Dental Health
Oral Health
Toothlessness
Part of the executive branch of the U.S.

government.
Veterans Administration
Government Agencies
Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Veterans Benefits
Dependence1991
SN
Dental Health1977
BT
RT
Depression
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Oral Health
Dental Diseases
Dental Services
Mouth
Teeth
Reliance on others for physical, economic,

mental, or social support on a regular basis.
Dependent Parents
Dependents
Frail Elderly
Functional Ability
Independence
Infantilization
Learned Helplessness
Dental Services1977
BT
NT
RT
Dependency Ratio1977
Health Services
Dental Visits
Dental Care Costs
Dental Health
Geriatric Dentistry
SN
Dental Visits1977
BT
RT
Dental Services
Dentists1977
BT
RT
Health Personnel
Medical Specialties
Dependent Parents1977
BT
RT
Dentures1977
BT
RT
Prosthetic Devices
Toothlessness
Department of Health and Human Services1994

SN
UF
BT
NT

government.
HHS
Government Agencies
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute on Aging
Social Security Administration
UF
BT
RT
UF
BT
Dependence
Dependent Parents
Economic Security
Relatives
Depression1977
BT
RT

government.
HUD
Government Agencies
Department of Labor1994
SN
Parents
Adult Children
Caregivers
Dependence
Dependents
Sandwich Generation
Dependents1977
Department of Housing and Urban

Development1994
SN
Number of individuals of working age (18-64

years) compared with the number of
individuals aged 65 and older; used as a
measure of the economic resources
available to support the older nonworking
population.
Age Concentration
Intergenerational Transfers
Population Aging

government.
DOL
Government Agencies
Mood Disorders
Antidepressants
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Scale
Complicated Grief
Emotions
Geriatric Depression Scale
Hopelessness
Pseudodementia
Sadness
Depression Generation
USE
35
Deterioration
Deterioration1977
UF
RT
Dial a Ride Services1977
Degeneration
Aging
Biological Aging
Failure to Thrive
Loss of Function
Recovery
SN
UF
BT
RT
Developed Nations1991
UF
RT
Direct
RELATIONAL TERMS
Demand-responsive transportation services

in small vehicles for older adults and
persons with disabilities.
Paratransit Services
Transportation Programs
Dialysis
Industrial Societies
Developing Nations
USE
Renal Dialysis
Diaries
Developing Nations1991
UF
RT
USE
Third World Countries

Developed Nations
Diet1977
SN
Development1980
SN
UF
NT
RT
UF
RT
Ongoing process of physical and mental

change, growth, and maturation.
Growth
Biological Aging
Life Course
Psychological Aging
Successful Aging
Developmentally Disabled1991
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Physical or mental disabilities developed

prior to adulthood that constitute substantial
barriers to normal development and
functioning.
Mentally Handicapped
Mentally Retarded
Disabled
Downs Syndrome
Genetic Disorders
Physically Disabled
Includes individuals food intake, as well as

formal diet programs.
Food Intake
Dietary Supplements
Eating
Fluid Intake
Food Preferences
Foods
Meals
Menu Planning
Nutrition
Recipes
Weight Control
Dietary Services1977
BT
RT
Health Services
Food Programs
Dietary Supplements2002
UF
RT
Diabetes1977
BT
Research Diaries
Diseases
Herbal Supplements
Nutritional Supplements
Diet
Minerals
Nutrition
Vitamins
Diagnosis1977
RT
Difficult Behavior
Assessment
Autopsies
Health Examinations
Medical Procedures
Medical Prognosis
USE
Digestive System1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Diagnosis Related Groups1983

SN
BT
RT
Behavior Problems
Categories of medical diagnoses that form

the basis for the prospective pricing system
used by Medicare to reimburse hospitals for
health care costs.
Prospective Pricing
Case Mix
Diagnosis
Disease Stages
Medicare
Gastrointestinal System
Human Body
Mouth
Teeth
Dysphagia
Nutrition
Taste
Dignity2002
RT
Respect
Self Esteem
Direct Memory
USE
36
Explicit Memory
Directories
Disadvantaged
Directories1983
SN
BT
Disease
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Identifies a document type containing

names and addresses of individuals,
services, resources, or organizations. Pair
with another concept to locate specific
types of directories, for example, NURSING
HOMES and DIRECTORIES.
Poverty
Disaster Assistance1977
UF
BT
RT
Relief Programs
Assistance Programs
Natural Disasters
Discharge Planning1991
Disabilities
1977
SN
UF
RT
SN
Identifies literature about specific handicaps

or about disabilities in general. Where
possible, use a narrower term. Compare
with DISABLED.
Chronic Disabilities
Impairments
Activity Restrictions
Adaptation
Disabled
Functional Ability
Loss of Function
BT
RT
Planning follow-up services after hospital,

nursing home, or other institutional
discharge. Involves assessing patient needs,
ensuring smooth transitions between levels
of care, and coordinating services to prevent
fragmentation.
Planning
Case Management
Patient Discharges
Service Planning
Discharge Rates
USE
Patient Discharges
Disability Benefits1977
BT
RT
Discounts1994
Benefits
Disabled Workers
Insurance Benefits
Old Age Survivors Disability and Health
Insurance
Workers Compensation
SN
UF
RT
Disability Evaluation
USE
Special cost reductions for goods or

services.
Consumer Discounts
Reduced Fares
Reduced Rates
Senior Discounts
Costs
Discrimination1977
Disability Free Life Expectancy
USE
Disability
BT
NT
RT
NT

Insurance1977
Health Insurance
Insurance
RT
Disabled1977
SN
UF
NT
RT
Identifies literature about persons with

disabilities. Compare with DISABILITIES.
Handicapped
Developmentally Disabled
Physically Disabled
Visually Disabled
Adaptation
Disabilities
Disabled Workers
Functional Ability
Loss of Function
Disease Causes
USE
Etiology
Disease Incidence
USE
Morbidity
Disease Postponement
USE
Disease Severity
Disabled Workers1977
BT
RT
Age Discrimination
Sex Discrimination
1967
Civil Rights
Community Attitudes
Marginalization
Social Attitudes
USE
Workers
Disability Benefits
Disabled
37
Disease Stages
Disease
Disease Stages1991
SN
UF
RT
Disenrollment2002
Clinical distinctions among patients based

on levels of illness severity and treatment
intensity, sometimes used to determine
reimbursement for health care costs.
Disease Severity
Age of Onset
Case Mix
Diseases
Disorder Severity
Medical Prognosis
Pathology
SN
RT
SN
UF
RT
Physical Condition
At Risk Populations
Risk Factors
SN
NT
RT
Alterations in the state of the body or of

some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing
the performance of the vital functions, and
causing or threatening pain and weakness.
Where possible, use a more specific term.
Compare with DISORDERS.
Acute Diseases
Alcoholism
Arthritis
Cancer
Chronic Diseases
Dental Diseases
Diabetes
Huntingtons Disease
Kidney Diseases
Multiple Sclerosis
Osteoporosis
Parkinsons Disease
Comorbidity
Death Causes
Disease Stages
Disorders
Morbidity
Pathology
Symptoms
UF
NT
RT
NT
RT
Disturbances of normal physical and mental

function. Where possible, use a more
specific term. Compare with DISEASES.
Allergies (use DISORDERS and IMMUNE
SYSTEM)
Aphasia
Eating Disorders
Genetic Disorders
Mental Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosomatic Disorders
Sleep Disorders
Speech Disorders
Vision Disorders
Diseases
Disorder Severity
Symptoms
Disorientation
USE
Confusion
Displaced Homemakers1980
SN
BT
RT
Disengagement1977
SN
The degree or magnitude of disturbance of a

physical or mental function. Compare with
DISEASE STAGES.
Severity of Disorder
Disease Stages
Disorders
Level of Care
Disorders1977
Diseases1977
SN
Withdrawal from a health benefits plan.

Includes the withdrawal of health
maintenance organizations from the
Medicare program.
Health Insurance
Disorder Severity2005
Disease Susceptibility1977
BT
RT
Distance
RELATIONAL TERMS
Withdrawal from various social roles or

interests.
Isolation
Activity Continuity
Alienation
Apathy
Failure to Thrive
Introversion
Loneliness
Social Interaction
Individuals who have provided unpaid

service to their families for a long period of
time, who have been dependent on their
spouses for income, and have lost that
support through death, disability, divorce, or
desertion.
Homemakers
Divorced
Widowers
Widows
Distance Education2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
38
The concept of a student and instructor,

separated by time or distance, using
technology and a variety of media to
complete instruction.
Distance Learning
Distributed Education
Telelearning
Education
Multimedia
(contd)
Distance
Drinking
RELATIONAL TERMS
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Distance Education (contd)
USE
Technology
Teleconferencing
Training
Advance Directives
Doctors
USE
Physicians
Distance Learning
USE
Documentation
Distance Education
USE
Record Keeping
Distributed Education
USE
DOL
Distance Education
USE
Department of Labor
District of Columbia
UF
Domiciliary Care
Washington, DC
USE
Diurnal Variation
USE
Dominica
Circadian Rhythms
Dominican Republic
Diversity1994
SN
UF
RT
Variance in aspects such as race, gender,

nationality, age, creed, religion, sexual
orientation, disability, lifestyle, diagnosis,
family/support structure, financial status,
and social strata.
Cultural Diversity
Age Differences
Culture
Foreign Origin
Minority Groups
Sex Differences
Socioeconomic Levels
Dominicans2002
SN
BT
Dominican or Dominican Republic nationals

or persons of Dominican descent living
outside of Dominica or the Dominican
Republic. Use DOMINICA or DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC for people living in Dominica or
the Dominican Republic.
Foreign Origin
Downs Syndrome1977
UF
BT
RT
Mongolism
Genetic Disorders
Divided Attention2005
SN
BT
RT
Downsizing1994
The ability to focus on more than one

stimulus at the same time.
Mental Abilities
Attention Span
Cognition
Perception
Selective Attention
SN
UF
RT
Divorce1983
RT
Divorced
Marital Satisfaction
Marriage
Remarriage
Reduction of an organizations workforce by

layoffs and use of early retirement incentive
programs.
Corporate Downsizing
Buyout Packages
Early Retirement
Employment Trends
Job Security
Layoffs
Drama Therapy1991
Divorced1977
BT
RT
SN
Marital Status
Displaced Homemakers
Divorce
Separated
BT
RT
Dreaming1977
Dizziness1997
RT
Use THEATER for nontherapeutic drama

activities.
Therapy
Plays
Theater
BT
Balance
Falls
Sleep
Drinking
Djibouti
USE
Drinking Fluids
DNRs
USE
Alcohol Consumption
USE
Advance Directives
39
Fluid Intake
Drivers
Drivers
USE
Drug Therapy1977
Automobile Driving
BT
RT
Driving Cessation2005
RT
Automobile Driving
Driving Records
Driving Skills
Independence
Traffic Accidents
Traffic Safety
SN
NT
Automobile Driving
Driving Cessation
RT
Driving Skills1977
BT
RT
Automobile Driving
Driving Cessation
Drug Abuse1977
UF
BT
RT
Substance Abuse
Drug Use
Alcoholism
Drug Addiction
Drug Effects
Drugs
Narcotics
SN
BT
RT
Narcotic Addiction
Drug Use
Drug Abuse
Drug Effects
Drugs
Drug Costs1977
BT
RT
Costs
Drug Utilization Review
Drugs
Generic Drugs
Nonprescription Drugs
Prescription Drugs
UF
NT
Drug Interactions
Adverse Drug Reactions
Drug Abuse
Drug Addiction
Drugs
Polypharmacy
Side Effects
RT
Drug Interactions1983
BT
RT
Programs and processes designed to

promote patient safety by a review of
practices related to prescribing drugs.
Sometimes used for other management
goals, such as improving cost-efficiency.
Medication Management
Drug Costs
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drug Use
Drugs
Medication Errors
Polypharmacy
Prescription Drugs
Quality Assurance
Drugs1977
Drug Effects1977
NT
RT
Patterns and types of drug usage.

Drug Abuse
Drug Addiction
Polypharmacy
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drugs
Medication Errors
Drug Utilization Review2002
Drug Addiction1977
UF
BT
RT
Therapy
Drug Use
Drugs
Pain Management
Polypharmacy
Prescription Drugs
Drug Use1977
Driving Records1977
RT
Drugs
RELATIONAL TERMS
Drug Effects
Drug Use
Drugs
Polypharmacy
Side Effects
40
Medicines
Antibiotics
Anticholinergic Drugs
Aspirin
Cholinergic Drugs
Generic Drugs
Prescription Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Drug Abuse
Drug Addiction
Drug Costs
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drug Use
Medication Errors
Polypharmacy
Self Medication
Side Effects
Dual
Dual Earner Families1997
UF
RT
Dysphagia2005
Working Couples
Couples
Family Income
Workers
SN
UF
RT
Dual Eligibility2002
SN
RT
Qualifying for both Medicare and Medicaid

coverage.
Insurance Coverage
Medicaid
Medicare
BT
RT
USE
Sadness
Dyspnea2005
Equipment reimbursed by Medicare if

prescribed by a physician for a patients use
in the home for an extended period of time.
Includes respirators, wheelchairs, home
dialysis systems, and walkers.
Assistive Devices
Prosthetic Devices
Wheelchairs
SN
RT
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.

Could be a symptom of many conditions,
such as cardiac disease, asthma, or
exposure to toxic substances.
Respiration
Respiratory System
Ear Examinations1997
UF
BT
RT
Durable Power of Attorney

USE
Difficulty in moving food or liquid from the

mouth to the stomach. May be associated
with pain while swallowing or with not being
able to swallow at all.
Swallowing Disorders
Digestive System
Eating Disorders
Tube Feeding
Dysphoria
Durable Medical Equipment1994

SN
Eastern
RELATIONAL TERMS
Hearing Tests
Health Examinations
Auditory Responses
Advance Directives
Early Onset Dementia2002

Duration of Care
USE
SN
Length of Stay
Dutch2005
SN
BT
UF
BT
RT
Dutch nationals or persons of Dutch descent

living outside of the Netherlands. Use
NETHERLANDS for persons living in that
country.
Foreign Origin
Organic mental disorders characterized by

deterioration of intellectual functions that
appear in middle age or early older
adulthood, usually before age 65.
Presenile Dementia
Dementia
Age of Onset
Alzheimers Disease
Premature Aging
Vascular Dementia
Dwellings
USE
Early Retirement1977
Housing
BT
RT
The Dwindles
USE
Failure to Thrive
Retirement
Buyout Packages
Downsizing
Retirement Age
Dying1977
RT
Earnings
Assisted Suicide
Death
Euthanasia
Failure to Thrive
Hospice
Last Year of Life
Place of Death
Right to Die
Terminal Care
USE
Wages
Earnings Test
USE
Ears1977
BT
RT
Human Body
Hearing
Senses
Eastern Europe
RT
41
Europe
Eastern
Eastern Europeans2005
SN
BT
Economic
RELATIONAL TERMS
Economic Development1997
Eastern European nationals or persons of

Eastern European descent living outside of
Eastern Europe. Use EASTERN EUROPE for
persons living in that region.
Foreign Origin
SN
UF
RT
Stimulation or generation of new economic

activity in a community, area, or country.
Economic Growth
Economic Patterns
Economic Forecasting
USE
Econometric Models
Eating2005
RT
Economic Growth
Appetite
Diet
Eating Disorders
Fluid Intake
Food Preferences
Foods
Nutrition
Taste
USE

SN
Eating Disorders2002
UF
BT
RT
Anorexia Nervosa
Disorders
Dysphagia
Eating
USE
European Union
Economic Development
BT
RT
EC
Federal legislation that provides for a

phased-in repeal of the estate tax, income
tax reductions, and increases in limits on
annual contributions to individual retirement
accounts, education savings accounts, and
401(k) plans, among other provisions.
Legislation
401k Plans
Estate Taxes
Income Taxes
Economic Models
Echo Boom Generation1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
USE
Children of baby boomers born in the late

1970s and later.
Baby Boom Echo
Generation Y
Millennial Generation
Generations
Age Groups
Cohorts
Generation X
Silent Generation
Economic Needs1977
UF
RT
UF
NT
RT
Accessory Housing
Ecology1977
SN
RT
The interrelationship of organisms and their

environment and, more specifically,
concerns regarding the conservation and
preservation of environmental quality in
nature. Compare with ENVIRONMENT.
Environment
UF
BT
RT
Economics
Inflation
Recession
Econometric Models
Employment Trends
Globalization
Economic Resources1977
UF
NT
RT
Econometric Models1997
SN
Financial Needs
Income Adequacy
Income Levels
Low Income
Poverty
Unmet Needs
Economic Patterns1977
ECHO Housing
USE
Econometric Models
Mathematical representation of key

economic forces and government policies
used to test or simulate economic scenarios.
Computational Economic Modeling
Economic Forecasting
Economic Models
Financial Models
Models
Economic Patterns
Projection
Simulation
42
Financial Resources
Assets
Income
Profits
Asset Depletion
Bankruptcy
Gifts
Net Worth
Resource Allocation
Wealth
Economic
Economic Security1977
BT
RT
Elder
RELATIONAL TERMS
Educational Attainment1977
Security
Dependents
Income Levels
Income Loss
Retirement Planning
Savings
UF
RT
Academic Achievement
Educational Levels
Employability
Higher Education
Secondary Education
Educational Levels
Economics
USE
USE
Economic Patterns
Educational Needs1977
RT
Needs Assessment
Unmet Needs
Ecuador
Eden Alternative2002
SN
RT
EEC
William Thomass organizing principle for

long term care dedicated to enlivening
environments by engaging residents in
companionship or caregiving opportunities
with children, animals, and plants.
Environment
Institutional Care
Long Term Care Administration
Nursing Homes
Pets
Quality of Life
USE
European Union
EEGs
USE
Efficacy Expectations
USE
Self Efficacy
Ego Involvement
USE
Self Concept
Ego Strength
Edentulous
USE
USE
Self Esteem
Toothlessness
Egypt
Editorials
USE
Eighteen Years and Older
Commentaries
USE
18+
Education1977
NT
RT
Eighty Five Years and Older
Adult Education
Aging Education
Caregiver Education
Consumer Education
Distance Education
Elementary Education
Geriatric Education
Health Education
Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Education
Nursing Education
Nutrition Education
Patient Education
Physician Education
Secondary Education
Curriculum
Knowledge Level
Learning
Lifelong Learning
Schools
Service Learning
Students
Training
USE
85+
Eighty Years and Older

USE
80+
EKGs
USE
Electrocardiograms
Elder Abandonment
USE
Elder Neglect
Elder Abuse1980
SN
UF
BT
RT
43
Infliction on older adults of pain, injury,

coercion, or mental anguish. Prior to 1994,
includes ELDER NEGLECT.
Abused Older Adults
Parent Abuse
Harmful Behavior
Elder Neglect
Financial Abuse
Protective Services
Sexual Abuse
Violence
Elder
Elder Law2002
SN
RT
Elementary Education (contd)

Secondary Education
Students
Teachers
The field of law dealing with matters that

affect older adults, such as estate planning,
problems with the receipt of retirement or
Social Security benefits, Medicaid eligibility,
and age discrimination.
Estate Planning
Legal Problems
Legal Services
Elementary Schools
USE
SN
UF
BT
RT
UF
Unintentionally or intentionally withholding

physical or psychological necessities from
older adults.
Elder Abandonment
Neglect
Harmful Behavior
Elder Abuse
Protective Services
Self Neglect
RT
Eldercare Programs1991
SN
RT
Eligibility Determination1977
Elder Neglect1994
SN
Emotional
RELATIONAL TERMS
Eligibility for public and private programs of

all kinds.
Disability Evaluation
Eligibility Requirements
Assets
Claims Processing
Dual Eligibility
Fraud
Means Testing
Pension Benefits
Vesting Rights
Eligibility Requirements
Workplace efforts or programs designed to

support employees with caregiving
responsibilities for older individuals.
Caregivers
Employee Benefits
Employment
USE
Emergency Health Services1977

BT
RT
Health Services
Acute Care
Crisis Intervention
Hospital Services
Elderhostel1983
SN
RT
Emigration1977
A program of noncredit courses offered at

many educational institutions in the United
States and abroad for adults aged 55 and
older. Students live on campus and often
combine study and travel.
Adult Education
Lifelong Learning
Older Students
BT
RT
Emotional Closeness2002
RT
Elderly
USE
Migration
Immigration
Refugees
Relocation
Retirement Abroad
Seasonal Migration
Older Adults
Attachment Behavior
Emotions
Electrocardiograms1977
UF
BT
RT
Emotional Needs1977
EKGs
Health Examinations
Heart
RT
Electroencephalograms1977
UF
BT
RT
EEGs
Health Examinations
Brain
Brain Scans
Emotional Problems1977
RT
Electroshock
USE
Emotions
Mental Health
Psychosocial Needs
Unmet Needs
Emotions
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Mood Disorders
Shock Therapy
Emotional Support2002
UF
BT
RT
2002
RT
Elementary Schools
Grade Schools
Primary Education
Education
Higher Education
Schools
(contd)
44
Emotions
Family Assistance
Helping Behavior
Hospice
Emotions
Emotions1977
SN
UF
NT
RT
Employers (contd)
Inservice Training
Older Workers
Workers
Compare with PSYCHOLOGICAL

ATTITUDES.
Affect
Anger
Anxiety
Fear
Grief
Happiness
Love
Sadness
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Emotional Closeness
Emotional Needs
Emotional Problems
Emotional Support
Humor
Mood Disorders
Moods
Personality
Employment1977
UF
NT
RT
Empathy1991
BT
RT
Employment
RELATIONAL TERMS
Personality
Work
Postretirement Work
Reemployment
Self Employment
Eldercare Programs
Employers
Job Applicants
Job Placement
Job Tenure
Labor Force
Labor Relations
Occupations
Older Workers
Unemployment
Workers
Employment Agencies1977
RT
Job Placement
Emphysema
USE
Employment Counseling1977
UF
Employability1977
RT
BT
RT
Employment History
Employment Qualifications
Job Training
Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Work Experience
Employment Discrimination1977
BT
RT
Employee Benefits1977
UF
BT
RT
Fringe Benefits
Benefits
Eldercare Programs
Health Insurance
Medical Savings Accounts
Pension Plans
Profit Sharing
Discrimination
Age Discrimination
1967
Employment Opportunities
Hiring Policies
Involuntary Retirement
Prejudice
Employment History1977
RT
Employee Retirement Income Security Act1977

UF
BT
RT
Career Counseling
Occupational Guidance
Counseling
Career Development
ERISA
Legislation
Pension Plans
Career Development
Employability
Job Tenure
Resumes
Work Attitudes
Work Experience
Employment Opportunities1977
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
USE
UF
NT
RT
Profit Sharing
Employers1991
RT
Businesses
Employment
Industries
(contd)
45
Job Opportunities
Job Placement
Job Training
Retirement Reasons
Employment
Employment Practices1977
RT
Encyclopedias1997

1967
Downsizing
Health and Safety Standards
Hiring Policies
Layoffs
Recruiting
Sex Discrimination
Work Environment
SN
BT
RT
Identifies a document type that

comprehensively treats a particular branch
of knowledge.
End of Life Care

USE
Terminal Care
Endurance
USE
Resilience
Energy Assistance1983
BT
RT
Employment Programs1977
NT
Environmental
RELATIONAL TERMS
Senior Community Service Employment

Program
Job Training Partnership Act
Training
Assistance Programs
Heating Costs
Public Assistance
Utility Costs
Energy Conservation1980
RT
Utility Costs
Engagement
Employment Qualifications1977
NT
RT
USE
Work Experience
Employability
Job Applicants
Resumes
England
SN
Employment Termination1977
NT
RT
Layoffs
Buyout Packages
Downsizing
Employment History
Job Security
Unemployment
RT
SN
BT
RT
Downsizing
Economic Patterns
Labor Shortage
Labor Statistics
Labor Turnover
Postretirement Work
Second Careers
Unemployment
SN
Promoting individual autonomy and freedom

of choice.
Advocacy
Independence
RT
Empty Nest1991
SN
RT
Government expenditures on programs that

make payments to individuals or entities
meeting certain criteria, such as age or
need, that are written into law. Social
Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are the
three major entitlements of older Americans.
Federal Budget
Federal Funding
Environment1977
NT
RT
Leisure Activities
Entitlement Spending1997
Empowerment1991
SN
This term is always paired with UNITED

KINGDOM.
Entertainment1977
Employment Trends1977
RT
Social Activities
Period in the family life cycle after the

children have left home.
Adult Children
Boomerang Children
Living Arrangements
Transition
The circumstances, conditions, or objects by

which one is surrounded. Compare with
ECOLOGY.
Visual Environment
Work Environment
Adaptation
Communities
Ecology
Eden Alternative
Environmental Adjustment1977
SN
BT
46
Psychological or emotional adjustment of

individuals to their living environment. For
physical or behavioral responses to the
physical environment, use ADAPTATION.
Adjustment
(contd)
Environmental
Environmental Adjustment (contd)
RT
Estonians
RELATIONAL TERMS
Erectile Dysfunction2005
Environment
Life Space
Relocation
UF
BT
RT
Impotence
Sexual Dysfunction
Orgasm
Ergonomics
Environmental Attitudes1977
SN
BT
RT
USE
Attitudes of individuals toward their living

environment.
Attitudes
Attachment Behavior
Environment
Housing Preferences
ERISA
USE
SN
RT
USE
UF
BT
RT
USE
UF
BT
RT
BT
RT
Long-term memory of personal life

experiences and events.
Autobiographical Memory
Memory
Explicit Memory
Life Events
Semantic Memory
BT
RT
SN
Includes the management of affirmative

action programs by employers.
Affirmative Action
1967
Sex Discrimination
RT
Federally mandated state programs that

recoup costs of long term care and related
Medicaid services from the estates of
deceased beneficiaries over the age of 55,
after the death of both the recipient and the
surviving spouse.
Medicaid
Estate Taxes2005
UF
BT
RT
Inheritance Taxes
Taxes
Estate Planning
Inheritance
Estonia
Has responsibility for investigating and

prosecuting violations of the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act.
Government Agencies
1967
SN

Estonians2005
SN
BT
Equatorial Guinea
Equilibrium
USE
Planning
Elder Law
Estate Taxes
Financial Advisors
Inheritance
Legacies
Living Trusts
Money Management
Trusts
Wills
Estate Recovery1997
Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission1983
SN
Profit Sharing
Estate Planning1983
The study of the incidence, distribution, and

control of a disease. Compare with
MORBIDITY.
Medical Research
Morbidity
Pathology
Equal Employment Opportunities1977

SN
American Indians
ESOPs
Episodic Memory1997
SN
Prior to 1994, use ETHIOPIA.
Eskimos
Noise
Adaptation
Ecology
Environment
Epidemiology1977
SN
Employee Retirement Income Security

Act
Eritrea
Environmental Problems1977
NT
RT
Balance
47
Estonian nationals or persons of Estonian

descent living outside of Estonia. Use
ESTONIA for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Estrogen
EU
Estrogen1977
BT
RT
Exercise
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Hormones
Fertility
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Testosterone
European Union
Europe
RT
Eastern Europe
European Union
Estrogen Replacement Therapy

USE
European Community
USE
European Union
Ethical Practices1980
SN
NT
RT
European Economic Community
Actions in conformity with rules governing

personal and professional conduct.
Medical Ethics
Accountability
Client Relations
Ethics Committees
Privacy
USE
European Union1994
SN
UF
Ethics Committees1997
RT
Advisory Groups
Ethical Practices
Medical Ethics
RT
SN
Ethiopians2002
BT
Community of European countries designed

to foster economic and political cooperation
and integration among members.
EC
EEC
EU
European Community
European Economic Community
Europe
Europeans2005
Ethiopia
SN
European Union
Ethiopian nationals or persons of Ethiopian

descent living outside of Ethiopia. Use
ETHIOPIA for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
BT
European nationals or persons of European

descent living outside of Europe. Use
EUROPE for persons living in that continent.
Foreign Origin
Euthanasia1977
Ethnic Differences
USE
SN
Ethnicity
USE
Ethnography2002
SN
BT
RT
BT
RT
The study and systematic recording of

human cultures using qualitative research
techniques, including direct observation or
analysis of stories. Use when a document is
about ethnography or when ethnography is
the research method employed in a study.
Culture
Data Collection
Life History Research
Minority Groups
Research Techniques
Rituals
Social Gerontology
Exchange Theory of Aging

USE
UF
RT
Executive Function
USE
Cognition
Exercise1977
BT
NT
Etiology1991
SN
Withdrawal or withholding of treatment or an

overt act ending a patients life for reasons
of mercy. May result from a patients
voluntary decision or be imposed on a
patient incapable of consent. Prior to 1994
includes RIGHT TO DIE.
Death
Assisted Suicide
Death Causes
Dying
Medical Ethics
Right to Die
Terminal Care
Study of the origin or cause of a disease or

disorder.
Disease Causes
Age of Onset
Pathology
Risk Factors
RT
Physical Activity
Aerobic Exercise
Aquatic Exercise
Exercise Programs
Bicycling
Exercise Adherence
Flexibility
Movement Therapy
(contd)
48
Exercise
Exercise (contd)
Extroversion1977
Physical Condition
Physical Therapy
Running
Self Care
Sports
Strength Training
Swimming
Tai Chi
Walking
Weight Control
Yoga
BT
RT
BT
NT
RT
BT
RT
UF
BT
Exercise
Health Behavior
Physical Activity
Treatment Compliance
USE
BT
RT
Guides to or detailed descriptions of specific

exercises or exercise regimens.
Exercise
Aerobic Exercise
Aquatic Exercise
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
Strength Training
Tai Chi
Yoga
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
RT
Fatigue
Ability to recognize faces. Includes the

condition of prosopagnosia, the inability to
recognize familiar faces and, in some cases,
ones own face.
Prosopagnosia
Cognition
Memory
Perception
Recall Learning
Visual Memory
Factor Analysis2002
Conscious recollection of past experiences

or previously acquired knowledge. Evidence
suggests explicit memory declines with age.
Conscious Memory
Direct Memory
Memory
Episodic Memory
Implicit Memory
Recall Learning
Retention
SN
BT
RT
Extended Care Facilities

USE
Human Body
Blindness
Senses
Vision
Face Recognition1994
Explicit Memory1997
SN
Corrective Lenses
Eyes1977
Expert Systems
USE
Vision Tests
Health Examinations
Eyeglasses
Exhaustion
USE
Vision Disorders
Glaucoma
Macular Degeneration
Blindness
Cataracts
Eye Examinations1977
Exercise Programs2002
SN
Personality
Introversion
Eye Diseases1977
Exercise Adherence2005
RT
Faculty
RELATIONAL TERMS
A statistical technique designed to analyze

interrelationships among a large number of
variables and to explain these variables in
terms of their common underlying
dimensions. The two main types of factor
analysis are principal-components analysis
and common-factor analysis. Use when
factor analysis is the focus of an article or
study.
Research Techniques
Statistical Data
Test Validity
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Facts on Aging Quiz1997

Extended Family1994
SN
BT
RT
SN
Network of relatives maintaining close ties

with the nuclear family, often living in the
same household or in close proximity.
Relatives
BT
RT
Widely used instrument that measures

knowledge of and attitudes toward aging.
Used for all versions of the instrument.
Tests
Knowledge of Aging
Faculty
USE
49
Teachers
Failure
Failure to Thrive2005
SN
UF
RT
Fatigue
RELATIONAL TERMS
Family Relationships (contd)
RT
A progressive decline in the physical or

cognitive function of older adults, usually
accompanied by weight loss and social
withdrawal that occurs without immediate
explanation.
Geriatric Failure to Thrive
The Dwindles
Wasting Away
Deterioration
Disengagement
Dying
Frail Elderly
Loss of Function
Resilience
Weight Change
Attachment Behavior
Family Assistance
Family Size
Grandparent Visitation Rights
Marital Status
Proximity of Family
Relatives
Family Reunions
Falls1977
BT
RT
USE
Accidents
Balance
Dizziness
Fractures
Injuries
Reunions
Family Size1977
RT
Family Structure
USE
Family and Staff Relations2005

SN
UF
RT
Family Therapy1994
Interaction between family members of

facility residents and facility staff.
Staff Relations
Client Relations
BT
RT
Family Traditions1980
SN
RT
Family Assistance1977
SN
BT
RT
Assistance given by family members to older

relatives; includes both financial help and
service provision. May include financial
assistance to an institutionalized relative.
Emotional Support
Financial Assistance
Gifts
Helping Behavior
Family customs and beliefs.

Holidays
Rituals
Famous Persons
USE
Celebrities
Farm Workers1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Family Budgets1977
BT
Therapy
Psychotherapy
Includes farmers, farm managers, farm

laborers, and foremen.
Agricultural Workers
Migrant Workers
Occupations
Farms
Farms1977
Budgets
UF
RT
Agriculture
Farm Workers
Family Caregivers
USE
FAS 106
Caregivers
USE
Financial Accounting Standard 106
Family Income1977
BT
RT
Fathers1977
Income
BT
Males
Parents
Family Practice
USE
Fatigue1977
Primary Care
UF
Family Relationships1977
SN
UF
RT
Compare with RELATIVES.

Family Structure
Kinship
Parent Child Relations
(contd)
50
Exhaustion
Tiredness
Insomnia
Rest
Sleep
Fats
Fats1977
BT
RT
Fifty
RELATIONAL TERMS
Federal Housing Programs1977
Food Groups
Cholesterol
Metabolism
Nutrition
BT
RT
Housing Programs
Congregate Housing
Housing Production
Public Housing
Urban Renewal
Fear1977
BT
NT
RT
Federal Regulations1983
Emotions
Fear of Crime
Anxiety
Phobias
Terrorism
RT
Legislation
Regulation
Waivers
Federated States of Micronesia

Fear of Crime1977
BT
RT
USE
Fear
Crimes
Victims of Crime
Fee For Service1991

SN
Federal Aging Programs1991

SN
RT
RT
Government-sponsored programs for older

adults. Use a more specific term where
possible.
Government Agencies
Medicare
Old Age Assistance
Older Americans Act
Public Assistance
Social Security
Supplemental Security Income
UF
BT
RT
System of service provision and payment in

which the provider is reimbursed for each
encounter or service.
Rate Setting
Reimbursement
Fee For Service Medicare

USE
Medicare
Feet1977
BT
RT
Federal Budget1991
SN
Micronesia
Human Body
Foot Care
Females1977
The budget of the United States

government. Use BUDGETS for other levels
of government or for other countries.
Budget Deficits
Budget Surpluses
Budgets
Entitlement Spending
Federal Funding
Financing
Government Debt
UF
NT
RT
Women
Daughters
Granddaughters
Grandmothers
Lesbians
Mothers
Widows
Wives
Feminism
Males
Sex Differences
Feminism1997
Federal Employees Retirement System1991
SN
UF
BT
RT
RT
Replaced the Civil Service Retirement

System (CSRS) for federal employees hired
after 1986.
FERS
Thrift Savings Plan
Pension Plans
Civil Service Retirement System
Females
Sex Discrimination
Sex Roles
Sexual Attitudes
Social Attitudes
FERS
USE
Fertility1977
Federal Funding1977
SN
BT
RT
RT
Includes federal contracts and grants.

Funding
Block Grants
Federal Budget
Birth Rates
Estrogen
Hormones
Reproduction
Urogenital System
Fifty Five Years and Older

USE
51
55+
Fifty
Fifty Years and Older
USE
Florida
RELATIONAL TERMS
Financial Institutions1991
50+
UF
RT
Banks
Mutual Funds
Fiji
Financial Models
Fijians2005
SN
BT
USE
Fijian nationals or persons of Fijian descent
living outside of Fiji. Use FIJI for persons
Foreign Origin
Financial Needs
USE
USE
SN
RT
Filipino nationals or persons of Filipino

descent living outside of the Philippines.
Use PHILIPPINES for people living in that
country.
Foreign Origin
Strategies developed to govern the intake

and disbursement of monies for a specific
purpose. Usually complex, involving multiple
factors. Includes strategies for maintaining
the solvency of the Social Security and
Medicare trust funds. Compare with
FUNDING.
Federal Budget
Funding
Finland
Finns2002
SN
Filmographies1983
SN
BT
RT
Economic Resources
Financing1991
Filipinos1977
BT
Economic Needs
Financial Resources
Filial Responsibility1991
SN
Obligation of adult children to assist their
aging parents by providing emotional
support, financial aid, or physical care, as
needed.
RT
Adult Children
Dependent Parents
Family Assistance
SN
Econometric Models
Bibliographies of films or videotapes.

Bibliographies
BT
Finnish nationals or persons of Finnish

descent living outside of Finland. Use
FINLAND for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Firearms
Financial Abuse2002
UF
RT
USE
Financial Exploitation
Material Abuse
Crimes
Elder Abuse
Fraud
Fires1977
RT

SN
UF
RT
USE
SN
BT
RT
Range of motion around a joint or joints.

Physical Condition
Exercise
Physical Mobility
Yoga
Flexible Retirement1977
Estate Planning
Investments
Money Management
Retirement Planning
SN
UF
BT
RT
Family Assistance
Financial Exploitation
USE
Physical Condition
Flexibility2005
Financial Assistance1977
RT
Accidents
Burns
Injuries
Fitness
Accounting standard effective December 15,

1992, regarding retiree health benefits.
Requires employers to include the future
costs of retiree medical benefits on their
balance sheets during the employees years
of service rather than accruing liabilities as
they are paid.
FAS 106
Financial Advisors2005
RT
Guns
Florida
Financial Abuse
52
Includes part-time and phased retirement

arrangements.
Phased Retirement
Retirement
Postretirement Work
Flu
Foreign
RELATIONAL TERMS
Flu
Food Programs1977
USE
Influenza
UF
NT
Fluid Intake1994
UF
RT
Drinking Fluids
Dehydration
Diet
Eating
Nutrition
RT
Focus Groups1997
SN
BT
RT
Qualitative method of data collection used

to generate small-group discussion of
attitudes about a defined area of interest.
Data Collection
Research Techniques
Food Stamp Program1977

BT
RT
SN
NT
RT
Food Costs1977
BT
RT
Costs
Eating
Menu Planning
Food Groups1977
BT
NT
RT
Food Programs
Foods1977
Folk Medicine
USE
Meal Programs
Food Stamp Program
Group Meals
Home Delivered Meals
Assistance Programs
Dietary Services
Hunger
Nutrition
Nutrition Education
Supportive Services
Includes specific food items.

Food Groups
Diet
Eating
Food Labeling
Food Preferences
Food Preparation
Menu Planning
Foot Care1977
Foods
Carbohydrates
Fats
Proteins
Malnutrition
Minerals
Nutrition
Nutrition Education
Vitamins
UF
RT
Podiatry
Feet
For Profit Nursing Homes1997

UF
BT
RT
Proprietary Nursing Homes

Nursing Homes
Long Term Care
Nonprofit Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Chains
Food Intake
USE
For Profit Organizations1991
Diet
RT
Food Labeling1980
SN
UF
BT
RT
Listing of ingredients, nutrition data, and

other information on food packages for
consumers.
Labeling
Product Design
Consumer Education
Foods
Nutrition
Forecasting
USE
SN
Diet
Eating
Foods
Menu Planning
Taste
UF
BT
NT
Food Preparation1977
UF
RT
Projection
Foreign Origin1977
Food Preferences1977
RT
Businesses
For Profit Nursing Homes
Industries
Nonprofit Organizations
Organizations
Cooking
Foods
Meals
Menu Planning
Recipes
53
Individuals living in a country other than their

birth place.
Immigrants
Afghans
Africans
Arabs
Armenians
Asians
Australians
Azerbaijanis
Bangladeshis
Bosnians
British
(contd)
Foreign
Foreign Origin (contd)
RT
Fraud
RELATIONAL TERMS
Foreign Origin (contd)
Cambodians
Canadians
Caribbeans
Chinese
Cubans
Cypriots
Czechs
Dominicans
Dutch
Eastern Europeans
Estonians
Ethiopians
Europeans
Fijians
Filipinos
Finns
French
Germans
Ghanaians
Greeks
Guatemalans
Haitians
Hispanics
Hmong
Indians
Iranians
Irish
Italians
Jamaicans
Japanese
Koreans
Laotians
Lebanese
Lithuanians
Malays
Mexicans
Moroccans
Nepalis
Nicaraguans
Pacific Islanders
Pakistanis
Poles
Portuguese
Puerto Ricans
Russians
Salvadorans
Samoans
Somalis
Spaniards
Sri Lankans
Swiss
Taiwanese
Thais
Turks
Ukrainians
Vietnamese
Diversity
Immigration
Minority Groups
(contd)

Refugees
Formal Support Systems

USE
Supportive Services
Forty Five Years and Older

USE
45+
Forty Years and Older

USE
40+
Foster Care Services

USE
Foster Homes
Foster Grandparent Program1977

SN
RT
Volunteer programs for low-income persons

over 60 years old.
Volunteer Services
Foster Homes1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Supervised housing and care arrangements

in which children or dependent adults are
placed by government or private social
services agencies in family-like settings
appropriate to their needs.
Foster Care Services
Housing Types
Adoption
Deinstitutionalization
Fractures1977
BT
RT
Injuries
Falls
Hip Injuries
Osteoporosis
Frail Elderly1977
SN
BT
RT
Older adults who require support because of

an accumulation of debilities. Includes
physical, mental, or economic debility.
At Risk Populations
Chronically Ill
Dependence
Failure to Thrive
Housebound
Physical Mobility
Programs of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Respite Care
Supportive Services
France
Fraud1977
BT
NT
RT
54
Crimes
Consumer Fraud
Financial Abuse
French
French2002
SN
BT
Games
RELATIONAL TERMS
Functional Assessment1980
French nationals or persons of French

descent living outside of France. Use
FRANCE for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
SN
BT
RT
Friends1977
BT
Social Contacts
RT
Companions
Confidants
Friendship Patterns
Neighbors
Peer Influence
Measurement of functional status in

physical, mental, economic, and social
dimensions.
Assessment
Functional Ability
Older Americans Resources and Services
SF 36 Health Survey
Fund Raising1980
SN
RT
Seeking money for a cause. Usually

accomplished by a sustained campaign.
Charitable Contributions
Funding
Funding1983
Friendship Patterns1977
RT
SN
Companions
Friends
NT
RT
Fringe Benefits
USE
Employee Benefits
Provision or allocation of monies for a

specific program or organization, often from
a single source, such as the government or
a philanthropic organization. Compare with
FINANCING.
Federal Funding
Financing
Fund Raising
Program Management
Frontotemporal Dementia2005
SN
UF
BT
RT
Funerals1977
Group of early-onset brain disorders that

cause atrophy of the frontal and anterior
temporal lobes of the brain, resulting in
deficits in executive function and
disturbances in personality, speech, or
behavior.
Corticobasal Degeneration
Picks Disease
Semantic Dementia
Supranuclear Palsy
Dementia
Premature Aging
UF
RT
Furnishings2005
UF
Home Furnishings
Future Orientation1977
SN
RT
Fuel Costs
USE
Burial
Cremation
Bereavement
Views and attitudes of individuals toward the

future. Compare with PROJECTION.
Generativity
Life Review
Planning
Reminiscence
Heating Costs
Gabon
Fuels
USE
Gait
Heating
USE
Walking
Functional Ability1991
SN
BT
RT
Gambia
Ability to perform physical, mental,

economic, and social activities.
Abilities
Dependence
Disabilities
Disabled
Healthy Aging
Independence
Loss of Function
Gambling2002
RT
Compulsive Behavior
Games
Harmful Behavior
Leisure Activities
Games1983
BT
RT
55
Leisure Activities
Gambling
Recreation
Simulation
Sports
Gardening
Gardening1977
RT
Generations2002
Hobbies
BT
NT
Gastrointestinal System
USE
Digestive System
Gatekeeper Programs1991
SN
BT
RT
Geriatric
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Programs designed to sensitize public

service personnel, such as utility workers
and mail carriers, to signs that communitydwelling older adults are in need of
assistance.
Outreach Services
Crisis Intervention
Cohorts
Generation X
Silent Generation
Age Differences
Age Groups
Intergenerational Equity
Sandwich Generation
Generativity1997
Gay Men2002
BT
RT
SN
Males
Bisexuals
Homosexuality
Lesbians
Sexuality
RT
Concern for passing on to the next

generation cultural traditions, knowledge,
and skills that will outlive the self.
Future Orientation
Legacies
GDS
USE
Generic Drugs1983
BT
RT
Gender Differences
USE
Sex Differences
Gender Roles
USE
Genetic Disorders1977
Sex Roles
SN
BT
RT
General Practitioners
USE
Physicians
Generalized Anxiety Disorder

USE
Drugs
Drug Costs
Prescription Drugs
Conditions that are inherited.
Disorders
Downs Syndrome
Genetics
Huntingtons Disease
Anxiety Disorders
Genetics1991
Generation X2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
UF
RT

between the Baby Boom Generation and the
Echo Boom Generation.
13th Generation
Baby Bust Generation
Generations
Age Groups
Cohorts
Silent Generation
Geographical Differences1991
SN
UF
RT
Generation Y
USE
Heredity
Genetic Disorders
Variations in an observed phenomenon that
correlate with area or regional differences
within a single country. Compare with
CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES and
INTERNATIONAL.
Regional Differences
Rural
Suburban
Urban
Georgia
Geriatric Assessment1994
Generational Equity
USE
SN
UF
56
Multidimensional, comprehensive diagnostic

and assessment process intended to
determine an older adults medical,
psychosocial, and functional capabilities and
problems; assessment goal is to develop an
overall plan of treatment and follow-up.
Multidisciplinary Assessment
(contd)
Geriatric
Geriatric Assessment (contd)
BT
RT
Geriatrics1977
Assessment
Diagnosis
Interdisciplinary Team Care
SN
NT
Geriatric Care Managers

USE
RT
Case Management
Geriatric Dentistry1977
SN
BT
RT
Specialized field of dentistry focusing on the

care of older patients.
Geriatrics
Dental Services
Medical Specialties
UF
BT
RT
SN
BT

depression in older adults, available in a
number of formats.
GDS
Psychological Tests
Depression
Screening
BT
RT
Gerontological Nursing1977
UF
BT
RT
Training in geriatrics for health

professionals.
Education
Geriatrics
Higher Education
Nursing Education
Physician Education
Teaching Nursing Homes
RT
Failure to Thrive
Geriatric Nursing
USE
BT
RT
BT
Subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with

the mental health and psychopathology of
older adults.
Geriatrics
Geropsychology
Medical Specialties
Psychiatrists
Psychotherapy
BT
RT
RT
Occupations
Gerontology
Gerontology1977
SN
NT
RT
Aging Services Personnel
Geriatric Units1991
SN
Organizations
Gerontologists1983
Geriatric Services Providers

USE
AARP Research
Medical Research
Research Techniques
Study Participation
Gerontological Society of America1977
Gerontological Nursing
Geriatric Psychiatry1983
SN
Geriatric Nursing
Nursing
Medical Specialties
Nurse Practitioners
Gerontological Research1980
Geriatric Failure to Thrive

USE
German nationals or persons of German

descent living outside of Germany. Use
GERMANY for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Germany
Geriatric Education1980
SN
Medical specialty focusing on the aging

process and its application in the diagnosis,
care, and treatment of older adults.
Geriatric Dentistry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Aging
Geriatric Education
Gerontology
Geropsychology
Medical Specialties
Germans2005
Geriatric Depression Scale2002

SN
Gerontology
RELATIONAL TERMS
Specialized departments or units in

hospitals or other health care facilities that
are devoted to meeting the needs of older
patients. Compare with SPECIAL CARE
UNITS.
Hospitals
Psychiatric Hospitals
The study of aging, including psychological,

biological, social, and environmental
aspects.
Social Gerontology
Aging
Aging Education
Geriatrics
Gerontologists
Gerontology Careers
Geropsychology
Theories of Aging
Gerontology Careers1991
BT
RT
57
Careers
Gerontology
Gerontology
Gerontology Education1983
SN
BT
RT
Government Agencies1977
Coursework in social gerontology either as

part of a gerontology program or as part of
such disciplines as social work or medicine.
Use AGING EDUCATION for teaching
children and adults about aging.
Education
Aging Education
Geriatric Education
Gerontology
Higher Education
NT
RT
Geropsychology1980
SN
RT
Graduate
RELATIONAL TERMS
Specialized field of psychology focusing on

geriatric clients and aging research. Use for
clinical, research, career, and educational
issues of those working in this field.
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Psychological Aging

Development
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Internal Revenue Service
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Federal Aging Programs
Government Services
Public Policy
Public Sector
Government Debt2005
RT
Budgets
Debts
Federal Budget
Liabilities
Gerotranscendence
USE
Government Employees
Self Transcendence
USE
Ghana
Government Expenditures1977
Ghanaians2005
SN
BT
NT
RT
Ghanaian nationals or persons of Ghanaian

descent living outside of Ghana. Use
GHANA for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
GI Generation
USE
Government Personnel1977
SN
UF
BT
NT
Gifts1977
BT
RT
Block Grants
Federal Budget
Federal Funding
Financing
Resource Allocation
Income Sources
Economic Resources
Family Assistance
RT
Excludes military personnel.

Government Employees
Occupations
Legislators
Public Officials
Military Personnel
Glasses
USE
Government Policy
Corrective Lenses
USE
Public Policy
Glaucoma1977
BT
Government Services1977
Eye Diseases
SN
RT
Globalization2005
SN
RT
The increasing interconnectedness of

people, resources, and ideas around the
world.
Economic Patterns
International
Social Change
Social Issues
Grade Schools
USE
BT
BT
RT
Graduate Study1977
Glossaries1991
SN
Includes federal, state, and local services.

Government Agencies
Public Sector
Lists of specialized or technical terms, with

definitions. May be part of larger works.
Terminology
58
Higher Education
Grandchildren
Grandchildren1977
BT
NT
RT
Grief
RELATIONAL TERMS
Grandparents as Parents1997
Relatives
Granddaughters
Grandsons
Adolescents
Children
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandparents
RT
Adoption
Child Care
Grandchildren
Granddaughters
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandparents
Grandsons
Parents
Granddaughters2002
BT
RT
Grandsons2002
Females
Grandchildren
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandparents
Grandsons
BT
RT
Grandchildren
Males
Granddaughters
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandparents
Grandfathers2002
BT
RT
Granny Flats
Grandparents
Males
Grandchildren
Granddaughters
Grandmothers
Grandsons
USE
Gray Panthers1980
BT
USE
BT
RT
Greeks1994
Laws allowing grandparents to petition the

court for the right to visit their grandchildren
regularly, for example, following divorce or
separation of parents, death of a parent, or
when the custodial parents do not allow it.
Legal Rights
Grandchildren
Grandparents
Visiting
BT
Greek nationals or persons of Greek descent

living outside of Greece. Use GREECE for
persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Grenada
Grief1977
BT
NT
RT
Grandparents1977
RT
Relatives
Grandparents
Greece
SN
BT
NT
United Kingdom
Great Grandparents2005
Grandparent Visitation Rights1994
BT
RT
Organizations
Great Britain
Grandmothers2002
BT
Females
Grandparents
RT
Grandchildren
Granddaughters
Grandfathers
Grandsons
SN
Accessory Housing
Relatives
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandchildren
Granddaughters
Grandsons
Great Grandparents
Parents
Emotions
Complicated Grief
Bereavement
Death
Grief Counseling
Loss Adjustment
Sadness
Suffering
Grief Counseling2005
BT
RT
59
Counseling
Bereavement
Grief
Loss Adjustment
Grooming
Grooming
USE
Healing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Haiti
Personal Care
Haitians2005
Group Dynamics2002
SN
RT
SN
The formation and functioning of groups of

people, including interaction both within and
among groups.
Peer Influence
Social Interaction
BT
Hallucinations1991
SN
Group Meals1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Haitian nationals or persons of Haitian

descent living outside of Haiti. Use HAITI for
Foreign Origin
Meals provided to older persons in a central

setting such as a senior center or church.
Congregate Meals
Food Programs
Meals
BT
RT
Perception of objects that do not exist,

arising from a disorder of the nervous
system or in response to drugs.
Mental Disorders
Delirium
Delusions
Perception
Psychoses
Group Therapy1977
BT
Handicapped
Psychotherapy
USE
Disabled
Growth
USE
Hands1977
Development
BT
RT
Guam
RT
Human Body
Joints
Chamorros
Happiness1977
Guardianship1977
SN
RT
BT
RT
Legal responsibility for anothers welfare.

Legal Competency
Power of Attorney
Protective Services
Hardiness
USE
Guatemala
BT
BT
NT
Guatemalan nationals or persons of

Guatemalan descent living outside of
Guatemala. Use GUATEMALA for persons
Foreign Origin
RT
Guides
USE
Consumer Guides
Personal Guides
Professional Guides
Behavior
Aggression
Crimes
Elder Abuse
Elder Neglect
Sexual Abuse
Violence
Behavior Problems
Gambling
Hostility
Suicide
Hawaii
Guilt1980
BT
Resilience
Harmful Behavior1977
Guatemalans2005
SN
Emotions
Life Satisfaction
Morale
Hawaiians1977
SN
Limited to indigenous Hawaiians. For
residents of Hawaii in general, use HAWAII.
Guinea
HCFA
Guinea-Bissau
USE

Services
Guns2002
UF
RT
Head1977
Firearms
Violence
BT
Guyana
Healing Gardens
USE
Habit Rigidity
USE
Human Body
Rigidity
60
Health
Health1977
SN
NT
RT
Health
RELATIONAL TERMS
Health Care Rationing1994
Used sparingly. Where possible, use a
narrower or related term.
Mental Health
Oral Health
Physical Condition
Public Health
Health Attitudes
Health Behavior
Health Patterns
Health Status
Healthy Aging
SN
BT
RT
Allocation of health care resources based on

some ethical principle or specific
characteristicsuch as age of the patient,
cost of the medical treatment, the patients
ability to pay, or likely benefit to the
patientin an effort to contain costs.
Resource Allocation
Level of Care
Medical Ethics
Health Care Reform1994

1977
NT
RT
RT

Safety
Health Appliances
USE
Health Education1977
Assistive Devices
SN
Health Attitudes1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Individuals attitudes toward health practices

and their own health.
Health Beliefs
Attitudes
Health
Health Behavior
Health Education
Health Status
BT
RT
BT
RT
UF
NT
Lifestyle and practices that have an impact

on health.
Behavior
Exercise Adherence
Health
Health Attitudes
Healthy Aging
Preventive Medicine
Risk Factors
Sedentary Lifestyle
Self Care
RT
USE
Health Indices1977
SN
UF
NT
Health Attitudes
Health Care
USE
Physical Examinations
Brain Scans
Ear Examinations
Electrocardiograms
Eye Examinations
Mammography
Assessment
Diagnosis
Screening
Health Expectancy
Health Beliefs
USE
Learning opportunities designed to increase

awareness and favorably influence attitudes
and knowledge relating to the improvement
of health on a personal or community basis.
Compare with PATIENT EDUCATION.
Education
Caregiver Education
Health Attitudes
Health Promotion
Patient Education
Health Examinations1977
Health Behavior1991
SN
Health Insurance
Managed Care
Medicare Reform
Universal Health Care
RT
Health Services
Formal indicators of health status.

Vital Statistics
Birth Rates
Death Rates
Health Patterns
Health Status
Life Expectancy
Health Care Financing Administration

USE
Health Insurance1977

Services
SN
Health Care Power of Attorney

USE
BT
NT
Advance Directives
61
Includes health insurance programs and

plans.
Insurance
Catastrophic Health Insurance
Disability Insurance
Hospital Insurance
(contd)
Health
Health Insurance (contd)
RT
Health Needs1977
Medicare
National Health Insurance
Preferred Provider Organizations
Private Health Insurance
Supplemental Medical Insurance
Biased Selection
Coinsurance
Cost Sharing
Disenrollment
Employee Benefits
Health Care Reform
Accountability Act
Insurance Coverage
Living Benefits
Managed Care
Insurance
Reimbursement
Uninsured
RT
UF
BT
RT
Health Status
Needs Assessment
Unmet Needs
Health Patterns1977
SN
RT
Observable trends in the health status of an

individual, group, or population.
Health
Health Indices
Medical History
Risk Factors
Health Personnel1977
SN
BT
NT

Accountability Act2005
SN
Health
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Federal legislation adopted in 1996 that

protects health insurance coverage for
workers and their families when they change
or lose their jobs, and addresses the
security and privacy of health data.
HIPAA
Legislation
Health Insurance
Insurance Coverage
Medical Records
Privacy
Includes administrative and custodial

personnel.
Occupations
Dentists
Hospital Personnel
Institutional Personnel
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses
Nurses Aides
Pharmacists
Physician Assistants
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Home Care Workers
Social Workers
Staffing Levels
Health Promotion1991
SN
RT
Efforts or activities designed to encourage

healthy lifestyles and promote healthmonitoring practices.
Health Education
Preventive Medicine
Screening
Health Savings Accounts

USE
Health Maintenance
USE
Health Service Administration1977
Self Care
SN
Health Maintenance Organizations1980

SN
UF
BT
RT
Prepaid health plans in which members pay

a monthly premium and the plan covers cost
of care within the network at prenegotiated
rates.
HMOs
Health Insurance
Managed Care
Capitation
Disenrollment
Medicare Advantage
Medicare+Choice
Prospective Pricing
Risk Contracts
Social Health Maintenance Organizations
RT
Includes personnel, management, and

record keeping throughout the health care
delivery system.
Medical Records
Health Service Costs1977

BT
NT
RT
Service Costs
Dental Care Costs
Hospital Costs
Institutional Costs
Physician Fees
Estate Recovery
Fee For Service
Health Care Rationing
Health Care Reform
Health Insurance
(contd)
62
Health
Hearing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Health Service Costs (contd)
Health Status (contd)
Insurance Benefits
Managed Care
Prospective Pricing
Rate Setting
Reimbursement
Resource Based Relative Value Scale
Risk Contracts
Health Attitudes
Health Indices
Health Needs
Life Expectancy
Mental Health
Physical Condition
Physical Mobility
SF 36 Health Survey
Symptoms
Health Service Facilities1977

NT
RT
Healthy Aging2005
Clinics
Hospitals
Mental Health Centers
Nursing Homes
Certificate of Need
SN
Health Service Standards1977

BT
NT
RT

Nursing Home Standards
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ethical Practices
Malpractice
Medication Errors
Peer Review Organizations
Quality Assurance
Quality of Care
BT
RT
The development and maintenance of

optimal physical and mental health, most
likely to be achieved through safe physical
environments, attitudes and behaviors
known to promote health and well-being,
and effective use of services to prevent or
minimize the impact of acute and chronic
disease on function. Compare with ACTIVE
AGING, PRODUCTIVE AGING, and
SUCCESSFUL AGING.
Aging
Active Aging
Functional Ability
Health
Health Behavior
Mental Health
Productive Aging
Successful Aging
Health Services1977
UF
NT
RT
Healthy Life Expectancy2002
Health Care
Dental Services
Dietary Services
Hospital Services
Outpatient Services
Patient Care
Pharmaceutical Services
Physician Services
Primary Care
Public Health Services
Ancillary Services
Clinics
Community Services
Medical Procedures
Preventive Medicine
Protective Services
Telemedicine
Therapy
SN
UF
BT
RT
The number of years a person can expect to

live free of severe disability or illness.
Active Life Expectancy
Disability Free Life Expectancy
Health Expectancy
Life Expectancy
Anti Aging Medicine
Functional Ability
Health Status
Healthy Aging
Hearing1977
BT
NT
RT
Perception
Senses
Hearing Levels
Deafness
Ears
Verbal Memory
Hearing Aids1977
Health Status
1983
SN
NT
RT
BT
State of health of an individual, group, or

population measured by self-perception or
formal health indicators.
Nutritional Status
Health
(contd)
Assistive Devices
Hearing Impairment1977
UF
RT
63
Presbycusis
Auditory Responses
Deafness
Noise
Hearing
Hearing Levels1977
BT
Help Seeking Behavior (contd)

UF
BT
RT
Hearing
Hearing Tests
USE
Ear Examinations
Heart1977
BT
RT
UF
RT
Electrocardiograms
SN
BT
Death of a portion of the heart muscle

because of a complete or nearly complete
interruption of its blood supply, typically
caused by development of a blood clot.
Compare with HEART FAILURE and
CARDIAC ARREST.
Myocardial Infarction
Ischemia
BT
RT
UF
RT
Behavior
Emotional Support
Family Assistance
Reciprocity
Social Networks
Herbal Supplements
USE
Heart Failure1977
SN
A global network of not-for-profit

organizations that works with and for
disadvantaged older adults worldwide to
achieve lasting improvement in the quality of
their lives.
Organizations
Helping Behavior1983
Heart Diseases
USE
Treatment Seeking Behavior

Behavior
Self Care
Service Utilization
HelpAge International2005
Heart Attack1977
SN
Hip
RELATIONAL TERMS
Dietary Supplements
Heredity
Occurs when pumping action of the heart

becomes inefficient, either because the
heart muscle is weakened by disease or
because there is a mechanical fault in the
valves that control the flow of blood.
Compare with HEART ATTACK and
CARDIAC ARREST.
Congestive Heart Failure
Pacemakers
USE
Genetics
HHS
USE
Department of Health and Human

Services
High Blood Pressure

USE
Hypertension
High Schools
USE
Secondary Education
Heart Rate1977
UF
RT
Higher Education1983
Pulse Rate
Aerobic Exercise
Blood Pressure
UF
Heat Tolerance
USE
BT
NT
RT
Body Temperature
Heating1977
UF
RT
Fuels
Utilities
Heating Costs1977
UF
BT
RT
Fuel Costs
Utility Costs
Energy Assistance
Height1977
BT
RT
Physical Characteristics
Weight
Colleges
Community Colleges
Universities
Education
Graduate Study
Geriatric Education
Nursing Education
Older Students
Physician Education
Schools
Secondary Education
Students
Teachers
Hindus1994
Help Seeking Behavior1994
SN
BT
Activities directed at obtaining treatment for

medical or psychological problems or
gaining needed social support from
agencies or individuals.
(contd)
Religious Groups
Hip Fractures
USE
64
Hip Injuries
Hip
Home
RELATIONAL TERMS
Hip Injuries1977
UF
BT
RT
Hoarding Behavior2002
Hip Fractures
Injuries
Fractures
Hips
BT
RT
Hobbies1977
BT
RT
HIPAA
USE

Accountability Act
Hips1977
BT
RT
Human Body
Hip Injuries
Hiring Policies1977
RT
UF
BT
Leisure Activities
Art
Crafts
Dance
Gardening
Literary Expression
Music
Recreation
Holidays1977

1967
Job Applicants
Labor Unions
Organizational Policies
Recruiting
RT
Family Traditions
Rituals
Holistic Care1991
SN
BT
NT
RT
Hispanics1977
SN
Compulsive Behavior
Behavior Problems
People of Central or South American,

Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Spanish
descent living outside their native countries;
also use specific ethnic groups. Use the
specific native country for people living in
that country.
Latinos
Foreign Origin
Treatment of the whole person, physically,

mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Treatment
Palliative Care
Hospice
Holocaust Survivors1997
RT
Jews
Prisoners
War
Holy See
UF
Vatican City
Historical Perspectives1983
UF
RT
Home Accidents1977
History
Ancient Societies
Oral History
Projection
BT
Home Care1991
SN
History
USE
BT
NT
RT
HIV
USE
AIDS
Hmong1997
SN
Persons belonging to the Hmong
ethnolinguistic group of Southeast Asia,
centered in Laos and Southern China, living
outside the region. Use specific country
names for people living in their native
countries.
BT
Foreign Origin
RT
Chinese
Laotians
Health and personal care delivered to

individuals in their homes by formal or
informal service providers.
Supportive Services
Home Health Care
Home Care Agencies
Home Care Workers
Homemaker Services
Housebound
Long Term Care
Personal Care
Home Care Agencies1991

RT
HMOs
USE
Accidents
65
Home Care
Home Care Workers
Supportive Services
Home
Home Mortgages
Home Care Workers1994

SN
RT
Homosexuality
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Paid workers providing personal and health

care to older adults in the home. Compare
with CAREGIVERS.
Caregivers
Health Personnel
Home Care
Home Care Agencies
Home Health Care
Supportive Services
Mortgages
Home Owners1977
BT
RT
Ownership
Housing Tenure
Home Sharing
USE
Shared Housing
Homebound
Home Delivered Meals1977
UF
BT
USE
Meals on Wheels
Food Programs
Homeless1983
RT
Home Equity1977
RT
Home Loans
Mortgages
UF
BT
Furnishings
RT
Home Health Care1977

UF
BT
RT
House Calls
Home Care
Patient Care
Home Care Workers
Telemedicine
Visiting Nurses
UF
NT
USE
Home Maintenance1977
BT
RT
UF
Maintenance and improvement of individual

homes. Compare with HOME
MODIFICATION and HOUSING
IMPROVEMENT.
Maintenance
Repairs
Home Modification
Housing Conditions
Housing Costs
Housing Improvement
RT
Broad term used for homes or institutions

providing a range of care to dependent older
adults. Use a more specific term where
possible.
Old Age Homes
Rest Homes
Housing Types
Boarding Homes
Congregate Housing
Foster Homes
Long Term Care
Nursing Homes
Retirement Housing
Sheltered Housing
Homicide1977
Home Modification1997
SN
Housing
Homes for the Elderly1977

SN
UF
NT
RT
Housewives
Homes
Housing Loans
Loans
Home Equity
Housing Costs
Mortgages
SN
Chore Services
Social Services
Supportive Services
Home Care
Housekeeping
Homemakers2002
Home Loans1977
UF
BT
RT
Housing Needs
Living Conditions
Poverty
Homemaker Services1977
Home Furnishings
USE
Housebound
UF
BT
Environmental renovations or adaptations of

individual homes that accommodate
functionally impaired homeowners, allowing
them to age in place. Compare with HOME
MAINTENANCE and HOUSING
IMPROVEMENT.
Adaptation
Home Maintenance
Housing Improvement
Universal Design
RT
Murder
Crimes
Death
Death Causes
Homosexuality1980
BT
RT
66
Sexuality
Bisexuals
Gay Men
Lesbians
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Behavior
Honduras
Hospitals
RELATIONAL TERMS
Hospital Admissions
Honduras
USE
Patient Admissions
Hong Kong
RT
Hospital Bed Usage1977
China
UF
Honors
USE
RT
Awards
Bed Usage
Hospital Utilization
Length of Stay
Occupancy Rates
Hopelessness1977
BT
RT
Hospital Care
Depression
Sadness
USE
Patient Care
Hospital Costs1977
1994
UF
BT
RT
BT
Estrogen Replacement Therapy

HRT
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Therapy
Estrogen
Hormones
Male Menopause
Menopause
Osteoporosis
Perimenopause
Testosterone
Hospital Days
USE
Length of Stay
Hospital Discharges
USE
Patient Discharges
Hospital Insurance1977
BT
RT
Health Insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Part A
Hormones1977
NT
RT
Hospital Outpatient Clinics
Estrogen
Testosterone
Fertility
Human Body
Male Menopause
Menopause
Metabolism
Perimenopause
Sexual Behavior
USE
Outpatient Clinics
Hospital Personnel1977
BT
Health Personnel
Hospital Readmissions
USE
Patient Readmissions
Hospital Records
USE
Medical Records
Horticultural Therapy2005
UF
BT
RT
Hospital Services1977
Healing Gardens
Therapy
Eden Alternative
Gardening
BT
NT
RT
Hospice1980
SN
BT
RT
The comprehensive management of the

physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and
existential needs of patients with incurable
progressive illnesses and a short life
expectancy. The goal of care is to achieve
the best possible quality of life through relief
of pain, control of symptoms, and spiritual
and emotional support of the patient and
family. Compare with PALLIATIVE CARE.
Terminal Care
Dying
Emotional Support
Holistic Care
Pain Management
Palliative Care
Place of Death
Spiritual Well Being
Health Services
Inpatient Services
Acute Care
Outpatient Clinics
Outpatient Psychiatric Services
Outpatient Services
Hospital Utilization
USE
Hospital Bed Usage
Hospitalization1977
RT
Length of Stay
Patient Admissions
Patient Care
Hospitalized Patients
USE
Inpatients
Hospitals1977
BT
NT
RT
67

Teaching Hospitals
Geriatric Units
Hostility
Hostility1977
BT
RT
Housing (contd)
NT
Aggression
Anger
Conflict
Harmful Behavior
Violence
RT
Hotels1977
NT
Single Room Occupancy Hotels
Hotlines1994
SN
RT
Prior to 1994, use CRISIS INTERVENTION

and TELEPHONE USE.
Consumer Protection
Crisis Intervention
Telephone Use
House Calls
USE
Housing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Home Health Care
Affordable Housing
Housing Types
Housing Characteristics
Housing Conditions
Housing Costs
Housing Design
Housing Improvement
Housing Location
Housing Management
Housing Needs
Housing Preferences
Housing Production
Housing Programs
Housing Satisfaction
Housing Security
Housing Tenure
Living Arrangements
Relocation
Urban Renewal
House Select Committee on Aging1980

BT
RT
Housing Characteristics1977

Legislation
Legislators
SN
RT
Housebound1977
UF
RT
Confinement to Home
Homebound
Bedridden
Chronically Ill
Frail Elderly
Home Care
Visiting Nurses
May include such factors as house size,

number of rooms, or age of house.
Housing
Housing Design
Housing Conditions1977
BT
RT
Living Conditions
Home Maintenance
Housing
Housing Improvement
Repairs
Urban Renewal
Household Activities
USE
Housing Costs1977
Housekeeping
BT
NT
USE
Living Arrangements
RT
Household Heads1977
RT
Households
Household Income1977
BT
Income
Households1977
RT
Household Heads
Living Arrangements
Costs
Rental Costs
Utility Costs
Affordable Housing
Home Loans
Home Maintenance
Housing
Housing Needs
Housing Preferences
Housing Types
Mortgages
Property Taxes
Housing Design1977
Housekeeping1977
UF
RT
BT
NT
RT
Household Activities
Homemaker Services
Housewives
USE
Homemakers
Housing1977
UF
Dwellings
Homes
Residences
Shelter
(contd)
68
Universal Design
Housing
Visual Environment
Housing
Housing Improvement1977
SN
RT
Human
RELATIONAL TERMS
Housing Security1977
Improving housing facilities and upgrading

quality of housing. Compare with HOME
MAINTENANCE and HOME MODIFICATION
for upgrading of individuals homes.
Home Maintenance
Home Modification
Housing
Housing Conditions
Repairs
Urban Renewal
SN
BT
RT
Includes both home security measures (for

group and individual housing) and the
attitudes of individuals toward needing a
secure environment.
Security
Alarm Systems
Housing
Safety
Housing Tenure1977
Housing Loans
USE
UF
RT
Home Loans
Housing Location1977
RT
Housing
Housing Preferences
Length of Residence
Aging in Place
Home Owners
Housing
Rental Housing
Housing Types1977
Housing Management1977
BT
RT
BT
NT
Management
Housing
Housing Programs
Housing Needs1977
RT
Homeless
Housing
Housing Costs
Living Conditions
Needs Assessment
Unmet Needs
Housing Preferences1977
RT
Housing
Housing Costs
Housing Location
Living Conditions
RT
Housing Production1977
RT
Housing
Accessory Housing
Apartments
Boarding Homes
Condominiums
Congregate Housing
Foster Homes
Mobile Homes
Public Housing
Rental Housing
Retirement Housing
Shared Housing
Sheltered Housing
Single Family Housing
Housing Costs
Recreational Vehicles
HRT

Housing
Urban Renewal
USE
HUD
USE

Development
Housing Programs1977
NT
RT
Human Body1994

Housing
Housing Management
UF
NT
Housing Satisfaction1977
BT
RT
Satisfaction
Housing
Housing Preferences
Housing Security
Housing Tenure
Living Conditions
Relocation
Anatomy
Back
Blood
Breasts
Digestive System
Ears
Eyes
Feet
Hands
Head
Hips
Immune System
(contd)
69
Human
Human Body (contd)
RT
Husbands1977
Legs
Nervous System
Respiratory System
Skin
Urogenital System
Blood Pressure
Body Temperature
Hormones
Metabolism
Posture
BT
RT
UF
BT
RT
Design of equipment, devices, facilities, or

systems that takes into consideration human
physical and mental needs.
Ergonomics
Accessibility
Assistive Devices
Home Modification
Housing Design
Motor Vehicle Design
Product Design
Travel Barriers
Universal Design
Self Medication
Hypothermia1977
RT
Body Temperature
Hysterectomy1977
BT
RT
Surgery
Menopause
Urogenital System
IADLs
USE
Iceland
Idaho
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

USE
High Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure
Stress
Hypochondria1977
RT
UF
RT
Males
Spouses
Marital Status
Wives
Hypertension1977
Human Factors Engineering1991

SN
Immunization
RELATIONAL TERMS
Illinois
AIDS
Illustrations2002
Human Rights
USE
SN
Civil Rights
Humanities1991
RT
RT
Art
Literature
Indicates the presence of drawings or other

nonphotographic depictions in a document.
For photographic illustrations, use
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Photographs
Immigrants
Humor1977
BT
RT
USE
Emotions
Immigration1977
BT
RT
Hungary
Hunger1994
RT
Food Programs
Malnutrition
Nutrition
Huntingtons Disease2002
SN
BT
RT
Foreign Origin
Migration
Emigration
Foreign Origin
Minority Groups
Refugees
Relocation
Seasonal Migration
Immune System1977
An incurable, genetically transmitted,

degenerative brain disorder that slowly
diminishes the affected individuals ability to
walk, think, talk, and reason.
Diseases
Genetic Disorders
UF
BT
RT
Allergies (use IMMUNE SYSTEM and

DISORDERS)
Human Body
AIDS
Immunization1977
UF
BT
RT
70
Vaccination
Preventive Medicine
Influenza
Impairments
Impairments
USE
Income Levels1977
Disabilities
BT
RT
Implicit Memory1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
Unconscious influences of previous

experiences on task performance or
production of a specific response, usually
demonstrated in speed or accuracy.
Evidence suggests implicit memory is
relatively age-constant.
Indirect Memory
Unconscious Memory
Memory
Explicit Memory
Learning
Memory Aids
Priming
Retention
Semantic Priming
RT
UF
NT
RT
BT
RT
Relatives by marriage.
Relatives
Adult Children
Parents
Spouses
Taxes
Tax Credits
Tax Deductions
Income Testing
USE
Inactive Lifestyle
USE
Sources of Income
Annuities
Gifts
Interest
Profit Sharing
Wages
Retirement Income
Income Taxes1977
Asset Depletion
In Laws1994
SN
BT
RT
Asset Depletion
Economic Security
Poverty
Income Sources1977
Impoverishment
USE
Economic Needs
Economic Security
Income Adequacy
Low Income
Poverty Levels
Wealth
Income Loss1977
Impotence
USE
India
RELATIONAL TERMS
Means Testing
Incontinence1977
Sedentary Lifestyle
SN
UF
Inability to control excretory functions.

Urinary Incontinence
Income1977
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Independence1977
Money from wages or salary, selfemployment, Social Security, dividends,

interest, rents, unemployment and workers
compensation, public assistance payments,
or other periodic income.
Cash Income
Economic Resources
Family Income
Household Income
Lifetime Income
Retirement Income
Assets
Low Income
Means Testing
Profits
UF
RT
Independent Living1994
SN
Income Adequacy1977
RT
RT
Economic Needs
Income Levels
Living Standards
Low Income
Retirement Reasons
Income Adjustments
USE
Autonomy
Self Reliance
Assertiveness
Dependence
Driving Cessation
Empowerment
Functional Ability
Independent Living
Locus of Control
India
71
Ability of older adults to remain living in the

community with the help of supportive
services and environments adapted to their
needs.
Aging in Place
Independence
Supportive Services
Universal Design
Indian
Indian Health Service1977
BT
RT
Information
RELATIONAL TERMS
Individualized Care (contd)
RT

American Indians
Indiana
Individual Differences
Institutional Care
Long Term Care
Patient Care Plans
Indians1997
SN
BT
Indonesia
Indian nationals or persons of Indian

descent living outside of India. Use INDIA for
people living in that country. Compare with
AMERICAN INDIANS.
Foreign Origin
Industrial Societies
USE
Industries1977
BT
RT
Indigent
USE
Developed Nations
Poverty
Private Sector
Businesses
Employers
Indirect Memory
USE
Infantilization1991
Implicit Memory
SN
RT
Individual Accounts2005
SN
UF
RT
A feature of some social security systems

that allows workers to accumulate
contributions in individually owned
accounts, invest these funds, and bear the
investment risks. Variations of this concept
have been included in proposals to reform
the U.S. Social Security system. Compare
with INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.
Personal Social Security Accounts
Investments
Privatization
Social Security
Social Security Reform
Treatment of adults as children.

Dependence
Infection1977
RT
Inflation1977
BT
RT
Economic Patterns
Cost of Living
Influenza1977
UF
BT
RT
Flu
Immunization
Individual Differences1977
RT
Informal Support Systems1980
Individualized Care
Personality
SN
Individual Retirement Accounts1980

SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
NT
RT
Retirement-oriented savings plans allowing

qualified individuals to contribute up to a set
amount yearly, with taxes on the interest or
principal deferred until the funds are
withdrawn.
IRAs
Pension Plans
Roth Individual Retirement Accounts
Keogh Plans
Retirement Income
Savings
Informants
USE
BT
Proxy Respondents
Information and Referral Services1977

BT
RT
Individualized Care1997
SN
Assistance provided to older adults by

family, friends, and other informal sources.
Family Assistance
Caregivers
Emotional Support
Helping Behavior
Social Interaction
Social Networks
Supportive Services
Flexible, interdisciplinary approach to

patient care that considers patients
cognitive and physical abilities,
environmental conditions, values, and
preferences while affirming their dignity.
Patient Care
(contd)
Social Services
Information Centers
Outreach Services
Service Utilization
Information Centers1977
SN
BT
RT
72
Repositories of materials and resources.

Information and Referral Services
Information
Information Dissemination1991
RT
Information Technology (contd)

Computers
Information Systems
Internet
Telemedicine
Communication
Hotlines
Information Centers
Information Needs
Information Systems
Library Services
Mass Media
Multimedia
Informed Consent1980
SN
Information Needs2002
RT
RT
Knowledge Level
Needs Assessment
Service Needs
Unmet Needs
UF
RT
Cognition
Information Resources1994
NT
RT
Bibliographies
Books
Census Reports
Directories
Encyclopedias
Filmographies
Glossaries
Information Centers
Literature Reviews
Meta Analyses
Photographs
Databases
Information Needs
Information Systems
UF
RT
USE
BT
RT
Estate Taxes
Injuries1977
NT
RT
Burns
Fractures
Hip Injuries
Pressure Sores
Spinal Injuries
Accidents
Falls
Fires
Safety
Inner City2002
SN
UF
BT
RT
Manual or automated systems that generate,

collect, organize, store, retrieve, and
disseminate information within a defined
geographical or subject area.
Registries
Databases
Internet
An economically distressed urban area.

Central City
Urban
Geographical Differences
Poverty
Inpatient Services1977
BT
RT
Hospital Services
Outpatient Services
Patient Care
Inpatients1977
UF
BT
RT
Information Technology1994
SN
Bequests
Estate Planning
Estate Taxes
Legacies
Living Trusts
Trusts
Wills
Inheritance Taxes
Information Systems1977
SN
Permission given by an individual for a

proposed medical intervention or for
participation in a research study after being
provided information deemed necessary to
make that decision.
Medical Ethics
Patient Rights
Study Participation
Inheritance1983
Information Processing
USE
Inservice
RELATIONAL TERMS
Used for a rapidly expanding range of

equipment, applications, services, and basic
technologies that fall into three primary and
increasingly interdependent categories:
computers, telecommunications, and
multimedia data.
Technology
Computer Software
(contd)
Hospitalized Patients
Patients
Resident Councils
Inservice Training1977
SN
UF
73
Training provided to employees by their

employers that focuses on particular job
skills or more general work-related topics,
such as time management or diversity
training.
On the Job Training
(contd)
Inservice
Inservice Training (contd)
BT
RT
Insurance
RELATIONAL TERMS
Institutionalization (contd)
Training
Employers
Job Training
Length of Stay
Nursing Home Placement
Patient Admissions
Insomnia1977
BT
RT
Institutionalized Populations2002
Sleep Disorders
Fatigue
Rest
Sleep
SN
RT
Institutional Care1977
UF
BT
RT
Nursing Home Care

Patient Care
Eden Alternative
Individualized Care
Institutional Relocation
Institutionalized Populations
Intermediate Care
Long Term Care
Nursing Homes
Special Care Units
Staffing Levels
Subacute Care
Instructional Materials1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Institutional Costs1977
BT
Residents in long term care or psychiatric

facilities.
Institutional Care
Long Term Care
Nursing Homes
Resident Councils
Training Materials
Textbooks
Books
Curriculum
Education
Training
Instructional Techniques2002
1977
BT
RT
UF
Visual Environment
NT
RT
Institutional Personnel1977
UF
Nursing Home Personnel
BT
Health Personnel
NT
Nursing Home Administrators
RT
Staffing Levels
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living1991

SN
Institutional Relocation1994
SN
Moving from one institution, such as a
nursing home, to another or within the
institution. Includes relocation of institutions
themselves.
BT
Relocation
RT
Institutional Care
UF
RT
Institutionalization1977
SN
BT
RT
Teaching Techniques
Training Techniques
Montessori Method
Curriculum
Education
Teachers
Training
Set of daily activities used to measure
independent living capability. Includes
telephoning, shopping, cooking, and
handling finances. Compare with ACTIVITIES
OF DAILY LIVING and DAILY ACTIVITIES.
IADLs
Daily Activities
Functional Ability
Independent Living
Insurance1977
Moving from the community into an

institution. Use of this term is limited to
nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals.
Relocation
Commitment Procedures
Legal Competency
(contd)
NT
RT
74
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Unemployment Insurance
Annuities
Insurance Benefits
Insurance Coverage
Insurance
Intensive Care
Insurance Benefits1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
USE
Payments, products, reimbursements, or

services received as a result of insurance
coverage. Compare with INSURANCE
COVERAGE.
Benefits
Living Benefits
Claims Processing
Disability Benefits
Insurance
Insurance Coverage
Reimbursement
Survivor Benefits
RT
USE
USE
BT
RT
SN
RT
Status of insurance coverage, including the

acquisition, selection, conversion, or
termination of coverage. Compare with
INSURANCE BENEFITS.
Dual Eligibility
Health Insurance
Accountability Act
Insurance
Insurance Benefits
Uninsured
SN
UF
BT
RT
Education or training involving the

integration and synthesis of more than one
discipline.
Multidisciplinary Education
Education
Gerontology
Training
Interdisciplinary Team Care1980

SN
BT
RT
Employer-provided pension plans that take

account of projected or anticipated Social
Security benefits in determining plan
benefits.
Pension Plans
Pension Benefits
Treatment involving professionals from

different disciplines working together to
develop and implement a patient care plan.
Patient Care
Individualized Care
Palliative Care
Patient Care Plans
Interest1977
SN
BT
RT
Includes intelligence levels.

Cognition
Intelligence Quotient
Intelligence Tests
Learning
Memory
Mental Abilities
Personality
Problem Solving
Income from savings or bonds.

Income Sources
Savings
Intergenerational Conflict1980
SN
BT
RT
Intelligence Quotient1977
RT
Includes cooperation among organizations

of all types.
Aging Network
Government Agencies
Organizations
Public Private Partnerships
Interdisciplinary Education1994
Intelligence1977
SN
RT
Social Interaction
Interagency Cooperation1977
Integrated Pension Plans2005

SN
Living Trusts
Interaction
Integrated Care
USE
Acute Care
Inter Vivos Trusts
Insurance Coverage2002
SN
Intergenerational
RELATIONAL TERMS
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Stresses and disagreements between the

generations, in the family and in society.
Conflict
Generations
Intergenerational Equity1994
Intelligence Tests1977
BT
NT
RT
SN
Tests
Wechsler Scales
Intelligence
UF
75
Concept that different generations should be

treated in similar ways and should have
similar opportunities and comparable
benefits throughout their life spans. Prior to
1994, use INTERGENERATIONAL CONFLICT
and RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
Generational Equity
(contd)
Intergenerational
Intergenerational Equity (contd)
RT
Interviews
RELATIONAL TERMS
International1994
Generations
Resource Allocation
SN
RT
Identifies documents focusing on two or

more countries. Prior to 1994, use CROSS
CULTURAL STUDIES.
Globalization
Outside United States
Intergenerational Living1977
BT
RT
International Congress of Gerontology1983
Living Arrangements
Age Integration
Boomerang Children
Extended Family
BT
Organizations
International Social Security Association2002

BT
RT
Organizations
Social Security
Intergenerational Programs1983
RT
Internet1997
Age Integration
Child Care
UF
RT
Intergenerational Relationships1980
RT
Adult Children
Age Integration
Children
Extended Family
Generations
Generativity
Mentoring
Sandwich Generation
Interpersonal Relations1977
RT
Intergenerational Transfers1994
SN
RT
Transfers of economic or social resources

from one generation to another, generally a
two-way exchange between younger and
older generations. See also RESOURCE
ALLOCATION.
Dependency Ratio
Generations
Generativity
Resource Allocation
RT
BT
RT
Nursing care provided by a licensed

practical nurse or trained nursing attendant.
Patient Care
Institutional Care
Long Term Care
Nursing Homes
UF
BT
Patient Care
Treatment
Interviews2002
SN
RT
Internal Revenue Service1994

SN
Attachment Behavior
Client Relations
Communication
Companions
Conflict
Disengagement
Emotional Closeness
Friendship Patterns
Group Dynamics
Loneliness
Marital Status
Mentoring
Respect
Social Dating
Social Interaction
Social Networks
Intervention Strategies1983
Intermediate Care1977
SN
World Wide Web

WWW
Computers
Information Systems
Telemedicine
Part of the Department of the Treasury of

the executive branch of the United States
government.
IRS
Government Agencies
76
Identifies a document type containing the

transcript of a conversation with one or
more persons.
Celebrities
Narratives
Personal Accounts
Intimate
IRS
Intimate Relationships2002
RT
USE
Companions
Confidants
Emotional Closeness
Friends
Friendship Patterns
Social Contacts
Social Dating
Social Interaction
SN
UF
BT
RT
Personality
Disengagement
Extroversion
USE
Ischemia
Island Retirement2002
RT
Money Management
Isolation1977
Investments1977
BT
NT
RT
Deficiency of blood supply due to functional

or physical obstruction of blood vessels.
Cardiac Ischemia
Ischemic Heart Disease
Angina
Heart Attack
Stroke
Vascular Dementia
Ischemic Heart Disease
Investment Management
USE
Ischemia1977
Introversion1977
BT
RT
Jews
RELATIONAL TERMS
BT
RT
Assets
Securities
Financial Advisors
Individual Accounts
Money Management
Net Worth
Disengagement
Alienation
Loneliness
Marginalization
Socialization
Israel
Involuntary Retirement1977
SN
BT
RT
Italians1983
Retirement due to circumstances beyond

ones control, such as health problems or
plant closings. Compare with MANDATORY
RETIREMENT.
Retirement
Retirement Reasons
SN
BT
Italian nationals or persons of Italian descent

living outside of Italy. Use ITALY for people
Foreign Origin
Italy
Ivory Coast
Iowa
USE
Cote dIvoire
Iran
Jamaica
Iranians2002
SN
BT
Jamaicans2002
Iranian nationals or persons of Iranian

descent living outside of Iran. Use IRAN for
Foreign Origin
SN
BT
Jamaican nationals or persons of Jamaican

descent living outside of Jamaica. Use
JAMAICA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Iraq
Japan
IRAs
USE
Japanese1977
SN
Ireland
SN
Compare with NORTHERN IRELAND.

BT
Irish1983
SN
BT
Irish nationals or persons of Irish descent

living outside of Ireland. Use IRELAND for
people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Japanese nationals or persons of Japanese

descent living outside of Japan. Use JAPAN
Foreign Origin
Jews1977
UF
BT
RT
77
Judaism
Religious Groups
Holocaust Survivors
Synagogues
Job
Job Analysis
USE
Job Training1977
Job Description
SN
Job Applicants1977
RT
UF
Employment
Hiring Policies
Job Placement
Resumes
Work Experience
BT
RT
Job Description1977
SN
UF
RT
Analysis of the scope and specific tasks of a

job.
Job Analysis
Training
BT
RT
USE
Occupations
Joint and Survivor Annuities
USE
Job Performance1977
RT
Legislation
Employment Programs
Job Training
Jobs
Job Opportunities
USE
Training provided to persons seeking

employment.
Occupational Training
Vocational Training
Worker Training
Training
Employability
Inservice Training
Retraining
Job Training Partnership Act1983
Job Mobility
USE
Keogh
RELATIONAL TERMS
Survivor Benefits
Joints1977
Absenteeism
Productivity
BT
RT
Hands
Jordan
Job Placement1977
RT
Judaism
Employment
Employment Agencies
Job Applicants
USE
Junior High Schools

USE
Job Satisfaction1977
BT
RT
Secondary Education
Kansas
Satisfaction
Occupational Stress
Kashmir
Job Security1977
BT
RT
Jews
Kazakhstan
Security
Downsizing
Job Tenure
Layoffs
Unemployment
SN

Kentucky
Kenya
Keogh Plans1983
Job Sharing
USE
SN
Job Strain
USE
Occupational Stress
Job Tenure1977
RT
BT
RT
Employment
Employment History
Job Security
Labor Turnover
78
Qualified pension plans enabling selfemployed individuals and their employees to

set aside a percentage of their income for
retirement, with taxes on both the
contributions and the interest deferred until
the funds are withdrawn.
Pension Plans
Retirement Income
Self Employment
Kidney
Kidney Diseases1977
BT
RT
Labor Force1977
Diseases
Renal Dialysis
Urogenital System
SN
RT
Kinship
USE
Laotians
RELATIONAL TERMS
Persons who are employed or want to be

employed.
Employment
Labor Shortage
Labor Turnover
Occupations
Workers
Kiribati
Labor Relations1977
Knowledge Based Systems
USE
RT
Contracts
Employment
Labor Unions
Knowledge Level1991
SN
RT
Labor Shortage2005
Extent of acquired information,

understanding, or awareness.
Education
Information Needs
Knowledge of Aging
Learning
Semantic Memory
Wisdom
RT
Employment Trends
Labor Force
Labor Statistics
Labor Statistics1977
RT
Employment Trends
Labor Shortage
Occupations
Knowledge of Aging1991
RT
Labor Turnover1977
Age Stereotypes
Aging Education
Facts on Aging Quiz
Knowledge Level
RT
Koori
USE
Labor Unions1977
Aborigines
RT
Korea
USE
North Korea
South Korea
Korean Conflict Veterans1977

BT
BT
Contracts
Hiring Policies
Labor Relations
Union Pension Plans
Workers
Laborers
Veterans
USE
Koreans1977
SN
Employment Trends
Job Tenure
Labor Force
Blue Collar Workers
Language1977
Korean nationals or persons of Korean

descent living outside of Korea. Use NORTH
KOREA or SOUTH KOREA for people living
in those countries.
Foreign Origin
BT
NT
RT
Communication
Terminology
Vocabulary
Aphasia
Bilingual Services
Verbal Abilities
Writing Ability
Kuwait
Laos
Kyrgyzstan
SN
Laotians1994

SN
Labeling
USE
BT
Age Stereotypes
Food Labeling
Product Design
RT
79
Laotian nationals or persons of Laotian

descent living outside of Laos. Use LAOS for
Foreign Origin
Hmong
Last
Last Year of Life2005
SN
RT
Learned Helplessness1983
For use with documents focusing

specifically on the last year of life or
approximately the last year of life.
Dying
Place of Death
Terminal Care
RT
SN
NT
Caribbean
South America
RT
Latinos
USE
Hispanics
Latter Day Saints

USE
Mormons
Latvia
SN
Dependence
Infantilization
Problem Solving
Learning1977
Latin America
RT
Legal
RELATIONAL TERMS

Includes learning activities and learning

rates.
Lifelong Learning
Recall Learning
Attention Span
Cognition
Education
Implicit Memory
Intelligence
Knowledge Level
Literacy
Memory
Problem Solving
Retention
Wisdom
Law
USE
Lebanese1994
Legal System
SN
Law Enforcement1977
RT
Crime Prevention
Legislation
Police Officers
Police Services
BT
Lebanon
Law Enforcement Personnel

USE
Legacies1977
Police Officers
RT
Laws
USE
Legislation
Lawyers1983
UF
BT
Attorneys
Occupations
SN
RT
Religious services provided by nonclergy.

Clergy
Legal services rendered to those in financial

need and unable to afford private counsel.
Legal Services
Legal Competency1977
SN
Layoffs1977
BT
RT
Estate Planning
Generativity
Inheritance
Living Trusts
Trusts
Wills
Legal Aid1977
Lay Ministry1980
SN
RT
Lebanese nationals or persons of Lebanese

descent living outside of Lebanon. Use
LEBANON for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
UF
RT
Buyout Packages
Downsizing
Job Security
Recession
Skills Obsolescence
State of being legally qualified to manage

ones own affairs.
Competency
Guardianship
Legal Rights
Power of Attorney
Representative Payees
Leadership1977
RT
Legal Liability
Management
USE
Liabilities
Leadership Training1977
BT
RT
Legal Problems1977
Training
Volunteer Training
RT
80
Consumer Fraud
Elder Law
Legal Rights
Liabilities
Wills
Legal
Legal Rights1983
NT
RT
Level
RELATIONAL TERMS
Legislators1983
Civil Rights
Advocacy
Legal Competency
Legal Problems
Legal System
BT
RT
House Select Committee on Aging
Legislation
Lobbying
Public Officials
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Legal Services1977
UF
RT
Legs1977
Paralegal Services
Elder Law
Legal Aid
Legal System
Malpractice
Protective Services
Social Services
BT
Leisure1977
RT
NT
Law
Civil Rights
Court Decisions
Legal Rights
Legal Services
Legislation
RT
Legislation1977
UF
NT
RT
Leisure Activities
Leisure Activities1977
Legal System1991
UF
NT
RT
Human Body
Laws
1967
Community Care Act
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Accountability Act
Older Americans Act
Retirement Equity Act
Social Security Act
Tax Legislation
Advocacy
Civil Rights
Consumer Protection
Court Decisions
Federal Regulations
Law Enforcement
Legal System
Legislators
Lobbying
Public Policy
Games
Hobbies
Reading
Recreation
Travel
Clubs
Cultural Activities
Daily Activities
Entertainment
Gambling
Leisure
Outdoor Activities
Social Activities
Sports
Visiting
Length of Residence
USE
Housing Tenure
Length of Stay1977
UF
RT
Duration of Care
Hospital Days
Hospital Bed Usage
Hospitalization
Lesbians2002
BT
RT
Females
Bisexuals
Gay Men
Homosexuality
Sexuality
Lesotho
Level of Care1991
SN
UF
RT
81
Intensity or extent of care required or

delivered.
Acuity Levels
Biased Selection
Case Mix
Continuum of Care
Disorder Severity
Lewy
Lewy Body Dementia2005
SN
UF
BT
Life
RELATIONAL TERMS
Life Course2005
Progressive dementia caused by atrophy of

the brains cortex and substantia nigra and
by abnormal structures in these regions,
resulting in memory impairment, confusion,
hallucinations, and parkinsonian symptoms.
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Dementia
SN
UF
RT
Sequence of changes or events that take

place during a persons life. Compare with
LIFE SPAN.
Life Cycle
Life Stages
Development
Life Events
Transition
Liabilities1977
SN
UF
NT
RT
Life Cycle
Includes both financial and legal obligations.

Legal Liability
Debts
Accountability
Assets
Bankruptcy
Government Debt
Legal Problems
Mortgages
Risk Management
USE
Life Course
Life Events1991
SN
RT
Liberia
Memorable, unusual, or significant events in

a persons life; for example, retirement,
relocation, or death of spouse.
Age Norms
Episodic Memory
Life Course
Role Changes
Transition
Library Services1977
RT
Life Expectancy1977
Reading
SN
NT
RT
Libya
Licensure and Certification1997
SN
UF
RT
Assessment and recognition of an individual

or institution as meeting predetermined
standards or as having the capability to
lawfully engage in an occupation or activity.
Accreditation
Certification
Credentialing
Quality Assurance
Regulation
Life History Research1994

SN
BT
RT
Liechtenstein
Life Care1983
SN
RT
Predictions of length of life.

Anti Aging Medicine
Death Rates
Health Indices
Health Status
Life Span
Longevity
Mortality Crossover
Contractual arrangement offered by some

retirement communities and senior
residences, guaranteeing lifetime provision
of health and supportive services.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Continuum of Care
Long Term Care
Research technique in which individuals life

experiences, including significant emotions,
observations, and events, are collected and
analyzed.
Ethnography
Life Events
Life Review
Narratives
Oral History
Reminiscence
Research Techniques
Life Insurance1977
BT
RT
Insurance
Living Benefits
Life Insurance Pay Downs

USE
Living Benefits
Life Continuity1977
SN
RT
Life Purpose
Acceptance and understanding of changes

of life experiences over time.
Role Changes
Transition
USE
82
Purpose in Life
Life
Life Review1977
SN
RT
Lifelong Learning1997
A process by which individuals reflect on

past experiences and unresolved conflicts
so they can come to terms with their lives as
they have lived them.
Future Orientation
Narratives
Oral History
Reminiscence
SN
UF
BT
RT
Life Satisfaction1977
UF
BT
RT
Literature
RELATIONAL TERMS
Contentment
Satisfaction
Adjustment
Happiness
Mental Health
Morale
Purpose in Life
Quality of Life
Self Concept
Successful Aging
Process by which individuals consciously

acquire formal or informal education
throughout their lives for personal
development or career advancement.
Continuous Learning
Life Span Education
Learning
Adult Education
Career Development
Education
Elderhostel
Older Students
Training
Lifestyle1977
NT
RT

Sedentary Lifestyle
Activity Patterns
Daily Activities
Social Activities
Social Classes
Lifetime Income1977
Life Space1977
SN
RT
BT
RT
Social, environmental, physical, and

economic arena in which a person lives his
or her everyday life.
Communities
Social Interaction
Income
Annuities
Light Therapy2005
BT
Therapy
Lighting
USE
Visual Environment
Life Span1977
SN
RT
Literacy1977
Actual length of life and statistical

measurements of length of life. For
development across the life span, use both
LIFE COURSE and DEVELOPMENT.
Biological Aging
Birth Rates
Death Rates
Life Expectancy
Mortality Crossover
RT
Literary Expression1980
SN
RT
Life Span Education

USE
Learning
Reading
Writing as a form of therapy, leisure, and art.
Creativity
Hobbies
Poetry
Therapy
Writing Ability
Lifelong Learning
Literature1983
Life Stages
USE
SN
Life Course
Life Support Benefits

USE
UF
NT
RT
Living Benefits
Life Sustaining Treatment1983

BT
NT
RT
Treatment
CPR
Advance Directives
Euthanasia
Medical Ethics
Right to Die
Terminal Care
Tube Feeding
83
Includes all genre of fiction, as well as the

discussion of portrayals of older adults and
aging issues in literary works.
Novels
Poetry
Books
Creativity
Humanities
Plays
Theater
Writers
Literature
Literature Reviews1983
SN
BT
RT
Living Trusts1994
Identifies a document type that is primarily a

survey of published material on a topic.
Compare with META ANALYSES.
Bibliographies
Meta Analyses
Research Techniques
SN
UF
BT
RT
Lithuania
SN
Long
RELATIONAL TERMS

Legal documents allowing individuals to

transfer ownership of money or property to
trusts, with instructions for the trusts
management and distribution upon the
individuals disability or death. Unlike wills,
living trusts do not go through probate.
Inter Vivos Trusts
Trusts
Estate Planning
Inheritance
Legacies
Wills
Lithuanians1994
SN
BT
Living Wills
Lithuanian nationals or persons of Lithuanian

descent living outside of Lithuania. Use
LITHUANIA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
USE
Loans1977
NT
RT
Living Alone1991
BT
Advance Directives
Home Loans
Credit
Debts
Living Arrangements
Lobbying1980
Living Arrangements
UF
NT
RT
1977
SN
Living Alone
Shared Housing
Boomerang Children
Empty Nest
Households
Housing
Marital Status
BT
RT
Local Government
USE
Living Benefits1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
Prepayment of life insurance death benefits

to cover the cost of terminal or long term
care.
Accelerated Death Benefits
Life Insurance Pay Downs
Life Support Benefits
Viatical Settlements
Insurance Benefits
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Terminal Care
SN
BT
RT
An individuals tendency to attribute success

and difficulties either to internal factors such
as effort or to external factors such as
chance.
Personality
Independence
Self Concept
Loneliness1977
BT
RT
Housing Conditions
Homeless
Housing Needs
Housing Preferences
Alienation
Disengagement
Isolation
Sadness
Long Distance Caregivers1997

SN
Living Standards1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
County
Municipalities
Locus of Control1983
Living Conditions1977
NT
RT
Activities designed to influence public

officials, especially members of a legislative
body.
Political Activity
Legislation
Legislators
Consumption or expenditure levels.

Standard of Living
Income Adequacy
Quality of Life
BT
RT
84
Persons who are concerned about and

provide some assistance to an ailing family
member or loved one, but live in a different
city or state and are unable to provide dayto-day personal care.
Caregivers
Proximity of Family
Long
Long Term Care1977

SN
Includes care both in and outside of
institutions.
RT
Home Care
Individualized Care
Institutional Care
Intermediate Care
Life Care
Minimum Data Set
Nursing Homes
Patient Care
Loss of Function1977
RT
Aging
Biological Aging
Deficit Awareness
Deterioration
Disabilities
Disabled
Failure to Thrive
Functional Ability
Psychomotor Performance
Louisiana
Love1977
UF
BT
Affection
Emotions
Low Income2002
SN
UF
RT
Long Term Care Administration1980

UF
RT
Maine
RELATIONAL TERMS
Nursing Home Administration

Eden Alternative
Health Service Administration
Long Term Care
Refers to persons of limited means whose

income is likely to be above the poverty line.
Near Poor
Economic Needs
Income
Income Adequacy
Income Levels
Poverty
Poverty Levels
Low Income Housing

Long Term Care Insurance1991
BT
RT
USE
Health Insurance
Life Care
Living Benefits
Long Term Care
Lump Sum Distributions1997

SN
BT
RT
Long Term Memory

USE
BT
Macedonia
SN
Machine Learning
USE
Macular Degeneration2002
SN
Studies conducted over time.

Medical Research
Research Techniques
BT
A group of diseases that cause sight-seeing

cells in the macular zone of the retina to
malfunction, resulting in debilitating loss of
vital central or detail vision.
Eye Diseases
Madagascar
Loss Adjustment
1977
BT
RT
Respiratory System
Luxembourg
Aging
Anti Aging Medicine
Antioxidants
Biological Aging
Centenarians
Life Expectancy
Mortality Crossover
Longitudinal Studies1977
SN
NT
RT
Pension benefits paid in full before or at

retirement.
Pension Benefits
Retirement Income
Lungs1977
Memory
Longevity1977
RT
Public Housing
Magazines1977
Adjustment
Bereavement
Complicated Grief
Grief
Grief Counseling
Role Changes
BT
RT
Maine
85
Mass Media
Reading
Maintenance
Maintenance
USE
Managed Care1994
Home Maintenance
SN
Maladjustment
USE
Adjustment
UF
NT
Malawi
Malays1997
SN
BT
RT
Persons whose family origin is from the

Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of
Borneo, and some adjacent islands, living
outside the region. Use specific country
names for people living in their native
countries.
Foreign Origin
USE
NT
Male Menopause2005
Andropause
Hormones
Menopause
RT
Housing Management
Money Management
Program Management
Risk Management
Leadership
Management Personnel
Management Personnel1977
BT
RT
Males1977
RT
Managed Care
Management1977
Maldives
UF
NT
Any health benefits system that combines

insurers or third-party administrators, health
care providers, and health care facilities in a
network to provide cost-effective services.
Managed Health Care Insurance Plans
Health Care Reform
Health Insurance
Medicare Advantage
Medicare+Choice
Managed Health Care Insurance Plans
Malaysia
UF
RT
Maori
RELATIONAL TERMS
Men
Fathers
Gay Men
Grandfathers
Grandsons
Husbands
Sons
Widowers
Females
Sex Differences
Occupations
Management
Professional Personnel
Mandatory Retirement1977
UF
BT
RT
Compulsory Retirement
Retirement
Flexible Retirement
Retirement Age
Retirement Reasons
Mali
Mania
Malnutrition1977
UF
BT
RT
USE
Nutrition Deficiency
Calorie Requirements
Food Groups
Hunger
Nutrition
Vitamin Requirements
Manic Depression
USE
Bipolar Disorder
Manitoba
Manuals
USE
Malpractice1977
RT
Mood Disorders

Legal Services
Patient Rights
Consumer Guides
Personal Guides
Professional Guides
Manufactured Housing
USE
Mobile Homes
Malta
Maori2002
Mammography1991
BT
RT
SN
BT
RT
Health Examinations
Breast Cancer
Breasts
86
Indigenous peoples of New Zealand.

New Zealand
Marginalization
Marginalization2005
SN
RT
Marriage1983
The process by which individuals or groups,

particularly older adults or members of
minority groups, are relegated to an
unimportant or powerless position in
society.
Ageism
Alienation
Discrimination
Isolation
Prejudice
Social Attitudes
NT
RT
BT
RT
RT
USE
RT
Maryland
Mass Media1977
NT
Divorced
Married
Never Married
Separated
Single
Widowhood
Couples
Husbands
Living Arrangements
Remarriage
Spouses
Widowers
Widows
Wives
RT
RT
USE
Public Transportation
Massachusetts
Massage1997
BT
Therapy
Mastectomy1980
SN
BT
RT
Economic factors influencing the provision

of services and products.
Consumers
Market Segmentation
Marketing
Service Demand
Excision or amputation of the breast.

Surgery
Breast Cancer
Breasts
Masturbation1977
BT
Sexual Behavior
Material Abuse
USE
Financial Abuse
Mauritania
The division of a market into distinct subsets

of customers based on shared
characteristics, such as age, income,
lifestyle, or attitudes.
Advertising
Consumers
Market Forces
Marketing
Mauritius
Meal Programs
USE
Food Programs
Meals1977
RT
Marketing1983
NT
RT
Magazines
Movies
Newspapers
Radio
Television
Communication
Popular Culture
Mass Transportation
Market Segmentation2005
SN
Couples
Marshall Islands
Includes marital adjustment.

Satisfaction
Divorce
Life Satisfaction
Spouses
Market Forces1991
SN
Marital Status
Couples
Marriage
Married Couples
Marital Status1977
NT
Remarriage
Divorce
Married
Married1977
Marital Satisfaction1977
SN
BT
RT
Meals
RELATIONAL TERMS
Telemarketing
Advertising
Market Forces
Market Segmentation
Public Relations
87
Diet
Food Preparation
Group Meals
Menu Planning
Nutrition
Recipes
Taste
Meals
Meals on Wheels
USE
Medical History1977
NT
RT
Meaning in Life
USE
Purpose in Life
Means Testing1994
SN
UF
RT
UF
RT
USE
USE
SF 36 Health Survey
Medical Power of Attorney

USE
Advance Directives
Medical Procedures1977
Intervention between conflicting parties to

promote reconciliation, settlement, or
compromise.
Conciliation
Conflict Resolution
Advocacy
Problem Solving
NT
RT
Renal Dialysis
Surgery
Tube Feeding
Diagnosis
Health Services
Postoperative Care
Treatment
Medical Prognosis1977
Social Security Act Title XIX

Dual Eligibility
Estate Recovery
Hospital Insurance
Medicaid Beneficiaries
Minimum Data Set
Public Assistance
SN
UF
RT
Prediction of the probable course or

outcome of a disease.
Prognosis
Age of Onset
Diagnosis
Disease Stages
Medical Records1977
UF
NT
RT
Medicaid Beneficiaries2002
RT
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36
Medicaid1977
UF
RT
Psychiatric History
Health Patterns
Medical Records
Risk Factors
Medical IRAs
Method of determining extent of eligibility

for services and benefits, based on income
and assets of an individual or family.
Income Testing
Assets
Income
Mediation1997
SN
Medical
RELATIONAL TERMS
Medicaid
Hospital Records
Death Certificates
Accountability Act
Medical History
Record Keeping
Medicaid Spenddown
USE
Medical Research1977
Asset Depletion
RT
Medicaid Waivers
USE
Waivers
Medical Ethics1977
BT
RT
Ethical Practices
Advance Directives
Assisted Suicide
Ethics Committees
Euthanasia
Informed Consent
Patient Rights
Right to Die
Terminal Care

Epidemiology
Research Techniques
Study Participation
Medical Savings Accounts1997

SN
UF
RT
88
Tax-free, personal accounts used to pay

health insurance premiums and routine
health care costs. They are coupled with
high-deductible, catastrophic health
insurance policies that pay major expenses.
Health Savings Accounts
Medical IRAs
Medisave Accounts
Employee Benefits
Health Insurance
Medicare Advantage
Savings
Medical
Medical Specialties2002
SN
RT
Medicare
RELATIONAL TERMS
Medicare Advantage2005
Includes health professions focusing on a

particular branch of medicine. For the
concept of specialists themselves, pair with
the appropriate occupation descriptor, such
as PHYSICIANS or NURSES.
Dentists
Geriatric Dentistry
Geriatrics
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses
Patient Referrals
Physicians
Psychiatrists
SN
UF
BT
RT
Medicare insurance option providing health

and prescription drug benefits through
health maintenance organizations, point-ofservice plans, private fee-for-service plans,
or local preferred provider organizations.
Replaces the Medicare+Choice program in
2006. Includes provisions for medical
savings accounts.
Medicare Part C
Medicare
Managed Care
Medicalization1994
SN
UF
RT
Medicare Assignment1983
Process by which natural processes or

social problems become defined as the
domain of medical professionals.
Biomedicalization
Patient Care
Treatment
SN
RT
Medicare1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Fee For Service Medicare

Original Medicare
Social Security Act Title XVIII
Traditional Medicare
Health Insurance
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part A
Medicare Part B
Medicare Part D
Medicare+Choice
Dual Eligibility
Hospital Insurance
Medicare Assignment
Medicare Beneficiaries
Medicare Fee Schedule
Medicare Reform
Medigap
Minimum Data Set
Insurance
Risk Contracts
Social Security
Agreement by a physician that the total

charge for a covered service will not exceed
the Medicare allowable charge, except for
the coinsurance and deductible amount.
Balance Billing
Medicare
Physician Fees
Reimbursement
Medicare Beneficiaries1977
RT
Medicare
Medicare Fee Schedule1994

SN
UF
RT
Schedule of payments for physician

services, determined by a resource-based
relative value scale and used by Medicare
since January 1, 1992.
MFS
Medicare
Physician Fees
Rate Setting
Medicare Modernization Act

USE
Medicare Prescription Drug

Improvement and Modernization Act
Medicare Part A1997

SN
BT
RT
Medicare program financed through payroll

taxes for inpatient hospital care, hospice
services, and some types of
posthospitalization and preventive care.
Medicare
Hospital Insurance
Medicare Part B1997

SN
BT
RT
89
Optional Medicare health insurance program

providing partial coverage for physician
services, outpatient treatment, mental health
services, and other medical services and
equipment not covered under Medicare Part
A. Compare with MEDIGAP. Prior to 1995,
use SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL INSURANCE
and MEDICARE.
Medicare
Medicare
Medicare Part C
USE
Medication Management2002
Medicare Advantage
NT
RT
Medicare Part D2005

SN
BT
RT
Optional Medicare insurance program

providing partial coverage for prescription
drug expenses. Enrollees will pay monthly
premiums and an annual deductible and will
be able to choose between plans offered by
private companies and by Medicare
Advantage, Medicares managed care plan
option.
Medicare
Prescription Drugs
USE
SN
BT
RT
Medicare Modernization Act

Legislation
Health Insurance
Medicare
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D
Medicare+Choice
Prescription Drugs
USE
BT
RT
RT
Health Care Reform

Medicare
Tai Chi
Yoga
Melancholy
Waivers
USE
Sadness
Membership
A Medicare program established by the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that expands
plan options for beneficiaries to include
health maintenance organizations and other
choices. Will be replaced by Medicare
Advantage in 2006.
Medicare
Managed Care
USE
Memory1977
SN
UF
BT
NT
Medication Errors1977
UF
RT
Meditation2005
Medicare+Choice2002
SN
Health insurance policies designed to pay

for health costs not covered by Medicare.
Policies differ in cost and coverage.
Medicare
Medisave Accounts
Medicare Waivers
USE
Drugs
Medigap1991
Medicare Reform2002
RT

Drug Therapy
Drug Use
Medication Errors
Patient Care
Polypharmacy
Self Care
Self Medication
Medicines
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and

Modernization Act2005
UF
BT
RT
Memory
RELATIONAL TERMS
Overmedication
Drug Use
Drugs
Polypharmacy
Prescription Drugs
Self Medication
RT
90
For normal age-related memory changes,

pair with AGE DIFFERENCES and/or
PSYCHOLOGICAL AGING.
Long Term Memory
Mental Abilities
Episodic Memory
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
Semantic Memory
Short Term Memory
Verbal Memory
Visual Memory
Cognition
Cueing
Face Recognition
Intelligence
Learning
Memory Aids
Mental Exercise
Metamemory
Priming
Recall Learning
(contd)
Memory
Memory (contd)
Mental Disorders1977
Retention
Semantic Priming
Serial Learning
UF
BT
NT
Memory Aids1994
SN
UF
RT
Strategies or devices used to improve

memory performance.
Mnemonic Techniques
Cueing
Implicit Memory
Memory
Memory Impairment
Priming
Recall Learning
Retention
Semantic Priming
RT
Memory Awareness
USE
Metamemory
Memory Impairment1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
Generally used for abnormal memory

impairment. For normal age-related memory
changes, pair MEMORY with AGE
DIFFERENCES and/or PSYCHOLOGICAL
AGING.
Amnesia
Dementia
Memory Aids
Metamemory
Stroke
SN
UF
RT
Males
Menopause1977
RT
RT
Intellectually stimulating tasks or activities

designed to promote cognitive vitality or
improve memory.
Cognitive Exercise
Mind Aerobics
Psychological Exercise
Active Aging
Memory
Mental Abilities
Mental Health
Psychological Aging
Mental Health1977

Hormones
Hysterectomy
Male Menopause
Perimenopause
Reproduction
Urogenital System
BT
RT
Mental Abilities1977
BT
NT
Mental Illness
Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Delirium
Delusions
Dementia
Hallucinations
Mood Disorders
Neuroses
Paranoia
Phobias
Pseudodementia
Psychoses
Comorbidity
Emotional Problems
Mental Health
Psychiatric History
Psychiatric Patients
Psychopathology
Mental Exercise2005
Men
USE
Mental
RELATIONAL TERMS
Abilities
Comprehension
Divided Attention
Memory
Retention
Selective Attention
Attention Span
Cognition
Intelligence
Mental Exercise
Problem Solving
Spatial Abilities
Stroop Effect
Verbal Abilities
Health
Adjustment
Emotional Needs
Emotional Problems
Health Status
Healthy Aging
Life Satisfaction
Mental Disorders
Mental Exercise
Psychiatric History
Mental Health Centers1977

BT
RT
91

Outpatient Clinics
Mental
Methodology
Mental Health Services1977

SN
BT
NT
RT
USE
Includes mental health care.

Health Services
Clinics
Counseling
Psychotherapy
Research Techniques
Mexicans2002
SN
BT
Mental Illness
USE
Migration
RELATIONAL TERMS
Mexican nationals or persons of Mexican

descent living outside of Mexico. Use
MEXICO for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Mental Disorders
Mexico
Mentally Handicapped
USE
MFS
USE
Mentally Retarded
USE
Michigan
Micronesia
Mentoring2002
RT
UF
Peer Counseling
Middle Aged1977
SN
Menu Planning1977
BT
RT
BT
Planning
Diet
Eating
Food Costs
Food Preferences
Food Preparation
Foods
Meals
Nutrition
Nutrition Education
Recipes
RT

59.
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
40+
45+
50+
55+
Adults
Midlife Transition
Under 65
Middle Schools
USE
Secondary Education
Meta Analyses1997
SN
BT
RT
Midlife Crisis
Identifies a document type that statistically

analyzes the results of previously completed
empirical studies for the purpose of
integrating findings. Compare with
LITERATURE REVIEWS.
Literature Reviews
Research Techniques
USE
Midlife Transition1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
Metabolism1977
NT
RT
Cell Metabolism
Carbohydrates
Fats
Hormones
Human Body
Proteins
USE
Farm Workers
Migration1977
SN
UF
UF
RT
Physical, occupational, social, or

psychological changes occurring at middle
age.
Midlife Crisis
Transition
Middle Aged
Role Changes
Migrant Workers
Metamemory1997
SN
Midlife Transition
NT
Knowledge of or attitudes toward ones own

memory performance and capabilities.
Memory Awareness
Cognition
Deficit Awareness
Memory
Memory Impairment
Self Efficacy
RT
92
Includes migration rates and migration

history.
Population Migration
Reverse Migration
Emigration
Immigration
Seasonal Migration
Population Aging
Refugees
Relocation
Retirement Abroad
Military
Ministers
Military Personnel1977
UF
BT
RT
USE
Armed Forces Personnel

Occupations
Veterans
War
Minority Groups1977
RT
Armed Forces Retirement System

Pension Plans
Military Personnel
Veterans
Military Service
USE
Veterans
Millennial Generation
USE
Acculturation
Bilingual Services
Culture
Diversity
Ethnography
Foreign Origin
Immigration
Refugees
Mississippi
Mind Aerobics
USE
Clergy
Minnesota
Military Retirement System1977

UF
BT
RT
Moldova
RELATIONAL TERMS
Mental Exercise
Missouri
Mind Body Relationship1991
SN
UF
RT
Mixed Media
Effect of the mind (and mental disorders) on

the body, and the effect of the body (and
physical disorders) on the mind.
Psychophysiology
Biofeedback
Holistic Care
Meditation
USE
Multimedia
MMSE
USE
Mnemonic Techniques
USE
Memory Aids
Mobile Homes1977
Minerals1977
NT
RT
SN
Calcium
Dietary Supplements
Food Groups
Nutrition
Vitamins
UF
Mini Mental State Examination1997

SN
UF
BT
RT
BT
RT

cognitive mental status; often used to
screen for the presence of dementia.
MMSE
Psychological Tests
Dementia
Screening
Transportable homes designed for

permanent or semi-attachment to land. For
towable or motorized vehicles used for
travel, whether or not the primary residence,
use RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
Manufactured Housing
Trailers
Housing Types
Mobility1977
NT
Physical Mobility
Social Mobility
Models1977
Minimum Data Set
2002
SN
RT
SN
A set of core patient assessment questions

used in long term care settings (including
home care) to assess an individuals
functional ability and well-being. The
Minimum Data Set is part of the Resident
Assessment Instrument process.
Assessment
Data Collection
Long Term Care
Medicaid
Medicare
Tests
NT
RT
Formalized representations of objects,

principles, or ideas.
Econometric Models
Philosophy
Research Techniques
Simulation
Theories
Theories of Aging
Moldova
SN
93

Monaco
RELATIONAL TERMS
Monaco
Morals1977
BT
RT
Money Management1977
UF
BT
RT
Investment Management
Personal Finance
Management
Assets
Budgets
Estate Planning
Financial Advisors
Investments
Pension Plan Administration
Social Values
Community Attitudes
Personal Values
Sexual Attitudes
Morbidity1977
SN
UF
RT
Mongolia
Mongolism
USE
Moslems
Downs Syndrome
The incidence of disease or disability in a

population. Also, the quality or state of
being ill. Compare with EPIDEMIOLOGY.
Disease Incidence
Age of Onset
Comorbidity
Diseases
Epidemiology
Premorbidity
Prevalence
Monitoring Devices1977
UF
RT
Mormons1977
Surveillance Equipment
Alarm Systems
UF
BT
RT
Montana
Montessori Method2005
SN
BT
Moroccans2005
Educational principles devised by Maria

Montessori that feature freedom for physical
activity, informal and individual instruction,
and extended sensory and motor training.
While originally developed for use with
young children, these methods have been
adapted for use in interventions with adults
with Alzheimers disease and other forms of
dementia, primarily in long term care
settings.
SN
BT
BT
NT
RT
Moroccan nationals or persons of Moroccan

descent living outside of Morocco. Use
MOROCCO for persons living in that
country.
Foreign Origin
Morocco
Mortality Crossover1997
SN
Mood Disorders2005
UF
Latter Day Saints

Religious Groups
Christians
Affective Disorders
Mania
Mental Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Emotional Problems
Emotions
BT
RT
When mortality in one group (for example,

whites) is below mortality in the
complementary group (for example, blacks)
until some advanced age, at which point the
relationship is reversed.
Death Rates
Life Expectancy
Life Span
Longevity
Mortality Rates
USE
Death Rates
Moods1977
RT
Mortgages1977
Bipolar Disorder
Emotions
Morale
Personality
SN
UF
NT
RT
Morale1977
RT
Adjustment
Happiness
Life Satisfaction
Moods
Successful Aging
Conditional conveyances of property as

security for the repayment of loans.
Home Mortgages
Home Equity
Home Loans
Housing Costs
Liabilities
Property
Moslems
USE
94
Muslims
Mothers
Multi Infarct Dementia
Mothers1977
BT
Music
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Females
Parents
Vascular Dementia
Multidisciplinary Assessment
Motivation1977
BT
RT
USE
Apathy
Personality
Will to Live
Multidisciplinary Education
USE
SN
Includes motor activity and motor response.

Abilities
Physical Mobility
UF
BT
SN
Traffic Accidents
Motor Vehicle Deaths1977

SN
BT
RT
Pension plan established under a collective

bargaining agreement and maintained by
two or more employers who are generally
not financially related but are engaged in the
same industry.
Taft Hartley Plans
Pension Plans
Multimedia1997
Motor Vehicle Accidents

USE
Multiemployer Pension Plans1994
Motor Skills1977
SN
BT
RT
UF
RT
Driver, pedestrian, or passenger deaths.

Death
Motor Vehicles
Traffic Accidents
Using, involving, or encompassing several

media, such as text, photographs, objects,
sound, and film, in a display or presentation.
Mixed Media
Communication
Distance Education
Motor Vehicle Design1977

RT
Multiple Drug Use

Motor Vehicles
USE
Multiple Sclerosis1977
Motor Vehicles1977
BT
NT
RT
Polypharmacy
BT
Transportation
Automobiles
Buses
Automobile Driving
Traffic Accidents
Diseases
Municipalities1977
UF
RT
Cities
Local Government
Communities
County
Small Town Retirement
Urban
Mourning
USE
Murder
Bereavement
USE
Homicide
Mouth1977
BT
RT
Muscles1977
Digestive System
Dental Health
Oral Health
Teeth
BT
RT
Paralysis
Physical Strength
Strength Training
Movement Therapy1980
SN
BT
RT
Musculoskeletal System1977
Use of body movement to improve physical

and mental functioning of the individual.
Therapy
Dance Therapy
Exercise
Physical Mobility
Tai Chi
Yoga
BT
NT
RT
Human Body
Bones
Joints
Muscles
Flexibility
Posture
Music1983
Movies1977
BT
UF
BT
RT
Mass Media
Mozambique
95
Singing
Cultural Activities
Creativity
Hobbies
Music Therapy
Musicians
Music
Music Therapy1983
BT
RT

Aging1991
Therapy
Music
UF
BT
RT
Musicians1983
BT
RT
Occupations
Music
UF
BT
RT
Moslems
Religious Groups
Mutual Funds2005
SN
BT
RT
Open-ended investment companies that

invest the money of their shareholders in the
securities of other businesses.
Securities
BT
BT
RT
Health Insurance
National Health Service2005

Burma
SN
UF
BT
RT
Heart Attack
NAAAA
USE
Organizations
National Health Insurance1977
Myocardial Infarction
USE
NASUA
Organizations
National Council on the Aging1977
Myanmar
USE
NAAAA
Organizations
National Association of State Units on

Aging1980
Muslims1991
UF
BT
National
RELATIONAL TERMS

Aging
Refers to the National Health Service of the

United Kingdom.
NHS
Government Agencies
Community Care Act
Government Services
Health Services
National Health Service and Community Care Act

Namibia
USE
Narcotic Addiction
USE
National Indian Council on Aging1980
Drug Addiction
SN
Narcotics1977
SN
BT
RT
Drugs that cause stupor or sleep and relieve

pain by depressing brain activity.
Psychotropic Drugs
Drug Abuse
Pain Management
BT
RT
SN
RT
In research or therapeutic contexts, the

recital of facts, usually in the form of a life
story told in the first person. Used in
qualitative research or as a tool in family or
psychotherapy to explore the storied nature
of human conduct. Compare with
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.
Interviews
Life Review
Personal Accounts
Therapy
UF
BT
RT
Agency within the National Institutes of

Health, a part of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
NIMH
Mental Health
National Institute on Aging1980

SN
UF
BT
RT
NASUA
USE
An incorporated body that represents

American Indians (including Eskimos) for the
purpose of educating the public on the
issues of older American Indians.
Organizations
American Indians
National Institute of Mental Health1980
Narratives2002
SN
Community Care Act

Aging
Agency within the National Institutes of

Health, a part of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Conducts and
supports biomedical and behavioral
research to increase knowledge of the aging
process and associated physical,
psychological, and social factors.
NIA
National Retired Teachers Association

USE
96
AARP
National
Negative Priming
National Surveys2005
SN
BT
RT
USE
Surveys of a representative national

population. Prior to 2005, see also
SURVEYS.
Surveys
Data Collection
Research Techniques
State Surveys
USE
RT
Communities
Neighbors
Neighbors1977
BT
RT
American Indians
American Indians
Social Contacts
Companions
Friends
Neighborhoods
Nepal
Native Australians
USE
Elder Neglect
Neighborhoods1983
Native Americans
USE
Priming
Neglect
Native Alaskans
USE
New Jersey
RELATIONAL TERMS
Aborigines
Nepalis2005
Natural Disasters
1980
RT
SN
Disaster Assistance
Natural Language Processing

USE
BT
Nervous System1977

Communities2005
SN
UF
RT
Nepali nationals or persons of Nepali

descent living outside of Nepal. Use NEPAL
for persons living in that country.
Foreign Origin
BT
NT
Communities of mostly older adults in

apartment complexes, housing
developments, or neighborhoods that have
developed as a result of residents aging in
place. Such communities are often
supported by health and social services
provided by public or private agencies.
Compare with AGING IN PLACE.
NORCs
Aging in Place
Human Body
Brain
Senses
Net Worth1977
RT
Assets
Debts
Economic Resources
Investments
Personal Property
Savings
Securities
Wealth
Nauru
Netherlands
Near Death Experiences2005
SN
RT
Neural Networks
Experiences of individuals who have died

and been revived or who have come close
to death.
Death
Dying
USE
Neuroleptics
USE
BT
RT
Low Income
Nebraska
Mental Disorders
Phobias
Nevada
Needs Assessment1980
BT
RT
Antipsychotic Drugs
Neuroses1977
Near Poor
USE
Assessment
Case Management
Educational Needs
Health Needs
Housing Needs
Information Needs
Service Needs
Service Planning
Social Needs
Transportation Needs
Unmet Needs
Never Married1991
BT
RT
Marital Status
Single
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
97
New Mexico
New Mexico
Nonprescription Drugs1977
UF
BT
RT
New York
New Zealand
RT
Maori
Newfoundland
Over the Counter Medicines

Drugs
Drug Costs
Medication Errors
Self Medication
Nonprofit Nursing Homes1997

BT
RT
Newspapers1977
BT
RT
Norway
RELATIONAL TERMS
Mass Media
Reading
NHS
Nursing Homes
Long Term Care
Nonprofit Organizations1983
USE
USE
RT
NIA

Organizations
Nonrelatives
Nicaragua
USE
Nicaraguans1994
SN
BT
Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs2005
Nicaraguan nationals or persons of

Nicaraguan descent living outside of
Nicaragua. Use NICARAGUA for people
Foreign Origin
SN
UF
BT
RT
Niger
SN
Night Vision
Vision
NIMH
USE
BT
RT
Ninety Five Years and Older

USE
Class of drugs that decreases fever,

swelling, pain, and redness and are not
corticosteroid-based.
NSAIDs
Drugs
Aspirin
Nontaxable Pension Benefits1977
Nigeria
USE
Unrelated Individuals
Any portion of an individuals pension

benefits that is not taxable. For example,
many states allow individuals to subtract
some portion of their government, military,
or private pension in calculating their
income taxes.
Pension Benefits
Taxes
NORCs
95+
USE

Communities
Ninety Years and Older

USE
Normal Aging1977
90+
BT
Aging
Noise1977
BT
RT
North America
Hearing Impairment
North Carolina
Nonagenarians
USE
North Dakota
90+
North Korea
Noninstitutionalized Populations2002
SN
UF
RT
UF
RT
Used mainly when noninstitutional status is

a major focus or when a noninstitutionalized
population is compared as a group with an
institutionalized population.
Community Dwelling Elderly
Independent Living
Korea
South Korea
Northern Ireland
SN

KINGDOM. Compare with IRELAND.
Northwest Territories
Norway
98
Notional

Plans2005
SN
BT
RT
Nursing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Nursing Home Chains1997
SN
Pension plans that utilize pay-as-you-go

financing but establish notional (or virtual)
accounts for each worker, with pension
benefits explicitly linked to contributions.
Pension Plans
Pension Benefits
RT
Organizations (usually for-profit) that own or

operate more than one nursing home;
usually refers to nursing home operators
with a regional or national presence.
Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Discharges

USE
Nova Scotia
Patient Discharges
Nursing Home Personnel

USE
Novels
USE
Nursing Home Placement1994
Literature
SN
NRTA
USE
AARP
NSAIDs
USE

RT
Nurse Practitioners1983
BT
RT
Health Personnel
Medical Specialties
Nurses
Nursing Home Readmissions

USE
Nurses1977
BT
NT
RT
Health Personnel
Visiting Nurses
Medical Specialties
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses Aides
Nursing
SN
Health Personnel
Nurses
Nursing1977
NT
RT
BT
RT
Nurses
Nursing Education1983
BT
RT
Nursing Home Reform Act2005
Nurses Aides1977
BT
RT
Covers decision making regarding

placement of individuals in nursing homes
as well as selecting and choosing nursing
homes and services. Prior to 1994, use
NURSING HOMES and CONSUMER GUIDES
or PERSONAL GUIDES.
Nursing Homes
Patient Admissions
Education
Geriatric Education
Higher Education
Teaching Hospitals
Part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1987 that specifies services nursing
homes must provide to residents, outlines a
Residents Bill of Rights, and establishes a
state certification process. Includes
provisions requiring written care plans,
periodic assessments for each resident, and
residents rights to freedom from physical
restraints. Led to the development of the
Resident Assessment Instrument, which
includes the Minimum Data Set and
Resident Assessment Protocols.
Legislation
Minimum Data Set
Nursing Homes
Patient Rights
Restraints
Nursing Home Standards1980

Nursing Home Administration
USE
BT
RT
Nursing Home Administrators1983

BT
RT
Nursing Homes1977
SN
Nursing Home Admissions

USE
Patient Admissions
Nursing Home Care

USE

Nursing Homes
Quality Assurance
Quality of Care
BT
Institutional Care
99
Institutions providing full-time nursing and

personal care. For housing offering
nonmedical care, use BOARD AND CARE
HOMES.
(contd)
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes (contd)
NT
RT
Nutritional Requirements1983

Certificate of Need
Eden Alternative
Institutional Care
Intermediate Care
Long Term Care
Nursing Home Chains
Subacute Care
BT
NT
RT
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Nutritional Status1983
BT
RT
Health Status
Nutrition
Nutritional Supplements
USE
Dietary Supplements
OARS
USE
Nutrition1977
NT
RT
Occupational
RELATIONAL TERMS

Services
OASDHI
Carbohydrates
Cholesterol
Diet
Dietary Supplements
Digestive System
Eating
Fats
Fluid Intake
Food Groups
Food Labeling
Food Programs
Hunger
Malnutrition
Meals
Menu Planning
Minerals
Nutrition Education
Nutritional Status
Proteins
Self Care
Tube Feeding
Vitamins
USE

Insurance
OASDI Trust Funds

USE
Social Security Trust Funds
Obesity1977
UF
BT
RT
Overweight
Weight
Physical Condition
Underweight
Weight Change
Weight Control

USE
Compulsive Behavior
Occupancy Rates1994
SN
RT
Includes occupancy rates for hospitals, long

term care, and retirement facilities.
Hospital Bed Usage
Service Utilization
Occupational Guidance
USE
Nutrition Deficiency
USE
Occupational Mobility1977
Malnutrition
UF
BT
RT
Nutrition Education1977
BT
RT
Education
Eating
Food Groups
Food Programs
Menu Planning
Nutrition
Occupational Stress2005
UF
BT
RT
Nutritional Disorders1977
BT
NT
RT
Job Mobility
Mobility
Career Development
Employment
Job Security
Job Tenure
Labor Turnover
Disorders
Malnutrition
Dehydration
Dysphagia
Nutrition
Job Strain
Stress
Job Satisfaction
Work Attitudes
Work Environment
Occupational Therapy1977
BT
RT
100
Therapy
Rehabilitation
Occupational
Occupational Training
USE

Insurance (contd)
Job Training
RT
Occupations1977
UF
NT
RT
Jobs
Artists
Athletes
Aviation Personnel
Clergy
Clerical Personnel
Consultants
Farm Workers
Gerontologists
Health Personnel
Lawyers
Military Personnel
Musicians
Paraprofessional Personnel
Police Officers
Sales Personnel
Scientists
Service Occupations
Social Workers
Teachers
Writers
Blue Collar Workers
Careers
Employment
Labor Force
Labor Statistics
Self Employment
Workers
SN
BT
RT
SN
UF
BT
RT
80+
Ohio
SN
Old Age Assistance1977

Assistance Programs
Public Assistance
BT
RT
Old Age Homes


Insurance1977
SN
UF
From 1995 on, assigned routinely to all

documents focusing on persons aged 60
and older. Compare with MIDDLE AGED.
Use specific related terms such as 60+ or
YOUNG OLD to limit retrieval to a particular
subset of older adults.
Aged
Elderly
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
60+
65+
70+
75+
80+
85+
90+
95+
Centenarians
Old Old
Young Old
Older Americans Act1977
Oklahoma
USE

100+ years old.
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
75+
80+
85+
90+
95+
Centenarians
Older Adults
Older Adults1994
Octogenarians
BT
RT
Disability Benefits
Health Insurance
Medicare
Social Security
Old Old1994
Oceania
USE
Older
RELATIONAL TERMS
Comprehensive public program in the United

States that includes both the Social Security
and Medicare programs.
OASDHI
(contd)
101
Enacted in 1965 as the major piece of

legislation for provision of social and healthrelated services to older Americans.
Establishes a federal, state, and local
government network for advocacy and
service delivery. Includes all titles and
amendments to the Act.
Legislation
Aging Network
Older
Opinion
Older Americans Resources and Services1991

SN
UF
RT
Organizations
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Assessment tool used to determine personal

functional status and service use of older
adults.
OARS
Service Utilization
Attitudes
Optimism1977
BT
RT
Personality
Oral Health1977
Older Computer Users1997
RT
BT
NT
RT
Computers
Internet
Older Crime Victims

USE
Health
Dental Health
Dental Diseases
Mouth
Victims of Crime
Oral History1977
Older Drivers
USE
SN
Automobile Driving
Older Students2002
BT
RT
RT
Students
Adult Education
Elderhostel
Higher Education
Lifelong Learning
The recorded recollections and life

experiences of older adults as part of the
social history of a period or locality.
Life Review
Oregon
Organ Transplants1977
BT
Surgery
Older Workers1994
SN
BT
RT
Organization Membership1977
Workers aged 40 and older. This group is

protected from employment discrimination
under the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act (ADEA).
Workers
Employers
Employment
UF
RT
Organizational Change2005
RT
Oldest Old
USE
Membership
Organizations
Decentralization
Organizations
85+
Organizational Policies1994
Oman
RT
Ombudsmen1977
SN
RT
Officials appointed to receive and

investigate complaints made by individuals
against public officials and institutions.
Advocacy
Protective Services
Organizations1977
NT
On the Job Training

USE
Inservice Training
Onset
USE
Age of Onset
Ontario
Operating Costs1994
SN
BT
Expenditures on salaries, benefits, utilities,

maintenance, and supplies required to
operate a business or organization.
Costs
RT
Operations
USE
Hiring Policies
Organizations
Surgery
102
AARP
Age Concern
Education
Gerontological Society of America
Gray Panthers
International Congress of Gerontology
International Social Security Association
Aging
National Association of State Units on Aging
National Council on the Aging
United Nations
World Bank
World Health Organization
Clubs
(contd)
Organizations
Ownership
RELATIONAL TERMS
Organizations (contd)
Outdoor Activities1980
NT
RT
Camping
Leisure Activities
Parks
Recreation
Sports
Orgasm1977
RT
Outpatient Clinics1977
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual Intercourse
UF
BT
RT
Orientation2002
SN
UF
RT
Awareness of ones position in time or

space.
Wayfinding
Confusion
Reality Orientation
Sensory Training
Spatial Abilities
Validation Therapy
Hospital Outpatient Clinics

Clinics
Hospital Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Psychiatric Services1977

BT
RT
Hospital Services
Outpatient Clinics
Original Medicare
USE
Outpatient Services1977
Medicare
SN
Orthopedic Equipment1977
BT
NT
RT
BT
RT
Assistive Devices
Wheelchairs
Prosthetic Devices
Osteoarthritis
USE
Arthritis
Osteoporosis1977
SN
BT
RT
Outpatients1977
Abnormal porosity and thinning of bones,

with a reduction of bone mass, leading to
easily fractured bones.
Diseases
Bones
Calcium
Fractures
BT
UF
BT
RT
Patients
Outreach Services1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
Out of Pocket Expenditures1991

SN
Ambulatory care provided in outpatient

departments of health facilities.
Health Services
Ambulatory Care
Hospital Services
Inpatient Services
Outpatient Clinics
Rehabilitation
Expenses for which an individual is liable,

such as insurance deductibles and services
not covered by insurance.
Deductibles
Private Pay
Balance Billing
Coinsurance
Services that seek out and identify hard to

reach individuals and assist them in gaining
access to needed services.
Social Services
Gatekeeper Programs
Service Utilization
Outside United States1977

RT
International
United States
Over the Counter Medicines

USE
Overmedication
USE
Medication Errors
Outcomes1991
SN
RT
Overweight
Identifies reports or discussions of treatment

or program outcomes.
Program Evaluations
USE
Obesity
Ownership1977
NT
103
Automobile Ownership
Home Owners
PACE
Panic Disorders
PACE
USE
Part
RELATIONAL TERMS
Programs of All Inclusive Care for the

Elderly
USE
Anxiety Disorders
Papua New Guinea

Pacemakers1977
BT
RT
Paraguay
Assistive Devices
Heart Failure
Paralegal Services
Pacific Islanders1991
SN
BT
USE
Descendants of indigenous peoples of the

Pacific Islands, including Micronesia,
Polynesia, and Melanesia, living outside of
the region. Use specific country names for
people living in the Pacific Islands.
Foreign Origin
Paralysis1977
RT
Muscles
Paranoia1977
BT
RT
Packaging
USE
Legal Services
Mental Disorders
Delusions
Paraprofessional Personnel1977
Product Design
BT
RT
Occupations
Pain1977
BT
NT
RT
Paratransit Services
Symptoms
Chronic Pain
Pain Management
Suffering
USE
Dial a Ride Services
Parent Abuse
USE
Elder Abuse
Pain Management2002
RT
Parent Child Relations
Biofeedback
Chronic Pain
Drug Therapy
Hospice
Narcotics
Pain
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
USE
Parents1977
BT
NT
RT
Pakistan
Pakistanis2002
SN
BT
Pakistani nationals or persons of Pakistani

descent living outside of Pakistan. Use
PAKISTAN for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Palau
SN
BT
RT
Relatives
Dependent Parents
Fathers
Mothers
Adoption
Adult Children
Children
Daughters
Grandparents
In Laws
Sons
Parkinsons Disease1977
Palliative Care2005
SN
Medical care that primarily aims to reduce

the severity of a disease or slow its progress
instead of attempting to provide a cure. The
main goal is to improve the patients quality
of life, particularly through pain
management. For palliative care provided at
the end of life, use HOSPICE.
Holistic Care
Hospice
Pain Management
Quality of Life
BT
RT
A progressive disorder of the central

nervous system characterized by gait
difficulty, postural instability, rigidity, and
tremor.
Diseases
Parks1977
RT
Outdoor Activities
Recreation
Recreation Programs
Part Time Employment1977

SN
BT
RT
Panama
104
Working 1 to 34 hours per week.

Employment
Flexible Retirement
Postretirement Work
Participant
Participant Observation1997
SN
BT
RT
Patient Care (contd)

Inpatient Services
Intervention Strategies
Long Term Care
Medicalization
Patient Care Plans
Patient Education
Patient Referrals
Patient Rights
Staffing Levels
Treatment
Research method in which the investigator

takes part in the situation being studied.
Data Collection
Ethnography
Research Techniques
Participation Rates1991
SN
RT
Extent to which individuals take part in

benefits, programs, services, research
studies, or surveys.
Prevalence
Service Utilization
Study Participation
Patient Care Plans1980

SN
Pastoral Counseling1994
SN
BT
RT
RT
Counseling conducted by religious

practitioners to meet the spiritual,
psychological, or social support needs of
individuals.
Counseling
Clergy
NT
RT
SN
UF
RT
Branch of medicine concerned with disease,

especially its structure and its functional
effects on the body.
Psychopathology
Age of Onset
Autopsies
Disease Stages
Diseases
Epidemiology
Etiology
NT
RT
Rates, patterns, or processes of patient

discharge from hospitals or nursing homes.
Discharge Rates
Hospital Discharges
Nursing Home Discharges
Discharge Planning
Patient Education1991
SN
BT
RT
Patient Admissions1977
UF
Tools used by health personnel to plan for

and provide appropriate care.
Individualized Care
Patient Care
Patient Discharges1977
Pathology1977
SN
Patient
RELATIONAL TERMS
Hospital Admissions
Nursing Home Admissions
Hospitalization
Instructing or informing patients about the

nature of their illness or its treatment.
Compare with HEALTH EDUCATION.
Education
Caregiver Education
Health Education
Patient Care
Self Care
Patient Readmissions1977
UF
BT
RT
Hospital Readmissions
Nursing Home Readmissions
Patient Admissions
Relapse
Patient Care1977
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Patient Referrals1997
For nursing home care, use INSTITUTIONAL

CARE.
Hospital Care
Health Services
Acute Care
Ambulatory Care
Home Health Care
Individualized Care
Institutional Care
Intermediate Care
Postoperative Care
Subacute Care
Terminal Care
Hospitalization
(contd)
RT
Medical Specialties
Patient Care
Patients
Patient Rights1980
SN
RT
105
Rights of patients to be informed about their

conditions and prognoses and to make
decisions concerning their treatment.
Advance Directives
Advocacy
Informed Consent
Malpractice
Medical Ethics
Patient Care
(contd)
Patient
Pension Benefits1977
UF
Retirement Benefits
BT
Benefits
NT
Lump Sum Distributions
Nontaxable Pension Benefits
RT
Cash Balance Pension Plans
Pension Plan Termination
Pension Plans
Pensions
Retired Workers
Retirement Income
Survivor Benefits
Vesting Rights
Veterans Benefits
Patient Rights (contd)

Resident Councils
Right to Die
Patient Self Determination Act1994

SN
UF
BT
RT
Federal legislation passed in 1990 to ensure

patient access to and information about
advance directives.
PSDA
Legislation
Advance Directives
Patient Rights
Patients1977
NT
RT
Inpatients
Outpatients
Patient Referrals
Pension Funds1983
Pedestrians1977
RT
Pension
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Traffic Accidents
Walking

Pensions
Peer Counseling1983
BT
RT
Pension Plan Administration1994
Counseling
Mentoring
Self Help Groups
SN
Peer Influence1977
SN
RT
Influence of ones immediate associates on

ones attitudes and behavior.
Friends
Group Dynamics
Social Interaction
RT
Pension Plan Termination1991
Peer Review Organizations1983

SN
UF
RT
RT
Federal program to review health care

services provided to Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries; implemented in l984 to
supplant Professional Standards Review
Organizations.
PROs
Medicaid
Medicare
Quality of Care
Pension Benefits
Pension Plans
Pension Plans1977
SN
UF
NT
Pennsylvania
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation1983
BT
RT
Managing the affairs of a pension fund to

meet the specific financial objectives related
to paying all current and future pension
obligations. Prior to 1994, use PENSION
PLANS and MONEY MANAGEMENT.
Money Management
Pension Funds
Pension Plans
Government Agencies
Pension Funds
RT
106
Includes plans covering public and private

sector employees, as well as individual
pension plans. For government-provided
universal pension plans, use SOCIAL
SECURITY.
Retirement Plans
Keogh Plans
Multiemployer Pension Plans
Railroad Retirement Benefits
Union Pension Plans
Employee Benefits
(contd)
Pension
Personal
RELATIONAL TERMS
Pension Plans (contd)
Performance Standards1977
Pension Benefits
Pension Portability
Pensions
Retirement Planning
Retirement Programs
Social Security
Social Security Coverage
Vesting Rights
SN
RT
Perimenopause2005
SN
UF
RT
Pension Portability1991
SN
Transfer of pension rights from one plan to

another when a worker changes jobs.
Pension Plans
Vesting Rights
RT
Includes performance tests.

Accountability
Job Description
Job Performance
Productivity
Tests
The transitional stage before complete
cessation of the menstrual period in women.
Premenopause
Hormones
Menopause
Urogenital System
Periodontal Diseases1977
Pensions
1977
SN
RT
BT
RT
Broad concept of pension plan provision

policy. Use a more specific term if possible.
Annuities
Pension Benefits
Pension Funds
Pension Plans
Retirement
Personal Accounts1983
SN
UF
Perceived Mastery
USE
RT
Self Efficacy
Perception1977
SN
UF
NT
RT
Registration and interpretation of stimuli.

When referring to peoples perception of or
views on a subject, use ATTITUDES.
Perceptual Skills
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Time Perception
Touch
Vision
Cognition
Comprehension
Divided Attention
Face Recognition
Hallucinations
Priming
Responses
Selective Attention
Senses
Sensory Loss
Descriptions or profiles of people, both

biographical and autobiographical. Compare
with NARRATIVES.
Autobiographies
Biographies
Profiles
Celebrities
Interviews
Narratives
Personal Appearance1977
UF
RT
Appearance
Physical Appearance
Body Image
Clothing
Cosmetic Surgery
Personal Care
Personal Care1977
UF
RT
Grooming
Bathing
Home Care
Personal Appearance
Self Care
Self Neglect
Personal Care Homes

USE
Perceptual Skills
USE
Dental Diseases
Oral Health
Personal Emergency Response Systems
Perception
USE
Alarm Systems
Personal Finance
USE
107
Money Management
Personal
Personal Guides1983
SN
UF
RT
Photographs
RELATIONAL TERMS
Personality Disorders2002
Identifies a document type providing advice

or guidance to individuals on such topics as
staying healthy, planning for retirement, or
coping with widowhood. Pair with another
concept to locate personal guides on
specific topics, for example, CAREGIVERS
and PERSONAL GUIDES.
Guides
Manuals
Self Help Guides
Checklists
Consumer Guides
Professional Guides
SN
BT
RT
Enduring patterns of inner experience and

behavior that deviate markedly from cultural
norms, are pervasive and inflexible, and lead
to distress or impairment.
Disorders
Mental Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality
Peru
Pessimism1977
BT
RT
Personality
Personal Property1977
BT
RT
Pet Therapy1997
Property
Net Worth
UF
BT
RT
Personal Social Security Accounts

USE
Animal Assisted Therapy

Therapy
Pets
Individual Accounts
Pets1980
Personal Values1977
UF
RT
UF
RT
Values
Morals
Purpose in Life
Social Values
Pharmaceutical Services1977
SN
BT
RT
Personality1977
NT
RT
Companion Animals
Eden Alternative
Pet Therapy
Extroversion
Introversion
Locus of Control
Resilience
Creativity
Defense Mechanisms
Emotions
Empathy
Intelligence
Moods
Motivation
Optimism
Pessimism
Rigidity
Self Actualization
Self Concept
Includes pharmacies.
Health Services
Pharmacists
Prescription Drugs
Pharmacists1977
BT
RT
Health Personnel
Phased Retirement
USE
Flexible Retirement
Philanthropy
USE
Philippines
Philosophy2002
RT
Attitudes
Models
Theories
Phobias1991
Personality Change
USE
SN
BT
RT
Personality Development1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Ongoing process of formation of the

character, temperament, emotions, and
mentality of an individual, especially in
response to changing role demands.
Personality Change
Development
Behavioral Changes
Personality
Psychological Aging
Self Actualization
Self Transcendence
Persistent, unrealistic, intense fears of an

object, activity, or situation.
Mental Disorders
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Fear
Neuroses
Photographs1983
SN
BT
RT
108
Identifies documents composed primarily of

photographic illustrations.
Illustrations
Physical
Physical Activity1977
NT
RT
Physical Performance1977
Bicycling
Exercise
Running
Sports
Swimming
Walking
Active Aging
Exercise Adherence
Physical Condition
RT
USE
RT
Restraints
Physical Strength1997
UF
RT
Personal Appearance
Physical Characteristics1977
UF
NT
Balance
Motor Skills
Physical Activity
Physical Restraints
Physical Appearance
USE
Physician
RELATIONAL TERMS
Physical Measurements
Height
Weight
Human Body
Personal Appearance
Physical Strength
Strength
Muscles
Physical Condition
Strength Training
Physical Therapy1977
BT
RT
Therapy
Aquatic Exercise
Exercise
Exercise Programs
Rehabilitation
Physical Condition1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Physically Disabled2002
Fitness
Physical Fitness
Health
Flexibility
Recovery
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise
Health Status
Obesity
Physical Activity
Physical Strength
Strength Training
BT
RT
Physician Assistants1983
BT
Health Personnel
Physician Education1980
SN
BT
RT
Physical Examinations
USE
Disabled
Visually Disabled
Health Examinations
Includes the training of medical doctors in

the fields of geriatrics, gerontology, and
related areas.
Education
Geriatric Education
Higher Education
Teaching Hospitals
Physical Fitness
USE
Physician Fees1977
Physical Condition
BT
RT
Physical Measurements
USE
Physical Mobility1977
UF
BT
RT
Ambulatory
Mobility
Balance
Flexibility
Frail Elderly
Health Status
Motor Skills
Movement Therapy
Travel Barriers

Balance Billing
Medicare Assignment
Physician Patient Relations1977

RT
Client Relations
Countertransference
Patient Rights
Transference
Physician Services1977
BT
NT
Health Services
Physician Visits
Physician Visits1977
BT
109
Physician Services
Physicians
Physicians1977
UF
BT
RT
Poetry1983
Doctors
General Practitioners
Health Personnel
Medical Specialties
Primary Care
BT
RT
Poles1994
Adaptation
SN
Picks Disease
USE
Literature
Creativity
Literary Expression
Poland
Physiological Adaptation
USE
Popular Culture
RELATIONAL TERMS
BT
Polish nationals or persons of Polish

descent living outside of Poland. Use
POLAND for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Pilots
USE
Police Officers1983
Aviation Personnel
UF
BT
RT
Place Attachment
USE
Attachment Behavior
Law Enforcement Personnel

Occupations
Law Enforcement
Police Services
Place of Death2005
RT
Police Services1980
Death
Dying
Hospice
Last Year of Life
Terminal Care
SN
RT
Planning1997
SN
NT
RT
Use a more specific term if possible.

Activity Planning
Discharge Planning
Estate Planning
Menu Planning
Retirement Planning
Service Planning
Transportation Planning
Future Orientation
Policy Making1980
RT
UF
RT
NT
RT
RT
Lobbying
Advocacy
Voter Participation
Political Attitudes1977
Geographical or governmental entities that

are considered as a unit in planning services
targeted to older adults.
PSAs
Area Plans on Aging
Service Planning
BT
RT
Attitudes
Voter Participation
Polypharmacy1994
SN
UF
BT
RT
Plays2005
SN
Public Policy
Political Activity1977
Planning and Service Areas1980

SN
Law enforcement agencies providing

protection from crime. Includes police
relations with older adults.
Crime Prevention
Law Enforcement
Police Officers
Identifies a document type. May be part of

larger works.
Drama Therapy
Literature
Theater
Use of many drugs together.

Multiple Drug Use
Drug Use
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drugs
Medication Errors
Poor
Pneumonia1977
BT
RT
USE
Popular Culture2002
SN
Podiatry
USE
Poverty
BT
RT
Foot Care
110
Mainstream attitudes, values, entertainment,

or aesthetics.
Culture
Mass Media
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Population
Population1977
SN
RT
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder1997
Includes population growth or decline.

Demography
SN
Population Aging1991
SN
RT
Increase in the proportion of the older adult

population, influenced by birth and death
rates and migration.
Age Concentration
Birth Rates
Death Rates
Demography
Dependency Ratio
Migration
UF
BT
RT
Population Migration
USE
Acute, chronic, or delayed reactions to

traumatic events such as assaults, wartime
experiences, or natural disasters, usually
characterized by depression, anxiety,
flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and
avoidance of reminders of the event.
PTSD
Anxiety Disorders
Holocaust Survivors
Stress
Veterans
Victims of Crime
War
Posture1977
Migration
RT
Population Studies
USE
PPOs
RELATIONAL TERMS
Back
Human Body
Demography
Postwar Generation
Portugal
USE
Portuguese1994
SN
BT
Poverty1977
Portuguese nationals or persons of

Portuguese descent living outside of
Portugal. Use PORTUGAL for people living
in that country.
Foreign Origin
SN
UF
RT
Posthospitalization Care1977
UF
BT
RT
Silent Generation
After Care
Patient Care
Discharge Planning
Home Health Care
Outpatient Services
Patient Discharges
Refers to the conditions of persons whose

income is likely to be below the poverty line.
Compare with LOW INCOME.
Disadvantaged
Indigent
Poor
Asset Depletion
Economic Needs
Homeless
Income Loss
Inner City
Low Income
Poverty Levels
Poverty Levels1977
Postoperative Care
BT
RT
1977
BT
RT
Patient Care
Medical Procedures
Recovery
Surgery
Income Levels
Low Income
Poverty
Poverty Programs
Postretirement Work1977
BT
RT
USE
Employment
Employment Trends
Flexible Retirement
Retired Workers
Retirement
Second Careers
Self Employment
Senior Enterprises
Public Assistance
Power of Attorney1991
SN
RT
Formal instrument conveying specified

rights to others that remain in force as long
as the person transferring the rights is
judged legally competent. Compare with
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES.
Guardianship
Legal Competency
PPI Publications
USE
PPOs
USE
111
PPS
PPS
USE
Premorbidity2002
Prospective Pricing
SN
Prayer
USE
Predictive Factors2002
SN
UF
NT
RT
Prevalence
RELATIONAL TERMS
Characteristics, conditions, or
circumstances expected to affect the
physical, emotional, financial, mental, or
behavioral outcomes of individuals. For
negative outcomes, use RISK FACTORS.
Predictor Variables
Risk Factors
Premorbidity
RT
Used to indicate characteristics or states of

individuals that exist prior to the onset of
apparent signs or symptoms of an illness or
disorder that may or may not be predictive
in nature. Compare with PREDICTIVE
FACTORS and RISK FACTORS.
Morbidity
Predictive Factors
Risk Factors
Preretirement Planning
USE
Retirement Planning
Preretirement Planning Programs

USE
Retirement Programs
Predictor Variables
USE
Presbycusis
Predictive Factors
USE
Hearing Impairment
Preferred Provider Organizations1991

SN
UF
BT
RT
Prescription Drug Cards2005
Health plans in which a group of physicians

or a health care provider supplies health
services to a defined group of users at
preferential rates. Users select from among
participating physicians, or alternatively,
may select a nonparticipating provider and
pay the difference in cost.
PPOs
Health Insurance
Managed Care
Medicare Advantage
RT
Prescription Drugs1977
BT
RT
Prejudice1977
BT
RT
Social Attitudes
Age Discrimination
Age Stereotypes
Ageism
Attitudes
Marginalization
Religious Attitudes
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Attitudes
USE
Pressure Sores2002
SN
UF
Aging
Biological Aging
BT
RT
Injuries to the skin and tissue underneath it

that often occur when an individual lies or
sits in the same position for long periods of
time.
Bed Sores
Decubitus Ulcers
Injuries
Skin
Prevalence2005
SN
Premenopause
USE
Drugs
Drug Costs
Drug Therapy
Generic Drugs
Medicare Part D
Medication Errors
Self Medication
Presenile Dementia
Premature Aging1977
BT
RT
Discounts
Medicare
Prescription Drugs
Perimenopause
RT
112
The proportion of individuals in a population

affected by a condition or activity. For the
incidence of a disease, disorder, or disability
in a population, use MORBIDITY.
Morbidity
Participation Rates
Prevention
Prisons
Prevention2005
SN
NT
RT
USE
Where possible, use a more specific term.

Accident Prevention
Crime Prevention
Preventive Medicine
Privacy1997
RT

USE
Product
RELATIONAL TERMS
Ethical Practices
Accountability Act
Preventive Medicine
Private Agencies
Preventive Medicine1977
SN
UF
NT
RT
USE
Attempts to identify factors that make illness

or other conditions more likely and take
steps to avoid those conditions.
Immunization
Anti Aging Medicine
Health Behavior
Health Promotion
Health Services
Prevention
Screening
Private Health Insurance1977

BT
RT
USE
UF
BT
RT
SN
UF
NT
Clergy
RT
Health services received at the first point of

entry into the health care system. Pair with
PHYSICIANS to locate material on primary
care physicians or general practitioners.
Family Practice
Health Services
Physicians
Includes commercial, industrial, labor, and

service organizations; nonprofit
organizations; and nonprofit religious,
educational, and charitable institutions.
Private Agencies
Businesses
Industries
Privatization
Public Sector
Privatization1997
SN
RT
Primary Education
USE
Private Sector1983
Primary Care1997
SN
Health Insurance
Medigap
Private Pay
Priests
USE
Private Sector
The transfer of public assets or service

functions to the private sector.
Decentralization
Individual Accounts
Private Sector
Public Sector
Priming1997
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Problem Drinking
Unconscious facilitation of memory

accomplished by presenting a stimulus that
has some relation to the target stimulus
before presenting the target. Upon
presentation, the target is processed more
rapidly and accurately, even in the absence
of explicit memory for the earlier encounter.
Compare with CUEING.
Associative Priming
Negative Priming
Repetition Priming
Cueing
Semantic Priming
Implicit Memory
Memory
Memory Aids
Perception
USE
Problem Solving1977
RT
Cognition
Decision Making
Intelligence
Learning
Mediation
Mental Abilities
Processing Speed
USE
Reaction Time
Product Design1991
SN
UF
Prince Edward Island

NT
Prisoners1977
RT
Alcoholism
RT
Criminals
Holocaust Survivors
113
Includes package labeling and product

container design.
Labeling
Packaging
Food Labeling
Universal Design
Productive
Program Development
Productive Aging1994
SN
BT
RT
USE
Activities of older people that produce

goods or services, whether paid or unpaid,
thus contributing to the economic and social
well-being of society.
Aging
Active Aging
Healthy Aging
Productivity
Successful Aging
UF
RT
UF
RT
BT
RT
Automation
Job Performance
Productive Aging
SN
Identifies a document type providing

professional advice, guidelines, and
procedures to practitioners in a given field.
Pair with another concept to locate
professional guides on specific topics, for
example, LEGAL SYSTEM and
PROFESSIONAL GUIDES.
Guides
Manuals
Checklists
Consumer Guides
Personal Guides
UF
RT
Occupations
SN
UF
RT
Personal Accounts
Profit Sharing1977
UF
BT
RT
A capitated benefit authorized by the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that features a
comprehensive managed care delivery
system and integrated Medicare and
Medicaid financing for frail persons aged 55
and older. Provides preventive,
rehabilitative, curative, and supportive
services in home and institutional settings.
PACE
Frail Elderly
Managed Care
Medicaid
Medicare
Projection1977
Profiles
USE
Management
Advisory Groups
Contracts
Funding
Service Delivery
Service Planning

Elderly2002
Professional Personnel1977
BT
RT
Demonstration Projects
Accountability
Cost Effectiveness
Outcomes
Program Management1977
Professional Guides1991
SN
Service Planning
Program Evaluations1977
Productivity1977
RT
Prosopagnosia
RELATIONAL TERMS
Employee Stock Ownership Plans

ESOPs
Income Sources
Employee Benefits
Profits
Securities
Discussion of future trends or developments

using narrative or statistical data. Compare
with FUTURE ORIENTATION.
Forecasting
Econometric Models
Statistical Data
Property1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Real Estate
Assets
Personal Property
Mortgages
Profits1994
BT
RT
Property Taxes1977
Economic Resources
Assets
Costs
Income
Profit Sharing
BT
RT
Taxes
Housing Costs
Proprietary Nursing Homes

USE
Prognosis
USE
PROs
Medical Prognosis
USE
Program Descriptions1983
SN
UF
Prosopagnosia
Accounts of programs and services.

Demonstration Projects
USE
114
Face Recognition
Prospective
Prospective Memory1997
SN
RT
Proximity of Children1977
Remembering to perform planned actions at

an appropriate time in the future.
Recall Learning
BT
RT
Prospective Payment System

USE
Prospective Pricing
Prospective Pricing1983
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Proximity of Family
Adult Children
Parents
Social Contacts
Visiting
Proximity of Family1977
Advance determination of reimbursement

rates to health service providers.
PPS
Prospective Payment System
Rate Setting
Capitation
Reimbursement
Risk Contracts
NT
RT
Adult Children
Relatives
Social Contacts
Visiting
Proxy Decision Making

USE
Proxy Respondents1997
SN
Prostate1977
BT
RT
Psychiatric
RELATIONAL TERMS
UF
RT
Urogenital System
Prostate Cancer
Persons who respond when study

participants are physically or mentally
unable to respond.
Informants
Data Collection
Research Techniques
Prostate Cancer2005
BT
RT
PSAs
Cancer
Prostate
Urogenital System
USE
PSDA
Prosthetic Devices1977
BT
NT
RT
USE
Assistive Devices
Dentures
Rehabilitation
Pseudodementia1983
SN
BT
RT
Protective Services1977
SN
UF
RT
Social, legal, and medical services provided

to protect individuals from abuse, neglect, or
other hazardous situations.
Adult Protective Services
Elder Abuse
Elder Neglect
Guardianship
Health Services
Legal Services
Ombudsmen
Social Services
Symptoms that mimic an organic mental

disorder or dementia, especially in
individuals with depression.
Mental Disorders
Dementia
Depression
Psychiatric Advance Directives

USE
Advance Directives
Psychiatric History1977
BT
RT
Medical History
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Psychiatric Hospitals1977
Proteins
BT
RT
1977
BT
RT
Food Groups
Metabolism
Nutrition
Protestants1977
BT
RT
Religious Groups
Christians
115
Hospitals
Geriatric Units
Psychiatric
Psychiatric Patients1977
BT
RT
Psychological Attitudes (contd)
Patients
Mental Disorders
Psychiatric Services1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
Includes psychiatric care and treatment.

Counseling
Health Services
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Psychiatric History
Psychiatrists
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
RT
Psychiatrists1980
SN
BT
RT
Physicians who specialize in the diagnosis

and treatment of mental, behavioral, and
emotional disorders.
Health Personnel
Medical Specialties
Psychologists
BT
RT
Guilt
Hopelessness
Hostility
Humor
Loneliness
Motivation
Optimism
Pessimism
Rigidity
Worry
Countertransference
Emotions
Life Satisfaction
Moods
Morale
Personal Values
Purpose in Life
Resilience
Risk Taking
Security
Stress
Transference
Will to Live
Psychological Autopsies1997
SN
Psychoanalysis1980
SN
Psychological
RELATIONAL TERMS
BT
RT
Method of psychotherapy designed to bring

unconscious material to consciousness
through such means as free association and
dream analysis.
Psychotherapy
Study of possible reasons for a death of

undetermined causes by reviewing records
and personal letters or by interviewing
acquaintances and relatives.
Autopsies
Death Causes
Diagnosis
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Suicide
Psychological Exercise
Psychological Adaptation
USE
USE
Mental Exercise
Adjustment
Psychological Tests1977
Psychological Aging
SN
BT
RT
1977
SN
Age-related changes in an individuals

behavior, emotions, or mental processes.
Aging
Development
Geropsychology
Mental Exercise
BT
NT
RT
Psychological Attitudes1977
SN
BT
NT
Compare with EMOTIONS.

Attitudes
Adjustment
Age Identification
Alienation
Ambivalence
Apathy
Boredom
Confidence
Empathy
Specific test names are indexed when they

are the major focus of a document.
Tests
Scale
Clock Drawing Test
Assessment
Research Techniques
Screening
Test Translations
Test Validity
Psychological Well Being1980

SN
RT
(contd)
116
Overall psychological state of the individual.

Adjustment
Healthy Aging
Life Satisfaction
Mental Health
(contd)
Psychological
Psychological Well Being (contd)
Psychotherapy1977
Morale
Purpose in Life
Resilience
Successful Aging
BT
NT
Psychologists1980
BT
RT
RT
Health Personnel
Psychiatrists
Psychomotor Performance1977
SN
UF
RT
Public
RELATIONAL TERMS
Ability to react appropriately and in a timely

manner to any stimulus that requires a
coordinated physical and psychological
response.
Psychomotor Skills
Loss of Function
Motor Skills
Perception
Reaction Time
Spatial Abilities
Therapy
Group Therapy
Psychoanalysis
Sensory Training
Countertransference
Family Therapy
Reality Orientation
Transference
Psychotropic Drugs1980
SN
BT
NT
Natural or synthetic agents that affect

mental function, behavior, or experience by
acting on the central nervous system.
Drugs
Antianxiety Drugs
Antidepressants
Antipsychotic Drugs
Narcotics
Psychomotor Skills
USE
PTSD
USE
Psychopathology1977
SN
BT
RT
Public Assistance1977
Study of psychological dysfunction

occurring in mental disorders or in social
disorganization.
Pathology
Mental Disorders
SN
UF
Psychophysiology
USE
BT
RT
Psychoses1977
BT
NT
RT
Mental Disorders
Schizophrenia
Antipsychotic Drugs
Delusions
Hallucinations
Public Health1977
BT
Psychosocial Needs1980
RT
Cash or benefits provided by national, state,

or local governments to low-income
individuals.
Poverty Programs
Welfare
Assistance Programs
Energy Assistance
Medicaid
Old Age Assistance
Health
Public Health Services1977
Emotional Needs
Social Needs
Unmet Needs
BT
RT
Health Services
Screening
Public Housing1977
SN
BT
RT
1980
SN
Physical disorders caused by or notably

influenced by the emotional or psychological
state of the patient.
Disorders
Health Attitudes
Hypochondria
Mental Health
Neuroses
Stress
UF
BT
RT
117
Housing owned and operated by a local

public agency and funded by state or federal
agencies, or the program to develop such
housing.
Low Income Housing
Housing Types
Affordable Housing
Public Officials
Public Officials1991
SN
BT
RT
Purpose in Life2005
Includes elected and appointed officials in

government positions.
Legislators
UF
RT
Public Opinion
USE
Attitudes
Public Policy1980
UF
RT
Government Policy
Advocacy
Government Agencies
Legislation
Policy Making
Qualitative Research1997
SN
Public Private Partnerships1994

SN
RT
NT
Cooperative ventures between public- and

private-sector organizations.
Private Sector
Public Sector
RT
Public Relations1980
SN
RT
The business of attempting to influence or

persuade the public to understand, have
concern for, or be positively disposed
toward a person, organization, or cause.
Advertising
Marketing
Research using observations or data not

easily reduced to numbers, for the purpose
of discovering underlying meanings and
patterns of relationships. Used both with
studies involving qualitative methodology as
well as with literature discussing qualitative
approaches.
Case Studies
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Research Diaries
Data Collection
Narratives
Research Techniques
Quality Assurance1980
SN
Public Sector1991
RT
Life Purpose
Meaning in Life
Life Satisfaction
Personal Values
Quality of Life
Religious Attitudes
Self Actualization
Will to Live
Qatar

USE
Quality
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Government Agencies
Government Services
Private Sector
Privatization
Planned, systematic activities undertaken to

evaluate a product or service to ensure that
appropriate standards are being met.
Accountability
Quality of Care
Quality of Life
Public Transportation1977
UF
BT
RT
Quality of Care1991
Mass Transportation
Urban Mass Transit
Transportation
Travel Barriers
RT
Puerto Ricans1977
SN
BT
Persons of Puerto Rican origin or descent

living outside of Puerto Rico. Use PUERTO
RICO for people living in Puerto Rico.
Foreign Origin
Quality of Life1980
RT
Puerto Rico
Pulse Rate
USE
Care Satisfaction
Quality Assurance
Staffing Levels
Heart Rate
118
Eden Alternative
Life Satisfaction
Living Standards
Palliative Care
Purpose in Life
Quality Assurance
Successful Aging
Quebec
Quebec
Racial and Ethnic Groups (contd)
Rabbis
USE
Clergy
Racial and Ethnic Differences2002

UF
RT
Ethnic Differences
Culture
Diversity
Foreign Origin
Minority Groups
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination2002

BT
RT
Discrimination
Community Attitudes
Minority Groups
Prejudice
Racial and Ethnic Groups2002

SN
UF
NT
Railroad
RELATIONAL TERMS
Assigned to all documents indexed with one

or more narrower racial and ethnic group
terms. Also used for documents with a
broader focus.
Ethnicity
Aborigines
Afghans
Africans
American Indians
Arabs
Armenians
Asians
Australians
Azerbaijanis
Bangladeshis
Blacks
Bosnians
British
Cambodians
Canadians
Caribbeans
Chamorros
Chinese
Cubans
Cypriots
Czechs
Dominicans
Dutch
Eastern Europeans
Estonians
Europeans
Fijians
Filipinos
Finns
French
(contd)
RT
Germans
Ghanaians
Greeks
Guatemalans
Haitians
Hispanics
Hmong
Indians
Iranians
Irish
Italians
Jamaicans
Japanese
Koreans
Laotians
Lithuanians
Malays
Maori
Mexicans
Moroccans
Nepalis
Nicaraguans
Pacific Islanders
Pakistanis
Poles
Portuguese
Puerto Ricans
Russians
Salvadorans
Samoans
Somalis
Spaniards
Sri Lankans
Swiss
Taiwanese
Thais
Turks
Ukrainians
Vietnamese
Whites
Culture
Diversity
Ethnography
Foreign Origin
Minority Groups
Racial Attitudes
USE
Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic

Groups
Radio1977
BT
Mass Media
Railroad Retirement Benefits1977

BT
119
Pension Plans
Randomized
Randomized Controlled Trials1997
SN
RT
Recall Learning1983
Clinical studies in which individuals were

assigned prospectively to one of two or
more groups using random allocation.
Compare with CONTROLLED CLINICAL
TRIALS.
Data Collection
Medical Research
Research Techniques
SN
BT
NT
RT
Rape1977
BT
RT
Crimes
Sexual Abuse
Violence
NT
RT
BT
RT
Methods for determining the costs of

services.
Prospective Pricing
Case Mix
Fee For Service
Reimbursement
SN
UF
RT
BT
RT
RT
Processing Speed
Response Time
Responses
Stroop Effect
SN
BT
RT
Leisure Activities
Books
Library Services
Literacy
Magazines
Newspapers
Stroop Effect
Real Estate
USE
Helping Behavior
Volunteer Service Credits
Recognition Learning1983
Reading1977
BT
RT
Identifies a document providing one or more

recipes.
Cookbooks
Diet
Food Preparation
Meals
Menu Planning
Reciprocity1991
Reaction Time1977
UF
Economic Patterns
Cost of Living
Layoffs
Unemployment
Recipes2005
RBRVS
USE
Learning or memorization focused on the

retrieval of information.
Learning
Serial Learning
Cognition
Explicit Memory
Face Recognition
Memory
Memory Aids
Prospective Memory
Short Term Memory
Verbal Memory
Visual Memory
Recession1977
Rate Setting1991
SN
Record
RELATIONAL TERMS
Learning or memorization designed to elicit

an awareness that a stimulus has been
known or experienced before.
Learning
Cognition
Cueing
Explicit Memory
Face Recognition
Memory
Priming
Semantic Priming
Short Term Memory
Verbal Memory
Visual Memory
Property
Record Keeping1997
Reality Orientation1980
SN
BT
RT
UF
RT
Form of therapy for confused or disoriented

persons involving consistency in routine and
reiteration of patients identity. Compare
with VALIDATION THERAPY.
Therapy
Orientation
Psychotherapy
Sensory Training
Validation Therapy
120
Documentation
Budgets
Claims Processing
Medical Records
Recovery
Recovery1977
UF
BT
RT
Reimbursement
RELATIONAL TERMS
Reemployment1977
Convalescence
Physical Condition
Cancer Survivors
Deterioration
Postoperative Care
Rehabilitation
Relapse
Rest
Surgery
SN
UF
BT
RT
Includes reemployment rates.

Reentry Workers
Employment
Retraining
Second Careers
Unemployment
Reentry Workers
USE
Reemployment
Recreation1977
BT
NT
RT
Reflexes
Leisure Activities
Recreation Programs
Games
Hobbies
Outdoor Activities
Parks
Recreational Therapy
Vacations
USE
Refugees1991
SN
RT
Recreation Programs1977
BT
RT
Responses
Recreation
Parks
Persons who have fled their native country

for political, economic, religious, or social
reasons.
Emigration
Foreign Origin
Immigration
Migration
Minority Groups
Regional Differences
Recreational Therapy1980
SN
BT
RT
USE
Formal programs provided by health

professionals; does not include informal
recreational activities.
Therapy
Recreation
Recreation Programs
Rehabilitation
Registries
USE
UF
BT
RT
SN
RT
Motorized vehicles that provide

transportation and living quarters, temporary
or permanent. For towable vehicles that are
primarily used as stationary residences, use
MOBILE HOMES.
RVs
Motor Vehicles
Housing Types
Mobile Homes
Travel
NT
RT
Finding and attracting workers or volunteers.

Volunteer Recruiting
Hiring Policies
Recurrence
USE
NT
RT
Resource Allocation
Reduced Fares
USE
Discounts
Reduced Rates
USE
Ambulatory Care
Assistive Devices
Exercise Programs
Occupational Therapy
Outpatient Services
Physical Therapy
Prosthetic Devices
Recovery
Relapse
Therapy
Reimbursement1983
Relapse
Redistribution
USE
Control exerted by government or other

official body over activities conducted by a
business, organization, or individual.
Federal Regulations
Rehabilitation1977
Recruiting1994
SN
UF
RT
Information Systems
Regulation1991
Recreational Vehicles1991
SN
Discounts
Vendor Payments
Balance Billing
Cost Sharing
Fee For Service
Health Insurance
Insurance Benefits
Medicare Assignment
Prospective Pricing
Rate Setting
(contd)
121
Reimbursement
Reimbursement (contd)
Religious Affiliation1977

Risk Contracts
Vouchers
Waivers
RT
SN
BT
RT
Recurrence
Recovery
Rehabilitation
Relatives1977
NT
RT
BT
Adult Children
Couples
Daughters
Extended Family
Grandchildren
Grandparents
Great Grandparents
In Laws
Parents
Siblings
Sons
Spouses
Step Relatives
Children
Dependents
Proximity of Family
NT
RT
UF
BT
RT
Therapy emphasizing relaxation techniques

to reduce psychological tensions such as
stress and anxiety.
Therapy
BT
RT
NT
RT
Training
Clergy
Relocation1977
Disaster Assistance
SN
NT
RT
Churches
Religious Affiliation
Religious Attitudes
Religious Groups
Synagogues
Religious Activities2002
UF
Church Attendance
Churches
Religion
Religious Groups
Synagogues
Religious Training1977
Religion1983
RT
Buddhists
Catholics
Christians
Hindus
Jews
Mormons
Muslims
Protestants
Religion
Religious Service Attendance2002
Relief Programs
USE
For religious perspectives, pair with the

name of a specific religious group.
Attitudes
Prejudice
Purpose in Life
Religion
Religious Groups1977
Relaxation Therapy1994
SN
Religion
Religious Groups
Religious Attitudes1977
Relapse2005
UF
RT
Remarriage
RELATIONAL TERMS
Church Activities
Prayer
Lay Ministry
Meditation
Religion
Social Activities
Moving place of residence or business.

Emigration
Housing
Immigration
Migration
Retirement Abroad
Urban Renewal
Remarriage1977
BT
RT
122
Marriage
Divorce
Marital Status
Reminiscence
Reminiscence1977
SN
RT
Research
RELATIONAL TERMS
Representative Payees1997
Reflections on past events and experiences

in an individuals personal life.
Childhood
Future Orientation
Life Review
SN
RT
Individuals or organizations who receive and

manage Social Security payments or other
benefits for individuals incapable of
managing their own financial affairs.
Legal Competency
Money Management
Remotivation Therapy1980
SN
BT
RT
Repression
Form of group therapy designed to enhance

ones sense of purpose and orientation to
reality.
Psychotherapy
Motivation
Reality Orientation
USE
Defense Mechanisms
Reproduction1977
RT
Birth Rates
Fertility
Menopause
Sexual Intercourse
Urogenital System
Renal Dialysis1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Republic of Georgia
Medical procedure that circulates blood

through a cleansing machine for patients
with chronic kidney failure.
Dialysis
Medical Procedures
Kidney Diseases
SN

UF
Rental Costs1977
BT
RT
Congo Brazzaville
Research Diaries1997
Housing Costs
Affordable Housing
SN
Rental Housing1977
BT
RT

UF
BT
RT
Housing Types
Apartments
Boarding Homes
Housing Tenure
Renters
Research technique requiring study

participants to keep an account of specific
behaviors, conditions, or events over a
defined period of time.
Diaries
Data Collection
Research Techniques
Research Participation
Renters1977
UF
RT
USE
Tenants
Rental Housing
Research Techniques1977
UF
RT
Repairs1977
BT
RT
Home Maintenance
Housing Conditions
Housing Improvement
Repetition Priming
USE
Priming
Reporting Requirements2005
SN
RT
Study Participation
Rules or regulations that compel individuals

or organizations, particularly in the health
and social services fields, to present an
official or formal account of elder abuse,
safety violations, patient care, or other
specific events.
Record Keeping
Regulation
Methodology
Case Studies
Data Collection
Data Quality
Ethnography
Factor Analysis
Focus Groups
Literature Reviews
Medical Research
Meta Analyses
Models
National Surveys
Proxy Respondents
Psychological Tests
Research Diaries
(contd)
123
Research
Respiratory
RELATIONAL TERMS
Research Techniques (contd)
Resource Allocation1983
Simulation
State Surveys
Study Participation
Surveys
Test Validity
Tests
SN
UF
NT
RT
For personal resource allocation, use

MONEY MANAGEMENT.
Redistribution
Economic Resources
Residences
USE
Resource Based Relative Value Scale1991
Housing
SN
Resident and Staff Relations2005

SN
RT
Interaction between facility residents and

staff.
Client Relations
UF
BT
RT
Resident Councils1980
SN
RT
Committees staffed by patients or residents

that represent the interests of those living in
the institution in matters of care and
decision making.
Advocacy
Decision Making
Inpatients
Patient Rights
Resource Utilization Groups1997

SN
UF
RT
Residential Care Homes

USE
Residential Mobility1977
SN
BT
RT
Method of determining Medicare

reimbursement to physicians by ranking the
value of their services or procedures, based
on the physicians work, practice expenses,
and malpractice insurance premiums.
RBRVS
Rate Setting
Medicare
Physician Fees
Reimbursement
Rates and patterns of movement from one

residence to another.
Mobility
Aging in Place
Housing
Migration
Relocation
Seasonal Migration
A case-mix classification system that

directly links a nursing home residents level
of care to reimbursement rates under
Medicare and Medicaid. Includes all
versions.
RUGs
Case Mix
Level of Care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prospective Pricing
Rate Setting
Reimbursement
Respect2002
SN
RT
For self-respect, use SELF ESTEEM.

Dignity
Respiration1977
Resilience
2005
UF
BT
RT
UF
RT
Endurance
Hardiness
Personality
Adaptation
Adjustment
Coping Behavior
Failure to Thrive
Successful Aging
Will to Live
Breathing
Aerobic Exercise
Dyspnea
Respiratory Diseases1977
UF
BT
NT
Asthma
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Diseases
Pneumonia
Respiratory System1977
Resistance Training
USE
BT
NT
RT
Strength Training
124
Human Body
Lungs
Dyspnea
Speech
Respite
Respite Care1980
SN
BT
RT
Retention1977
Short-term relief care to substitute for fulltime family caregivers, in or outside the
home.
Supportive Services
Caregivers
Frail Elderly
BT
RT
Response Rates
USE
Mental Abilities
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
Learning
Memory
Memory Aids
Retired Couples1977
Study Participation
BT
RT
Response Time
USE
Retirement
RELATIONAL TERMS
Couples
Retirement
Spouses
Reaction Time
Retired Senior Volunteer Program1977

Responses1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
SN
Reflexes
Behavior
Auditory Responses
Reaction Time
Visual Responses
Perception
UF
RT
Retired Workers1977
BT
RT
Rest1977
RT
Fatigue
Insomnia
Recovery
Self Care
Sleep
Workers
Pension Benefits
Postretirement Work
Retirement
Retiree Health Benefits1991

BT
RT
Rest Homes
USE
Community volunteer program for volunteers

aged 60 and older.
RSVP
Volunteer Services
Benefits
Employee Benefits
Health Insurance
Retired Workers
Restlessness1991
RT
Retirement1977
Agitation
Behavior Problems
NT
Restraints1991
SN
UF
RT
Measures used to temporarily immobilize or

restrict the activity of a patient.
Chemical Restraints
Physical Restraints
RT
Restricted Activity
USE
Resumes2005
SN
UF
RT
Summaries of personal, educational, and

experience qualifications intended to
demonstrate fitness for a particular position.
Curriculum Vitae
Employment History
Job Applicants
Work Experience
Retirement Abroad1994
SN
RT
Resuscitation
USE
Delayed Retirement
Early Retirement
Flexible Retirement
Pensions
Postretirement Work
Retired Couples
Retired Workers
Retirement Planning
Retirement Reasons
Permanent or semipermanent retirement
outside of country of citizenship.
Emigration
Migration
Relocation
Retirement Adjustment1977
CPR
BT
RT
125
Adjustment
Retirement
Retirement Planning
Retirement
Retirement Age1977
RT
Retirement Locations1994
Delayed Retirement
Early Retirement
Retirement Planning
Retirement Reasons
SN
Retirement Attitudes1977
BT
RT
RT
Attitudes
Retirement
Role Changes
Work Attitudes
Retirement Benefits
USE
Reunions
RELATIONAL TERMS
Geographical places chosen or considered

appropriate for retirement. Prior to 1994, use
RELOCATION. For guides, pair with
CONSUMER GUIDES or PERSONAL
GUIDES. Compare with RETIREMENT
COMMUNITIES.
College Town Retirement
Island Retirement
Relocation
Retirement Abroad
Retirement Housing
Retirement Planning
Pension Benefits
Retirement Planning1977
1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
UF
BT
RT
Age-segregated communities composed

almost entirely of retired individuals.
Communities
Aging in Place
Housing Types
Retirement Housing
Retirement Equity Act1983

SN
BT
RT
Retirement Plans
Federal legislation passed in 1984 that

allows employees to waive survivors
benefits provided by private pensions
(thereby receiving higher benefits) only if
their spouse agrees to this option.
Legislation
Pension Benefits
Pension Plans
Spouses
Survivor Benefits
USE
UF
RT
Preretirement Planning Programs

Pension Plans
Retirement Planning
Retirement Reasons1977
RT
Housing Types
Congregate Housing
Second Homes
Shared Housing
Sheltered Housing
Income Adequacy
Retirement
Retirement Age
Retirement Planning
Skills Obsolescence
Retirement Test
USE
Retraining1977
BT
RT
Retirement Income1977
BT
RT
Pension Plans
Retirement Programs1977
Retirement Housing1977
BT
RT
Planning
Economic Security
Financial Advisors
Pension Plans
Retirement
Retirement Age
Retirement Programs
Retirement Reasons
Income
Annuities
Income Sources
Keogh Plans
Pension Benefits
Social Security
Training
Job Training
Reemployment
Second Careers
Skills Obsolescence
Reunions1997
UF
BT
126
Family Reunions
Social Activities
Reverse
Reverse Annuity Mortgages1983
SN
BT
RT
Role
RELATIONAL TERMS
Risk Factors (contd)
RT
Home equity conversion plan allowing older

homeowners to continue living in their
homes and to receive regular income
payments in return for a mortgage
arrangement with a lender based on the
value of their home equity. Details of
different plans vary.
Mortgages
Annuities
Home Equity
Age of Onset
At Risk Populations
Etiology
Health Behavior
Health Patterns
Medical History
Premorbidity
Risk Management
Risk Management2005
Reverse Migration
USE
SN
Migration
BT
RT
Rheumatoid Arthritis
USE
Arthritis
Rhode Island
Risk Taking1980
SN
Right to Die1994
SN
RT
Right of individuals to choose to end their

life or refuse life-prolonging treatments if
they are suffering. Prior to 1994, use
EUTHANASIA.
Advance Directives
Assisted Suicide
Dying
Euthanasia
Medical Ethics
Patient Rights
Terminal Care
RT
UF
BT
RT
RT
BT
RT
USE
BT
Role Changes1977
UF
RT
Contracts between Medicare and health

maintenance organizations (HMOs) or other
alternative health plans, in which the plan
sponsor provides health services to its
Medicare-eligible enrollees in return for a
monthly capitated payment.
Contracts
Capitation
Medicare
Prospective Pricing
Reimbursement
Role Loss
Behavioral Changes
Life Continuity
Life Events
Loss Adjustment
Midlife Transition
Role Conflict
Role Perception
Roles
Self Esteem
Sex Roles
Stress
Transition
Role Conflict2005
BT
RT
Risk Factors1991
SN
Culture
Ethnography
Family Traditions
Holidays
Robotics
Tendency to maintain habits or responses

even when they are no longer effective.
Habit Rigidity
Personality
Risk Contracts1991
SN
Attitudinal or behavioral dispositions

occurring in situations where there is a
calculated or unknown degree of risk with
regard to attaining goals or avoiding
hazards.
Behavior
Safety
Rituals1997
Rigidity1977
SN
Analyzing exposure to risk and determining

how to best handle such exposure.
Management
Liabilities
Risk Factors
Internal or external factors predisposing

individuals to accidents or development of
physical, emotional, financial, mental, social,
or behavioral problems or disorders.
Compare with PREDICTIVE FACTORS.
Predictive Factors
(contd)
Conflict
Role Changes
Role Perception
Roles
Sandwich Generation
Role Loss
USE
127
Role Changes
Role
RVs
Role Perception1977
SN
RT
USE
Awareness of behavior patterns or functions

expected of persons.
Role Changes
Role Conflict
Roles
Self Concept
Sadness2005
UF
BT
RT
Roles
Roles1977
SN
NT
RT
Types of behavior expected of individuals as

a function of specific social situations.
Sex Roles
Role Changes
Role Conflict
Role Perception
Role Playing
RT
Roth Individual Retirement Accounts2002
UF
BT
RT
Dysphoria
Melancholy
Unhappiness
Emotions
Depression
Grief
Hopelessness
Loneliness
Safety1977
Romania
SN
Rwanda
Role Playing1980
RT
Samoa
RELATIONAL TERMS
A type of individual retirement account

created by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
in which contributions are not tax-deductible
but distributions (including earnings) are taxfree under certain conditions.
Roth IRAs
Retirement Income
Savings
Accident Prevention
Accidents
Alarm Systems
Crime Prevention
Housing Security
Injuries
Risk Taking
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Salaries
USE
Wages
Roth IRAs
USE
Salary Reduction Plans1983
SN
RSVP
USE
Retired Senior Volunteer Program

UF
BT
NT
RT
RUGs
USE
Running1980
BT
RT
Physical Activity
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise
Sports
Walking
Sales Personnel1977
BT
Suburban
Urban
Salvadorans2005
SN
Russia
SN
BT

BT
Salvadoran nationals or persons of

Salvadoran descent living outside of El
Salvador. Use EL SALVADOR for people
Foreign Origin
Samoa
Russians1994
SN
Occupations
El Salvador
Rural1977
BT
RT
Employee benefit allowing qualified

individuals to receive certain benefits as
before-tax salary reductions.
Deferred Compensation Plans
401k Plans
Employee Benefits
Retirement Income
Savings
UF
Russian nationals or persons of Russian

descent living outside of Russia. Use
RUSSIA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
128
American Samoa
Western Samoa
Samoans
Samoans1977
SN
BT
Scientists1983
Samoans or persons of Samoan descent

who are living outside of Samoa. Use
SAMOA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
BT
SN
SN
Sandwich Generation1991
RT
RT
Adults having caregiving responsibilities for

their dependent children and their aging
parents.
Adult Children
Caregivers
Children
Cohorts
Dependent Parents
Generations
Role Conflict
USE
Saskatchewan

Program
Seasonal Migration1991
SN
Satisfaction1977
RT
Preliminary use of testing procedures or

instruments to identify individuals at risk for
or currently facing a particular problem or
condition.
Scale
Clock Drawing Test
Health Examinations
Health Promotion
Preventive Medicine
Psychological Tests
Tests
SCSEP
Sao Tome and Principe
NT

KINGDOM.
Screening1977
Study Participation
San Marino
SN
Occupations
Scotland
Sample Bias
USE
Secondary
RELATIONAL TERMS
Care Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction
Life Satisfaction
Caregiving Rewards
UF
BT
RT
Periodic movement of individuals or groups

from one locale to another, for example,
residents of northern states or provinces
who spend the winter in Florida.
Snowbirds
Migration
Emigration
Immigration
Saudi Arabia
Second Careers1977
Savings1977
SN
BT
RT
BT
RT
Includes saving accounts.

Assets
Economic Security
Interest
Net Worth
Careers
Employment Trends
Postretirement Work
Reemployment
Retraining
Second Homes2005
UF
RT
Vacation Homes
Retirement Housing
Secondary Education2002
Scams
USE
UF
Consumer Fraud
Schizophrenia1977
BT
BT
RT
Psychoses
Schools1994
RT
Education
Higher Education
Secondary Education
Students
Teachers
129
High Schools
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Education
Higher Education
Schools
Students
Teachers
Securities
Securities1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Self Concept1977
Bonds
Stocks
Investments
Mutual Funds
Net Worth
Profit Sharing
UF
NT
RT
Security1977
NT
RT
Economic Security
Housing Security
Job Security
Sedentary Lifestyle2005
UF
BT
RT
Inactive Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Activity Patterns
Health Behavior
USE
BT
RT
Self Efficacy1997
Biased Selection
SN
Selective Attention1994
SN
Ego Involvement
Self Image
Self Perception
Body Image
Self Efficacy
Self Esteem
Age Identification
Confidence
Deficit Awareness
Life Satisfaction
Locus of Control
Personality
Role Perception
Self Actualization
Self Directed Care
Selection Bias
USE
Self
RELATIONAL TERMS
UF
Ability to distinguish between relevant and

irrelevant stimuli in order to focus on the
relevant information.
Mental Abilities
Attention Span
Cognition
Divided Attention
Perception
BT
RT
Belief or expectation about ones own ability

to perform specific behaviors or tasks
successfully.
Efficacy Expectations
Perceived Mastery
Sense of Mastery
Self Concept
Metamemory
Self Actualization
Self Esteem
Self Employment1977
Self Actualization
1997
SN
UF
RT
BT
RT
The process of realizing ones potentialities,

capacities, and talents.
Self Realization
Personality
Purpose in Life
Self Concept
Self Efficacy
Self Transcendence
Self Esteem1977
UF
BT
RT
Self Care1977
UF
RT
Employment
Keogh Plans
Occupations
Postretirement Work
Senior Enterprises
Small Business
Health Maintenance
Bathing
Exercise
Health Behavior
Nutrition
Patient Education
Personal Care
Rest
Self Help Groups
Self Medication
Self Neglect
Ego Strength
Self Evaluation
Self Concept
Assertiveness
Dignity
Role Changes
Self Efficacy
Self Evaluation
USE
Self Esteem
Self Help Groups1980

SN
UF
RT
Groups formed by individuals to solve

mutual problems and meet mutual needs.
Support Groups
Peer Counseling
Self Care
Self Help Guides

USE
Personal Guides
Self Image
USE
130
Self Concept
Self
Self Medication1977
RT
Semantic Priming (contd)

Memory Aids
Drugs
Hypochondria
Medication Errors
Prescription Drugs
Self Care
Senate Special Committee on Aging1983

SN
Self Neglect1997
RT
Senses
RELATIONAL TERMS
Elder Neglect
Personal Care
Self Care
BT
RT
Nonlegislative committee responsible for

studying and reporting on the special needs
and problems of older Americans. Has broad
oversight authority to monitor federal aging
programs, investigate issues, and propose
new legislation.
Legislation
Legislators
Self Perception
USE
Senegal
Self Concept
Self Realization
USE
Senior Centers1977
Self Actualization
RT
Self Reliance
USE
Senior Clubs
Independence
USE
Self Report Measures1994

RT
UF
RT
Clubs

Program1977
Data Collection
Proxy Respondents
Research Diaries
Research Techniques
SN
Self Transcendence2002
SN
Community Services
UF
BT
The expansion of ones conceptual

boundaries inwardly through introspective
activities, outwardly through concerns about
others welfare, and temporally by
integrating perceptions of ones past and
future to enhance the present.
Gerotranscendence
Self Actualization
Grants administered through national aging

organizations to promote part-time public or
private sector employment for low-income
persons aged 55 and older; funded under
Title V of the Older Americans Act.
SCSEP
Employment Programs
Senior Companion Program1977

SN
RT
Volunteer program for persons over age 60

to help adults with special needs.
Volunteer Services
Senior Discounts
USE
Discounts
Semantic Dementia
USE
Senior Enterprises1994
SN
Semantic Memory1997
SN
BT
RT
BT
RT
Long-term memory of facts and general

word knowledge that is not tied to a learning
experience, including knowledge about
words, language, symbols and objects,
motor skills, spatial knowledge, and social
skills.
Memory
Episodic Memory
Knowledge Level
Sense of Mastery
USE
BT
RT
Self Efficacy
Senses1977
BT
NT
Semantic Priming1997
SN
Small income-earning ventures started by or

on behalf of older adults.
Small Business
Cooperatives
Postretirement Work
Self Employment
Unconscious facilitation of target word

recognition following exposure to a
semantically related word, or the process of
exposing study participants to the related
stimuli (words) to facilitate recognition of the
target words.
Priming
Implicit Memory
Memory
(contd)
RT
131
Nervous System
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Touch
Vision
Ears
Eyes
Perception
Sensory Loss
Sensory Training
Skin
Sensory
Sensory Loss1980
SN
RT
Seventy
RELATIONAL TERMS
Service Demand1977
Decreased ability to respond to stimuli.

Perception
Senses
RT
Market Forces
Service Involvement
Service Needs
Service Involvement1980
Sensory Training1980
SN
BT
RT
SN
Form of psychotherapy for confused or

disoriented persons to increase sensitivity
and discrimination of feelings through
stimulation of sense receptors.
Psychotherapy
Orientation
Reality Orientation
Senses
RT
Service Learning2002
SN
Separated1977
BT
RT
Marital Status
Divorced
September 11
USE
Participation in planning and delivery of

services.
Service Demand
Service Needs
Volunteers
RT
Terrorism
An experiential educational method in which

supervised learners, usually undergraduate
and graduate students, engage in organized
service designed to help serve the needs of
the community.
Education
Volunteer Services
Volunteers
Serial Learning1991
SN
BT
RT
Service Needs1977
Learning or memorization of a series of

items in a prescribed order.
Recall Learning
Cognition
Memory
RT
Service Accessibility1977
UF
BT
RT
Access to Services
Accessibility
Outreach Services
Service Delivery
Service Utilization
Case Management
Information Needs
Needs Assessment
Service Demand
Service Involvement
Service Planning
Unmet Needs
Service Occupations1977
SN
BT
Individuals engaged in providing personal

services, such as household workers.
Occupations
Service Planning1980
2002
UF
RT
UF
BT
RT
Integrated Care
Case Management
Service Delivery
Service Costs1980
BT
NT
Costs
Service Utilization1977
RT
Service Delivery1983
RT
Program Development
Planning
Case Management
Discharge Planning
Needs Assessment
Program Management
Service Delivery
Service Needs
Ancillary Services
Case Management
Program Management
Service Planning
Telemedicine

Occupancy Rates
Outreach Services
Participation Rates
Seventy Five Years and Older

USE
75+
Seventy Years and Older

USE
132
70+
Severity
Severity of Disorder
USE
Sexual Dysfunction2002
Disorder Severity
UF
NT
RT
Sex Differences1977
UF
RT
Gender Differences
Diversity
Females
Males
Sex Ratio
Sexual Problems
Orgasm
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Intercourse
Sexual Intercourse1977
BT
RT
Sex Discrimination1977
BT
RT
Sheltered
RELATIONAL TERMS
Discrimination
Feminism
Prejudice
Sex Roles
Sexual Behavior
Orgasm
Reproduction
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual Problems
USE
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexuality1977
Sex Ratio1977
RT
NT
RT
Sex Differences
Sex Roles1980
SN
UF
BT
RT
Societal perceptions of the appropriateness

of various roles to one sex or the other.
Gender Roles
Roles
Feminism
Role Changes
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Attitudes
Social Attitudes
Seychelles
SF 36 Health Survey2005
SN
Widely used 36-item instrument for
assessing functional health and well-being.
UF
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36
BT
Tests
RT
Health Status
Sexual Abuse1994
BT
RT
Harmful Behavior
Elder Abuse
Rape
Sexual Behavior
Violence
Shared Housing1980
SN
Sexual Attitudes1977
BT
RT
UF
Attitudes
Feminism
Homosexuality
Morals
Prejudice
Sex Roles
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexuality
BT
RT
USE
Housing
Sheltered Housing1994
SN
RT
House or apartment shared by two or more

unrelated individuals.
Cohabitation
Home Sharing
Housing Types
Living Arrangements
Retirement Housing
Shelter
Sexual Behavior1977
BT
NT
Homosexuality
Bisexuals
Gay Men
Lesbians
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Behavior
Transgendered Persons
Behavior
Masturbation
Sexual Intercourse
Homosexuality
Hormones
Orgasm
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexuality
BT
RT
133
A form of supportive housing that originated

in the United Kingdom in which selfcontained units are linked by an electronic
call system to an onsite manager who
arranges help, provides some supervision,
and looks after general maintenance.
Housing Types
Congregate Housing
Retirement Housing
SHMOs
SHMOs
USE
Silver Haired Legislatures1994

SN
Shock Therapy1977
SN
UF
BT
Skills
RELATIONAL TERMS
Includes shock therapy, electroconvulsive

therapy, electroconvulsive treatment,
electroshock, and nonelectric shock
therapies such as insulin shock therapy.
Electroshock
Therapy
RT
Groups of older adults, elected by their

peers, that help apprise state legislatures of
concerns of older adults.
Advocacy
Legislation
Legislators
Lobbying
Political Activity
Simulation1977
Shoes1977
BT
RT
Clothing
Shopping1977
RT
Econometric Models
Games
Models
Research Techniques
Singapore
Short Term Memory1991
SN
UF
BT
RT
Singing
Retention of information for a brief period of

time.
Working Memory
Memory
Recall Learning
USE
Single1977
BT
RT
Siblings1977
UF
BT
NT
NT
RT
Marital Status
Never Married
Single Family Housing1977
Brothers
Sisters
Relatives
Twins
BT
Housing Types
Single Room Occupancy Hotels1980

SN
Side Effects1977
SN
Music
Unintended effects or results of a treatment,

drug, or research procedure.
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drugs
UF
BT
RT
Inexpensive hotels typically inhabited by

poor, city-dwelling individuals renting single
rooms on a monthly basis.
SROs
Hotels
Rental Housing
Sisters
USE
Sierra Leone
Siblings
Sixty Five Years and Older

USE
65+
Sight
USE
Sixty Years and Older
Vision
USE
60+
Silent Generation2005
SN
UF
BT
RT
Skilled Nursing Facilities1980

between the World War II Generation and
the Baby Boom Generation.
Postwar Generation
Swing Generation
Generations
Age Groups
Cohorts
Generation X
SN
UF
BT
RT
Medicare/Medicaid-certified facilities
providing 24-hour physician-supervised
professional nursing care. Prior to 1991, see
also EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES.
Extended Care Facilities
SNFs
Institutional Care
Long Term Care
Nursing Homes
Subacute Care
Skills Obsolescence1977
RT
134
Automation
Layoffs
Retirement Reasons
Retraining
Unemployment
Skin
Social
RELATIONAL TERMS
Skin1977
BT
RT
Social Activities (contd)

Leisure Activities
Lifestyle
Social Interaction
Human Body
Pressure Sores
Senses
Touch
Sleep1977
NT
RT
Social Adjustment1977
Dreaming
Fatigue
Insomnia
Rest
Sleep Disorders
BT
RT
Adjustment
Acculturation
Social Integration
Socialization
Social Attitudes1977
Sleep Disorders
1991
SN
BT
NT
RT
SN
Includes sleepwalking, nightmares,

hypersomnia, apnea, and insomnia.
Disorders
Insomnia
Sleep
BT
NT
RT
Slovakia
SN
Prior to 1994, use CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
Slovenia
SN
Societys orientation toward a concept or

situation.
Attitudes
Prejudice
Community Attitudes
Culture
Discrimination
Feminism
Marginalization
Popular Culture
Sex Roles
Social Issues
Social Values
Small Business1994
BT
NT
RT
Social Change1977
Businesses
Senior Enterprises
Self Employment
RT
Small Town Retirement2002

RT
Municipalities
Community Attitudes
Globalization
Popular Culture
Social Issues
Social Values
Social Classes1977
Smell
1977
BT
RT
BT
RT
Perception
Senses
Aromatherapy
Lifestyle
Social Mobility
Social Cognition2002
Smoking2005
UF
SN
Cigarette Smoking
SNFs
USE
BT
RT
Social insight or knowledge; processing,

representation, and use of social
information.
Cognition
Social Interaction
Socialization
Snowbirds
USE
Social Contacts1977
Seasonal Migration
NT
Sociability1977
RT
Social Interaction
Visiting
RT
Social Activities1977
UF
NT
RT
Engagement
Reunions
Social Dating
Visiting
Active Aging
Clubs
Daily Activities
(contd)
135
Companions
Friends
Neighbors
Confidants
Proximity of Family
Social Dating
Social Interaction
Social Networks
Visiting
Social
Social Dating1997
UF
BT
RT
Social Interaction (contd)

Social Networks
Socialization
Courtship
Dating
Social Activities
Companions
Social Contacts
Social Interaction
Social Issues2002
SN
RT
Social Exchange Theory2002

SN
UF
BT
RT
Posits that persons or groups will continue

to interact as long as each finds sufficient
rewards to make interaction profitable.
Exchange Theory of Aging
Theories
Caregiving Rewards
Reciprocity
Social Interaction
BT
RT
SN
BT
RT
UF
RT
SN
RT
An interdisciplinary field of knowledge

concerned with the behavioral and
socioeconomic aspects of aging in the
individual and in society.
Gerontology
Culture
Ethnography
Theories of Aging
RT
RT
Prepaid comprehensive group health and

social services delivery system.
SHMOs
Social Services
RT
Companions
Helping Behavior
Social Contacts
Social Interaction
Social Relationships
USE
Social Interaction
Social Security1977
SN
The learning and process by which an

individual becomes a part of a culture or
society.
Acculturation
Social Adjustment
Socialization
RT
Social Interaction1977
UF
Needs related to social interaction.

Needs Assessment
Psychosocial Needs
Unmet Needs
Social Networks1980
Social Integration1977
SN
Movement between social classes.

Mobility
Social Classes
Social Needs1977
Social Health Maintenance Organizations1991

SN
Social concerns as they affect or are

affected by society as a whole. Use a more
specific term if possible.
Globalization
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Values
Social Mobility1977
Social Gerontology1977
SN
Social
RELATIONAL TERMS
Interaction
Social Relationships
Companions
Disengagement
Group Dynamics
Life Space
Peer Influence
Sociability
Social Activities
Social Cognition
Social Contacts
Social Dating
Includes the Social Security program in the

United States as well as universal
government pension programs in other
countries.
Individual Accounts
Medicare
Insurance
Pension Plans
Retirement Income
Social Security Act1983

BT
Legislation
Social Security Act Title XIX

USE
Medicaid
Social Security Act Title XVIII

USE
(contd)
136
Medicare
Social
Social Security Administration1977
SN
BT
RT
Social Values1977
Independent agency of the U.S. government

that administers a national program of
contributory social insurance.
SN
NT
RT
Social Security Benefits1977

SN
BT
RT
Includes Social Security income.

Benefits
Disability Benefits
RT
RT
The inclusion of workers or others under a

particular social insurance system such as
Social Security.
Pension Plans
Social Security
BT
RT
RT
Formerly, a reduction in benefits for

beneficiaries of the U.S. Social Security
program who continued working or returned
to work between the ages of 65 and 69 and
earned over a specified amount of income.
Repealed in 2000.
Earnings Test
Retirement Test
Delayed Retirement
Postretirement Work
RT
SN
UF
NT
Individual Accounts
Social Security
Social Security Trust Funds1997

UF
RT
Process by which an individual learns to

interact (through roles, expectations, or
position) with society.
Acculturation
Isolation
Social Adjustment
Social Cognition
Social Integration
Social Interaction
Socioeconomic Levels1977
Social Security Reform1997

RT
Occupations
Health Personnel
Social Work
Socialization1977
SN
UF
Social Services
Social Workers
Social Workers1977
Social Security Earnings Limitation1983

SN
Those ideas, principles, or behaviors

deemed morally or intrinsically desirable or
undesirable by a group or society.
Morals
Community Attitudes
Culture
Personal Values
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Issues
Social Work1983
Social Security Coverage1994

SN
Sons
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
OASDI Trust Funds

Social Security
Includes broad measurements of social and

economic factors.
Socioeconomic Status
Income Levels
Living Standards
Poverty Levels
Social Classes
Diversity
Social Mobility
Socioeconomic Status
USE
Social Services1977
NT
RT
Solomon Islands
Homemaker Services
Outreach Services
Ancillary Services
Legal Services
Protective Services
Social Work
Supportive Services
Somalia
Somalis2002
SN
BT
Somali nationals or persons of Somali

descent living outside of Somalia. Use
SOMALIA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Sons1983
BT
RT
137
Males
Relatives
Adult Children
Children
Parents
Sources
Sources of Income
USE
Speeches2002
Income Sources
SN
South Africa
RT
South America
RT
SSI
RELATIONAL TERMS
Identifies a document type that is primarily

the text of one or more public addresses.
Spenddown
Latin America
USE
South Carolina
Asset Depletion
Spinal Injuries1977
BT
Injuries
South Dakota
Spiritual Well Being1977
South Korea
UF
RT
UF
RT
Korea
North Korea
Spain
Spirituality
Hospice
Meditation
Pastoral Counseling
Purpose in Life
Religious Attitudes
Spaniards2005
SN
BT
Spirituality
Spanish nationals or persons of Spanish

descent living outside of Spain. Use SPAIN
Foreign Origin
USE
Sports1977
UF
BT
RT
Spatial Abilities1994
SN
BT
RT
Potential or actual ability to perform tasks

involving spatial relations with objects or
with respect to bodily orientation.
Abilities
Cognition
Mental Abilities
Orientation
Special Care Units1991

SN
UF
RT
Athletics
Physical Activity
Athletes
Bicycling
Exercise
Games
Leisure Activities
Outdoor Activities
Running
Swimming
Walking
Spousal Impoverishment
Nursing home or other health care facility

units designed for patients with special care
needs, usually those with Alzheimers
disease or related disorders. Compare with
GERIATRIC UNITS.
Alzheimers Units
Institutional Care
Subacute Care
USE
Asset Depletion
Spouses1977
BT
NT
RT
Speech1977
UF
BT
RT
Voice
Communication
Respiratory System
Verbal Abilities
Relatives
Husbands
Wives
Couples
Death of Spouse
In Laws
Marital Status
Retired Couples
Sri Lanka
Speech Disorders1977
BT
RT
Sri Lankans2002
Disorders
Aphasia
Speech Therapy
Verbal Abilities
SN
BT
Speech Therapy1977
BT
RT
Therapy
Speech Disorders
Sri Lankan nationals or persons of Sri

Lankan descent living outside Sri Lanka. Use
SRI LANKA for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
SROs
USE
USE
SSI
138
Staff
Staff Relations
USE
Statistical Analysis1997
SN
Staffing Levels2002
RT
Health Personnel
Institutional Care
Patient Care
Quality of Care
NT
RT
Standard of Living
USE
Stress
RELATIONAL TERMS
Used when the focus is on one or more

particular techniques for the compilation,
presentation, or interpretation of numerical
data.
Factor Analysis
Data Collection
Data Quality
Meta Analyses
Research Techniques
Statistical Data
Living Standards
Statistical Data1983
State1983
RT
SN
Block Grants
County
RT
State Agencies on Aging1977

SN
UF
BT
RT
Agencies that coordinate, monitor, and

evaluate all state-level programs and
activities affecting older Americans. The
Older Americans Act mandated the
establishment of one in each state.
State Units on Aging
Government Agencies
Aging Network
Area Plans on Aging
Older Americans Act
Indicates the presence of statistical data in a

publication.
Census Reports
Data Collection
Data Quality
Factor Analysis
Projection
Step Relatives1991
SN
BT
Includes all generations of stepfamilies:

parents, children, grandparents, and
grandchildren.
Relatives
Stereotypes
USE
Age Stereotypes
Stocks
State Plans on Aging1977
SN
RT
USE
Planning documents produced by each state

agency on aging as required under the Older
Americans Act. Delineate current and future
programmatic directions and financial
commitments for aging-related activity
within the state.
Area Plans on Aging
Older Americans Act
Strength
USE
BT
RT
UF
RT
Surveys of a state-wide population in the

United States; also used for surveys of
populations in the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, and other U.S.
Territories. Prior to 2005, see also SURVEYS.
Surveys
Data Collection
National Surveys
Research Techniques
Resistance Training
Weight Training
Aerobic Exercise
Aquatic Exercise
Exercise
Exercise Programs
Muscles
Physical Condition
Physical Strength
Stress1977
NT
RT

USE
Physical Strength
Strength Training2002
State Surveys2005
SN
Securities
139
Occupational Stress
Adjustment
Anxiety
Caregiving Burden
Hypertension
Role Changes
Worry
Stroke
Substance Abuse
Stroke1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
USE
An interruption of the blood supply to any

part of the brain caused by a blood clot
(ischemic stroke) or the bursting of a blood
vessel (hemorrhagic stroke).
Cerebrovascular Accident
Transient Ischemic Attacks
Blood Pressure
Brain Damage
Ischemia
Memory Impairment
Vascular Dementia
RT
BT
RT
Rural
Urban
Successful Aging1994
SN
UF
BT
RT
An interference effect in perceptual or

information processing caused by a stimulus
that has contradicting characteristics, such
as the word blue printed in the color red.
Cognition
Mental Abilities
Reaction Time
Reading
Verbal Abilities
Students1977
NT
RT
Drug Abuse
Suburban1977
Stroop Effect2002
SN
Sundown
RELATIONAL TERMS
Older Students
Education
Higher Education
Schools
Secondary Education
Teachers
Adaptation to aging to maintain or achieve

life satisfaction, high morale, and
psychological well-being.
Aging Well
Aging
Active Aging
Adaptation
Adjustment
Development
Healthy Aging
Life Satisfaction
Morale
Productive Aging
Quality of Life
Resilience
Sudan
Suffering2005
SN
RT
The state or experience of one who endures

pain, misery, or distress.
Grief
Pain
Study Participation1994
SN
UF
RT
Suicidal Ideation2002
Refers to factors, such as response rate,

that influence participation in research
studies and may result in sample bias.
Compare with BIASED SELECTION.
Research Participation
Response Rates
Sample Bias
Data Collection
Informed Consent
Medical Research
Participation Rates
Research Techniques
Test Validity
SN
RT
Suicidal thoughts or desires. For completed

or attempted suicide, use SUICIDE.
Suicide
Suicide1977
BT
RT
Death
Assisted Suicide
Crisis Intervention
Death Causes
Harmful Behavior
Suicidal Ideation
Sunbelt1991
Subacute Care1994
SN
BT
RT
SN
Care of patients who require extensive

physiological monitoring, intravenous
therapy, or pre- or postoperative care but do
not require acute care services. Subacute
centers are usually based in or adjacent to a
nursing center or hospital.
Patient Care
Acute Care
Institutional Care
Nursing Homes
Special Care Units
Southern and southwestern states in the

continental United States.
Sundown Syndrome1994
SN
RT
140
Appearance or exacerbation of disruptive or

deteriorated behavior such as agitation and
delirium in the late afternoon, evening, or
night, most often found in persons with
dementia.
Agitation
Behavior Problems
Circadian Rhythms
Delirium
Wandering Behavior
Supplemental
Supplemental Medical Insurance1977
SN
BT
NT
RT
Surrogate Decision Making1991
Health insurance that covers medical

expenses not covered by another health
insurance policy already held by the insured.
Health Insurance
Medigap
Medicare Part B
UF
BT
RT
Supplemental Security Income1977

SN
UF
RT
Federal cash assistance program,

administered by the Social Security
Administration, that guarantees minimum
income to low-income older, blind, or
disabled persons.
SSI
Food Stamp Program
Old Age Assistance
Public Assistance
USE
SN
Self Help Groups
Supportive Services1977
UF
NT
RT
Services provided to enable individuals to

remain independent in their own homes as
long as possible and to achieve maximum
self-sufficiency. Also used to refer to
services provided by assisted living facilities
for their residents.
Formal Support Systems
Day Care Services
Home Care
Homemaker Services
Respite Care
Community Care Act
Community Services
Food Programs
Frail Elderly
Home Care Agencies
Home Care Workers
Independent Living
Social Services
Visiting Nurses
Used to indicate the inclusion of a survey

instrument; also used for annotated survey
questionnaires appended to research
studies.
Data Collection
National Surveys
State Surveys
Surveys
Tests
Surveys1991
SN
NT
RT
Refers to large surveys or surveys done on a

broad scale. Use a more specific term where
possible.
National Surveys
State Surveys
Data Collection
Research Techniques
Survivor Benefits1977
UF
BT
RT
Death Benefits
Joint and Survivor Annuities
Benefits
Insurance Benefits
Pension Benefits
Swallowing Disorders
USE
Supranuclear Palsy
USE
Monitoring Devices
Survey Questionnaires2005
RT
SN
Proxy Decision Making

Decision Making
Advance Directives
Guardianship
Legal Competency
Medical Ethics
Patient Rights
Power of Attorney
Terminal Care
Surveillance Equipment
Support Groups
USE
Swing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Dysphagia
Swaziland
Sweden
Surgery1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
Swimming1977
Operations
Medical Procedures
Cosmetic Surgery
Hysterectomy
Mastectomy
Organ Transplants
Postoperative Care
Recovery
BT
RT
Physical Activity
Aerobic Exercise
Aquatic Exercise
Exercise
Sports
Swing Generation
USE
Suriname
141
Silent Generation
Swiss
Swiss2005
SN
BT
Tax Credits2005
Swiss nationals or persons of Swiss descent
living outside of Switzerland. Use
SWITZERLAND for people living in that
country.
Foreign Origin
RT
RT
Symptoms1977
Pain
Diseases
Disorders
Health Status
Income Taxes
Tax Credits
Tax Legislation
Taxes
Tax Legislation1994
UF
BT
RT
Synagogues1977
RT
Income Taxes
Tax Deductions
Tax Legislation
Taxes
Tax Deductions1977
Switzerland
NT
RT
Teaching
RELATIONAL TERMS
Jews
Religion
Tax Reform
Legislation
Tax Credits
Tax Deductions
Taxes
Tax Reform
USE
Tax Legislation
Syria
Taxes1977
Taft Hartley Plans
USE
NT
Tai Chi2002
SN
RT
RT
A traditional Chinese self-defense discipline

for health, relaxation, meditation, and selfcultivation that emphasizes relaxation and
inner calm rather than strength.
Exercise
Exercise Programs
Meditation
Movement Therapy
Yoga
Teachers1977
SN
UF
BT
RT
Taiwan
RT
China
Taiwanese2002
SN
BT
Taiwanese nationals or persons of

Taiwanese descent living outside of Taiwan.
Use TAIWAN for people living in Taiwan.
Foreign Origin
SN
BT
RT

Tanzania
SN
RT
Perception
Senses
Digestive System
Eating
Food Preferences
Meals
BT
RT
Nursing homes affiliated with an institution

of higher education that often have students
observing resident care.
Nursing Homes
Geriatric Education
Teaching Techniques
USE
TAUs
USE
Hospitals affiliated with a medical school

that often have medical students observing
patient care.
Hospitals
Nursing Education
Physician Education
Teaching Nursing Homes1983
Taste1977
BT
Includes teachers at all educational levels,

including higher education.
Faculty
Occupations
Higher Education
Schools
Secondary Education
Students
Teaching Hospitals1980
Tajikistan
SN
Estate Taxes
Income Taxes
Property Taxes
Tax Credits
Tax Deductions
Tax Legislation
142
Technology
Technology1977
NT
RT
Tennessee
Automation
Computers
Distance Education
Terminal Care1977
SN
UF
BT
NT
RT
Teeth1977
BT
RT
Digestive System
Dental Health
Mouth
Toothlessness
Telecommuting
USE
Teleconferencing1997
SN
UF
RT
A structured, interactive, electronic meeting

among more than two persons in separate
locations, usually conducted via telephone
or closed-circuit television.
Videoconferencing
Distance Education
Telemedicine
Telephone Use
Television
SN
BT
RT
Telemedicine
Telelearning
USE
SN
UF
RT
Marketing
Telephone Use
Telemedicine2002
SN
UF
RT
Delivery of health services, including

interactive consultative and diagnostic
services, via remote telecommunications.
Telehealth
Computers
Health Services
Home Health Care
Internet
Service Delivery
Teleconferencing
SN
RT
SN
RT
Communication
Hotlines
Teleconferencing
Telemarketing
Mass Media
Teleconferencing
Temperature
USE
Extent to which a test measures what it was

designed to measure. Also used for the
concept of test reliability.
Assessment
Factor Analysis
Psychological Tests
Research Techniques
Study Participation
Test Translations
Tests
Testosterone2005
Body Temperature
BT
RT
Tenants
USE
Descriptions or evaluations of translated

versions of tests.
Psychological Tests
Test Validity
Tests
Test Validity1991
Television1977
BT
RT
The systematic use of methods to induce

intense public fear, especially as a means of
coercion to achieve political aims.
September 11
Fear
Violence
War
Test Translations1997
Telephone Use1977
RT
Specialized words, phrases, abbreviations,

and acronyms used to communicate
concepts in a particular field. Compare with
VOCABULARY.
Language
Glossaries
Vocabulary
Terrorism2005
Distance Education
Telemarketing1997
BT
RT
Care provided at the end of life.

End of Life Care
Patient Care
Hospice
Advance Directives
Assisted Suicide
Dying
Euthanasia
Last Year of Life
Living Benefits
Medical Ethics
Pain Management
Place of Death
Right to Die
Terminology1991
Telehealth
USE
Testosterone
RELATIONAL TERMS
Renters
143
Hormones
Estrogen
Testosterone
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
USE
Therapy1977
SN
Tests1977
SN
NT
RT
Specific test names are indexed when they

are the major focus of a document.
Facts on Aging Quiz
Intelligence Tests
Psychological Tests
SF 36 Health Survey
Assessment
Minimum Data Set
Research Techniques
Screening
Test Translations
Test Validity
NT
Texas
Textbooks1983
SN
BT
RT

Curriculum
Thailand
Thais2005
SN
BT
Time
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
Thai nationals or persons of Thai descent
living outside of Thailand. Use THAILAND for
Foreign Origin
Prior to 1982, used as broad term for

treatment of mental or physical diseases
and disorders. Use THERAPY for specific
modes of therapy and TREATMENT for more
general approaches.
Aromatherapy
Art Therapy
Dance Therapy
Drama Therapy
Drug Therapy
Family Therapy
Light Therapy
Massage
Movement Therapy
Music Therapy
Pet Therapy
Physical Therapy
Psychotherapy
Reality Orientation
Relaxation Therapy
Shock Therapy
Speech Therapy
Validation Therapy
Biofeedback
Counseling
Health Services
Literary Expression
Narratives
Rehabilitation
Treatment
Theater1977
BT
RT
Thinking
Cultural Activities
Drama Therapy
Literature
Plays
USE
Cognition
Third Age Universities

USE
Theories2002
NT
RT
Third World Countries

Theories of Aging
Models
Philosophy
USE
Developing Nations
Thirty Five Years and Older

USE
35+
Theories of Aging1991
SN
BT
RT
Thirty Years and Older
Theories or models that form the basis for

understanding the aging process.
Theories
Aging
Gerontology
Models
Social Gerontology
USE
30+
Thrift Savings Plan

USE
Tibet
Time Dollars
USE
Time Exchange Programs

USE
144
Time
Training Materials
Time Perception1977
SN
BT
Transportation
RELATIONAL TERMS
USE
Ability to perceive and estimate time

intervals.
Perception
Training Techniques
USE
Tiredness
USE
Tranquilizers
Fatigue
USE
Antianxiety Drugs
Togo
Transference2005
Tonga
SN
Toothlessness1977
UF
RT
Edentulous
Dental Diseases
Dentures
Teeth
RT
Touch1977
BT
RT
Perception
Senses
Skin
Transgendered Persons2002
RT
USE
Medicare
BT
RT
USE
Car Accidents
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Accidents
Automobile Driving
Driving Cessation
Motor Vehicles
Pedestrians
Traffic Safety
NT
RT
SN
Mobile Homes
RT
NT
Training1977
NT
RT
Midlife Transition
Empty Nest
Life Continuity
Life Course
Life Events
Role Changes
Transportation1977
Automobile Driving
Driving Cessation
Traffic Accidents
Trailers
USE
Stroke
Transition1983
Traffic Safety1977
RT
Universal Design
Transient Ischemic Attacks
Traffic Accidents1977
UF
Sexuality
Transgenerational Design
Traditional Medicare
USE
The redirection of feelings and desires

toward a new object, such as a therapist or
other health professional. Compare with
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE.
Client Relations
Countertransference
Psychotherapy
Inservice Training
Job Training
Leadership Training
Religious Training
Retraining
Volunteer Training
Career Development
Distance Education
Education
Employability
Employment Programs
Job Description
Lifelong Learning
Type of transportation vehicle or mode of

travel.
Air Transportation
Motor Vehicles
Travel Barriers
Transportation Availability1977
RT
145
Driving Cessation
Transportation
Travel Barriers
Transportation
Transportation Costs1977
BT
RT
Treatment Compliance1983
Costs
Travel Barriers
RT
Transportation Needs1977
RT
Needs Assessment
Transportation
Unmet Needs
Exercise Adherence
Health Attitudes
Patient Care
Patient Education
Relapse
Self Care
Treatment
Treatment Seeking Behavior

USE
Transportation Patterns2005
UF
RT
U3As
RELATIONAL TERMS
Trinidad and Tobago
Travel Patterns
Transportation
Trips
USE
Travel
Trust Territories
USE
United States Territories
Transportation Planning1977
BT
RT
Trusts1991
Planning
Transportation
SN
BT
NT
RT
Funds or property held by one person for

the benefit of another.
Assets
Living Trusts
Estate Planning
Inheritance
Legacies
Transportation Programs1977
NT
Tube Feeding1991
SN
Travel1977
UF
BT
RT
BT
RT
Trips
Leisure Activities
Vacations
Travel Barriers1977
SN
RT
Tunisia
Factors that impede access to

transportation.
Accessibility
Physical Mobility
Transportation
Turkey
Turkmenistan
SN
SN
BT
Treatment1983
SN
NT
RT

Turks1997
Travel Patterns
USE
Administration of nutrients into the

gastrointestinal tract via a tube.
Medical Procedures
Dysphagia
Nutrition
Turkish nationals or persons of Turkish

descent living outside of Turkey. Use
TURKEY for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Tuvalu
Use THERAPY for pre-1982 references.

Holistic Care
Medical Procedures
Medicalization
Patient Care
Therapy
Twenty Five Years and Older

USE
25+
Twins1991
BT
Siblings
U3As
USE
146
Uganda
Uganda
Unemployment Insurance1977
SN
Ukraine
SN
United
RELATIONAL TERMS

UF
BT
Any program that provides for the partial

replacement of income during periods of
short-term, involuntary unemployment.
Unemployment Compensation
Insurance
Ukrainians2002
SN
BT
Ukrainian nationals or persons of Ukrainian

descent living outside of Ukraine. Use
UKRAINE for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
Unhappiness
United Nations
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USE
Sadness
Uninsured1991
RT
Health Insurance
Insurance Coverage
UN
USE
SN
Formally dissolved on December 25, 1991.
Unconscious Memory
USE
Union Pension Plans1977
Implicit Memory
BT
RT
Under 651994
SN
UF
BT
RT
Identifies literature focusing on individuals

under age 65; often used for comparisons
with those aged 65 and older.
Under Sixty Five Years Old
Age Groups
18+
25+
30+
35+
40+
45+
50+
55+
60+
Adolescents
Adults
Children
Middle Aged
Young Adults
United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom
SN
UF
This term is always used with documents

indexed with ENGLAND, SCOTLAND,
WALES, or NORTHERN IRELAND.
Great Britain
United Nations1994
UF
BT
UN
Organizations
United States
SN
Under Sixty Five Years Old

USE
Pension Plans
Labor Unions
RT
Currently added to all documents focusing

on the United States or some part of it, or
describing research conducted in the United
States. Prior to 1994, used only in
comparisons between the United States and
one or more countries.
Under 65
United States Congress1997

Understanding
USE
UF
NT
Comprehension
Underweight1977
BT
RT
RT
Weight
Obesity
Weight Change
Unemployment1977
SN
RT
Includes unemployment rates.

Employment
Employment Trends
Job Security
Recession
Reemployment
Skills Obsolescence
United States Nationals2005

SN
BT
Unemployment Compensation
USE
Congress
Legislation
Legislators
Lobbying
Public Officials
Public Policy
147
Citizens or nationals of the United States

residing outside of the country. Use UNITED
STATES for people living in that country.
Foreign Origin
United
SN
UF
Unrelated Individuals1977
Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern

Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin
Islands.
Trust Territories
UF
RT
UF
BT
RT
Nonrelatives
Relatives
Urban1977
BT
NT
RT
Universal Design2002
SN
Utility
RELATIONAL TERMS
The design of products and environments to

be usable by all people, to the greatest
extent possible, without the need for
adaptation or specialized design.
Ageless Design
Transgenerational Design
Housing Design
Product Design
Accessibility
Aging in Place
Home Modification
Independent Living
Inner City
Municipalities
Rural
Suburban
Urban and Regional Planning1977

UF
BT
RT
City Planning
Planning
Housing Location
Housing Needs
Housing Production
Housing Programs
Relocation
Urban Mass Transit

Universal Health Care1994
UF
RT
USE
Universal Health Coverage

Health Care Reform
Health Insurance
Urban Renewal1977
RT
Universal Health Coverage

USE

Housing
Housing Conditions
Housing Improvement
Housing Production
Relocation
Universities
USE
Urinary Incontinence
Higher Education
USE
Incontinence
Universities of the Third Age1997

SN
UF
RT
Urogenital System1977
University-affiliated or self-help adult

education programs found throughout the
world; they provide educational and lifelong
learning opportunities for older adults.
TAUs
Third Age Universities
U3As
Adult Education
Elderhostel
Lifelong Learning
BT
NT
RT
Human Body
Prostate
Fertility
Hysterectomy
Kidney Diseases
Menopause
Perimenopause
Prostate Cancer
Reproduction
Uruguay
Unmarried Couples
USE
Utah
Couples
Unmet Needs1997
RT
Utilities1977
Economic Needs
Educational Needs
Emotional Needs
Health Needs
Housing Needs
Information Needs
Needs Assessment
Psychosocial Needs
Service Needs
Social Needs
RT
Heating
Utility Costs
Utility Costs1977
BT
NT
RT
148
Housing Costs
Heating Costs
Energy Assistance
Energy Conservation
Utilities
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
SN
Verbal Abilities1977

SN
BT
RT
VA Hospitals
USE
Vacation Homes
USE
Viatical
RELATIONAL TERMS
Second Homes
Includes verbal behavior.

Abilities
Language
Mental Abilities
Speech
Speech Disorders
Stroop Effect
Vocabulary
Writing Ability
Vacations1977
RT
Verbal Memory1997
Recreation
Travel
SN
BT
RT
Vaccination
USE
Immunization
Memory of verbal stimuli.

Memory
Hearing
Recall Learning
Validation Therapy2002
SN
BT
RT
Vermont
A therapy model that focuses on

communicating with disoriented older adults
by affirming and respecting their feelings
within their own conception of reality; often
used with individuals with Alzheimers
disease or other forms of dementia.
Compare with REALITY ORIENTATION.
Therapy
Orientation
Reality Orientation
Very Sheltered Housing

USE
Vesting Rights1977
SN
RT
Values
USE

Meeting requirements to entitlement in a
pension plan.
Pension Benefits
Pension Plans
Pension Portability
Personal Values
Veterans1977
Vanuatu
UF
NT
Vascular Dementia1997
SN
UF
BT
RT
Organic mental disorders resulting from

obstruction of blood flow in the brain due to
vascular disease.
Arteriosclerotic Dementia
Multi Infarct Dementia
Dementia
Arteriosclerosis
Ischemia
Stroke
RT
Military Service
Korean Conflict Veterans
Vietnam Veterans
World War I Veterans
World War II Veterans
Military Personnel
War
USE
Veterans Administration Hospitals

Vascular Diseases
USE
USE
Veterans Affairs Medical Centers2002

Vatican City
USE
UF
Holy See
BT
RT
Vendor Payments1977
SN
BT
Payments made to the provider of services

rather than to the recipient of services.
Reimbursement
VA Hospitals
Veterans Administration Hospitals
Hospitals
Veterans Benefits1977
BT
RT
Venezuela
Benefits
Pension Benefits
Viatical Settlements
USE
149
Living Benefits
Victims
Victims of Crime1977
UF
RT
Vitamin
RELATIONAL TERMS
Vision Disorders1977
Crime Victims
Older Crime Victims
Crimes
Fear of Crime
BT
NT
Disorders
Cataracts
Eye Diseases
Vision Tests
USE
Eye Examinations
Video Reviews and Guides

USE
Visiting1977
BT
RT
Video Usage
USE
Videoconferencing
USE
Teleconferencing
Social Activities
Leisure Activities
Proximity of Family
Sociability
Social Contacts
Videos
USE
Visiting Nurses1977
BT
RT
Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans1977
BT
Nurses
Home Health Care
Housebound
Supportive Services
Veterans
Visual Environment1980
Vietnamese1983
SN
BT
UF
BT
RT
Vietnamese nationals or persons of

Vietnamese descent living outside of
Vietnam. Use VIETNAM for people living in
that country.
Foreign Origin
Lighting
Environment
Housing Design
Vision
Work Environment
Violence1977
BT
RT
Visual Memory1997
Harmful Behavior
Aggression
Anger
Conflict
Crimes
Death Causes
Elder Abuse
Guns
Hostility
Rape
Sexual Abuse
Terrorism
SN
BT
RT
Memory of visual stimuli.

Memory
Face Recognition
Recall Learning
Vision
Visual Responses1977
BT
RT
Virgin Islands
Responses
Blindness
Vision
Visually Disabled2002
BT
NT
RT
Virginia
Disabled
Blindness
Physically Disabled
Vision1977
UF
BT
RT
Vital Statistics
Night Vision
Sight
Perception
Senses
Eyes
Visual Environment
Visual Memory
Visual Responses
USE
Health Indices
Vitamin Requirements1977
BT
RT
150
Malnutrition
Nutrition Education
Vitamins
Vitamins1977
RT
Voter Participation1977
Antioxidants
Dietary Supplements
Food Groups
Minerals
Nutrition
RT
Political Activity
Political Attitudes
Vouchers1991
SN
Vocabulary1977
SN
BT
RT
War
RELATIONAL TERMS
RT
An individuals knowledge and use of words.

Language
Terminology
Verbal Abilities
Forms that authorize disbursements or serve

as evidence of expenditures.
Reimbursement
Wage Rates1977
RT
Wages
Wages1977
1977
BT
RT
SN
Rehabilitation
Employability
Employment Programs
Job Placement
Reemployment
Retraining
UF
BT
RT
Total monetary earnings received for work

performed, including tips and commissions.
Earnings
Salaries
Income Sources
Wage Rates
Waivers1994
Vocational Training
USE
SN
Job Training
Voice
USE
Speech
Volunteer Recruiting
USE
Recruiting
UF
Volunteer Service Credits1997

SN
UF
RT
RT
Credits earned by volunteers who provide

supportive services such as respite care and
household help. Credits can be redeemed
by the volunteer or a beneficiary for services
at a later date.
Time Dollars
Time Exchange Programs
Reciprocity
Service Involvement
Volunteer Services
Volunteers
Wales
SN
UF
BT
RT
Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program
Service Learning
Volunteers
SN
BT
RT
Training
Leadership Training
Volunteers
Volunteers1977
RT
Gait
Physical Activity
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise
Pedestrians
Running
Sports
Wandering Behavior1980
Volunteer Training1977
BT
RT

KINGDOM.
Walking1977
Volunteer Services1977
RT
Exemptions granted to states by the Centers

for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
through the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, that allow reimbursement for
clients or services not typically covered by
Medicare and Medicaid. Waivers are
designed to allow states to carry out
demonstration projects.
Medicaid Waivers
Medicare Waivers
Federal Regulations
Reimbursement
Aimless activity that occurs without the

apparent control of the individual, especially
observed in older adults who may be in a
confused mental state.
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Sundown Syndrome
War1997
Service Involvement
Service Learning
Volunteer Services
Volunteer Training
RT
151
Conflict
Holocaust Survivors
Military Personnel
Terrorism
Veterans
Washington
Washington
White Collar Workers1991

BT
RT
Washington DC
USE
Wasting Away
USE
Wisdom
RELATIONAL TERMS
Workers
Blue Collar Workers
Occupations
White House Conference on Aging1977
Failure to Thrive
SN
RT
All White House Conferences on Aging.

Water Aerobics
USE
Whites1977
Aquatic Exercise
SN
Water Exercise
USE
Aquatic Exercise
Wayfinding
USE
UF
BT
Orientation
Wealth1977
RT
WHO
Asset Depletion
Assets
Economic Resources
Income Levels
Net Worth
USE
BT
RT
Intelligence Tests
Weight1977
UF
BT
NT
RT
BT
RT
Marital Status
Bereavement
Death of Spouse
Widowers
Widows
Widows1977
BT
RT
Failure to Thrive
Obesity
Underweight
Weight
Females
Death of Spouse
Marital Status
Widowhood
Will to Live2002
RT
Weight Control1977
RT
Males
Death of Spouse
Marital Status
Widowhood
Widowhood1983
Body Mass Index

Obesity
Underweight
Eating
Height
Weight Change
Weight Control
Weight Change1977
RT
Widowers1977
Wechsler Scales1977
BT
Used if major focus is on whites, if

population is exclusively white, or in
comparisons with other racial or ethnic
groups.
Caucasians
Diet
Exercise
Obesity
Weight

Motivation
Purpose in Life
Resilience
Wills1977
Weight Training
USE
RT
Strength Training
Welfare
USE
Public Assistance
Estate Planning
Inheritance
Legacies
Legal Problems
Living Trusts
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Western Samoa
Wisdom1994
USE
Samoa
RT
Wheelchairs1977
BT
RT
152
Knowledge Level
Learning
Wives
Wives1977
BT
RT
Workers Compensation1977
Females
Spouses
Husbands
Marital Status
SN
BT
RT
Women
USE
Writing
RELATIONAL TERMS
Females
Payments received from public or private

insurance companies for injuries incurred
while on the job.
Disability Benefits
Disabled Workers
Employee Benefits
Insurance Benefits
Work
USE
Working Conditions
Employment
USE
Work Environment
Work Attitudes1977
SN
BT
RT
Working Couples
Attitudes of persons who are either

employed, unemployed, or preparing for
employment toward a particular job,
employment in general, or a particular
aspect of employment.
Attitudes
Absenteeism
Employment History
Occupational Stress
Work Environment
Work Experience
USE
Working Memory
USE
BT
UF
BT
Working Conditions
Environment
Occupational Stress
Visual Environment
Work Attitudes
BT
RT
Veterans
World War II Generation2005

SN
UF
BT
RT
Employability
Employment History
Job Applicants
Resumes
Work Attitudes

be born between 1901 and 1924, which
precedes the Silent Generation.
Depression Generation
GI Generation
Generations
Age Groups
Cohorts
Generation X
Silent Generation
World War II Veterans1977
Job Training
BT
Workers1977
NT
WHO
Organizations
World War I Veterans1977
Worker Training
USE
Organizations
World Health Organization1994
Work Experience1977
BT
RT
Short Term Memory
World Bank2002
Work Environment1997
UF
BT
RT
Veterans
World Wide Web
Blue Collar Workers

Disabled Workers
Older Workers
Retired Workers
Employers
Employment
Labor Force
Labor Unions
Occupations
USE
Internet
Worry1983
BT
RT
Anxiety
Stress
Writers1977
BT
RT
Occupations
Literature
Writing Ability1994
BT
RT
153
Abilities
Language
Literary Expression
Verbal Abilities
WWW
RELATIONAL TERMS
WWW
USE
Internet
Wyoming
Yemen
Yoga2005
SN
RT
A combination of meditation, breathing

techniques, and physical postures that is
practiced to combat stress and help
circulation and movement of the joints.
Exercise
Exercise Programs
Flexibility
Meditation
Movement Therapy
Tai Chi
Young Adults1983
SN
BT
RT

24.
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
18+
Adolescents
Adults
Under 65
Young Old1994
SN
BT
RT

74.
Adults of All Ages
Age Groups
60+
65+
70+
Older Adults
Yugoslavia
Yukon
Zaire
USE
Zambia
Zimbabwe
154
Zimbabwe
ROTATED TERMS
Under
FAS
Financial Accounting Standard
Age Discrimination in Employment
Age Discrimination
Balanced Budget
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act
Act
Act
Act
of
of
of
of
Elder
Mental
Spatial
Verbal
Functional
Writing
Retirement
Alcohol
Drug
Elder
Financial
Material
Parent
Sexual
Substance
Service
Cerebrovascular
18+
25+
30+
35+
40+
45+
50+
55+
60+
65
65+
70+
75+
80+
85+
90+
95+
100+ USE Centenarians
13th Generation USE Generation X
106 USE Financial Accounting Standard 106
106
401k Plans
1967
1975
1997
2001
AAPCC USE Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost
AARP
AARP Andrus Foundation USE AARP Foundation
AARP Andrus Foundation Publications USE AARP
AARP Foundation
AARP Publications
AARP Research
Abandonment USE Elder Neglect
Abilities
Abilities
Abilities
Abilities
Ability
Ability
Aborigines
Abroad
Absenteeism
Abuse USE Alcoholism
Abuse
Abuse
Abuse
Abuse USE Financial Abuse
Abuse USE Elder Abuse
Abuse
Abuse USE Drug Abuse
Abused Older Adults USE Elder Abuse
Academic Achievement USE Educational Attainment
Accelerated Death Benefits USE Living Benefits
Access to Services USE Service Accessibility
Accessibility
Accessibility of Facilities USE Architectural Barriers
Accessibility
Accessory Housing
Accident Prevention
Accident USE Stroke
155
ROTATED TERMS
Car
Home
Motor Vehicle
Traffic
Financial
Health Savings
Individual
Individual Retirement
Medical Savings
Medisave
Personal
Personal Social Security
Roth Individual Retirement
Academic
Age Discrimination in Employment
Age Discrimination
Americans with Disabilities
Balanced Budget
Community Care
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Employee Retirement Income Security
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Job Training Partnership
Medicare Modernization
Modernization
National Health Service and Community Care
Nursing Home Reform
Older Americans
Patient Self Determination
Retirement Equity
Social Security
Social Security
Social Security
Affirmative
Church
Civic
Cultural
Daily
Household
Instrumental
Leisure
Outdoor
Religious
Social
Physical
Political
Restricted
Accidents
Accidents USE Traffic Accidents
Accidents
Accidents USE Traffic Accidents
Accidents
Accountability
Accountability Act
Accounting Standard 106
Accounts USE Medical Savings Accounts
Accounts
Accounts
Accounts
Accounts USE Medical Savings Accounts
Accounts
Accounts USE Individual Accounts
Accounts
Accreditation USE Licensure and Certification
Acculturation
Achievement USE Educational Attainment
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome USE AIDS
Act of 1967
Act of 1975
Act
Act of 1997
Act
Act of 2001
Act
Act
Act
Act USE Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and
Modernization Act
Act
Act USE Community Care Act
Act
Act
Act
Act
Act
Act Title XIX USE Medicaid
Act Title XVIII USE Medicare
Action USE Equal Employment Opportunities
Active Aging
Active Life Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
Activities USE Religious Activities
Activities
Activities
Activities
Activities USE Housekeeping
Activities
Activities
Activities
Activities
Activity Continuity
Activity Patterns
Activity Planning
Activity
Activity
Activity USE Activity Restrictions
156
ROTATED TERMS
Self
Behavioral
Physiological
Psychological
Drug
Narcotic
Income
Exercise
Environmental
Loss
Retirement
Social
Cost of Living
Income
Health Care Financing
Health Service
Long Term Care
Nursing Home
Pension Plan
Social Security
Veterans
Veterans
Nursing Home
Hospital
Nursing Home
Patient
Abused Older
Older
Young
Psychiatric
Medicare
Financial
Mind
Water
Department of Veterans
Actualization
Acuity Levels USE Level of Care
Acupuncture USE Alternative Medicine
Acute Care
Acute Diseases
Adaptation
Adaptation USE Adaptation
Adaptation USE Adaptation
Adaptation USE Adjustment
Addiction
Addiction USE Drug Addiction
ADEA USE Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967
Adequacy
Adherence
Adjustment
Adjustment Problems USE Adjustment
Adjustment
Adjustment
Adjustment
Adjustment
Adjustments
Adjustments USE Cost of Living Adjustments
ADLs USE Activities of Daily Living
Administration USE Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Administration
Administration
Administration USE Long Term Care Administration
Administration
Administration
Administration USE Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration Hospitals USE Veterans Affairs Medical
Centers
Administrators
Admissions USE Patient Admissions
Admissions USE Patient Admissions
Admissions
Adolescents
Adoption
Adult Children
Adult Day Care Services USE Day Care Services
Adult Education
Adult Protective Services USE Protective Services
Adults
Adults of All Ages
Adults USE Elder Abuse
Adults
Adults
Advance Directives
Advance Directives USE Advance Directives
Advantage
Adverse Selection USE Biased Selection
Advertising
Advisors
Advisory Groups
Advocacy
Aerobic Exercise
Aerobics USE Mental Exercise
Aerobics USE Aquatic Exercise
Affairs
157
ROTATED TERMS
Veterans
Religious
South
Central
Old
Old
Old
Retirement
Third
Universities of the Third
Middle
Area
Employment
Government
Home Care
National Association of Area
Private
State
Adults of All
Active
Administration on
Anti
Anti
Area Agencies on
Area Plans on
Affairs Medical Centers

Affect USE Emotions
Affection USE Love
Affective Disorders USE Mood Disorders
Affiliation
Affirmative Action USE Equal Employment Opportunities
Affordable Housing
Afghanistan
Afghans
Africa
Africa
African Americans USE Blacks
African Republic
Africans
After Care USE Posthospitalization Care
Age Awareness USE Age Identification
Age Concentration
Age Concern
Age Differences
Age Discrimination
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Age Groups
Age Identification
Age Integration
Age Measurement
Age Norms
Age of Onset
Age Segregation
Age Stereotypes
Age Assistance
Age Homes USE Homes for the Elderly
Age Survivors Disability and Health Insurance
Age
Age Universities USE Universities of the Third Age
Age
Aged USE Older Adults
Aged
Ageism
Ageless Design USE Universal Design
Agencies on Aging
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies on Aging
Agencies USE Private Sector
Agencies on Aging
Ages
Aggression
AGHE USE Association for Gerontology in Higher
Education
Aging
Aging Education
Aging in Place
Aging Network
Aging Well USE Successful Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging Lifestyle
Aging Medicine
Aging
Aging
158
ROTATED TERMS
Attitudes Toward
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of
Biological
Exchange Theory of
Facts on
Federal
Healthy
House Select Committee on
Knowledge of
National Council on the
National Indian Council on
National Institute on
Normal
Population
Premature
Productive
Psychological
Senate Special Committee on
State Agencies on
State Plans on
State Units on
Successful
Theories of
White House Conference on
Legal
Computer
Nurses
Hearing
Memory
Native
Adults of
Programs of
Resource
Living
Eden
Central
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging USE Social Exchange Theory
Aging Quiz
Aging Programs
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging USE State Agencies on Aging
Aging
Aging
Aging
Agitation
Agricultural Workers USE Farm Workers
Agriculture USE Farms
Aid
Aided Instruction
Aides
AIDS
Aids
Aids
Air Transportation
Alabama
Alarm Systems
Alaska
Alaska Natives USE American Indians
Alaskans USE American Indians
Albania
Alberta
Alcohol Abuse USE Alcoholism
Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Programs
Alcoholism
Aleuts USE American Indians
Algeria
Alienation
All Ages
All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Allergies USE Immune System and Disorders
Allocation
Alone
Alternative
Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimers Units USE Special Care Units
Ambivalence
Ambulatory USE Physical Mobility
Ambulatory Care
America
159
ROTATED TERMS
Gerontological Society of
Latin
North
South
African
Native
Older
Older
Meta
Factor
Job
Statistical
AARP
AARP
Companion
Joint and Survivor
Reverse
Cultural
Nonsteroidal
Generalized
Claims
America
America
America
America
American Association of Retired Persons USE AARP
American Geriatrics Society
American Indians
American Samoa USE Samoa
Americans USE Blacks
Americans USE American Indians
Americans Act
Americans Resources and Services
Amnesia
Analyses
Analysis
Analysis USE Job Description
Analysis
Anatomy USE Human Body
Ancient Societies
Ancillary Services
Andorra
Andropause USE Male Menopause
Andrus Foundation USE AARP Foundation
Andrus Foundation Publications USE AARP Foundation
Publications
Andrus Foundation USE AARP Foundation
Andrus Foundation Publications USE AARP Foundation
Publications
Anger
Angina
Angola
Animal Assisted Therapy USE Pet Therapy
Animals USE Pets
Annuities
Annuities USE Survivor Benefits
Annuity Mortgages
Anomie USE Alienation
Anorexia Nervosa USE Eating Disorders
Anosognosia USE Deficit Awareness
Anthropology USE Culture
Anti Aging Medicine
Anti Inflammatory Drugs
Antianxiety Drugs
Antibiotics
Anticholinesterase Drugs USE Cholinergic Drugs
Antidepressants
Antigua and Barbuda
Antioxidants
Antipsychotic Drugs
Antiquity USE Ancient Societies
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorder USE Anxiety Disorders
Anxiolytic Drugs USE Antianxiety Drugs
Apartments
Apathy
Aphasia
APOE 4 USE Apolipoprotein Epsilon 4
Appeals USE Claims Processing
Appeals USE Claims Processing
160
ROTATED TERMS
Personal
Physical
Health
Job
Computer
United
Saudi
National Association of
Planning and Service
Living
Cardiac
Rheumatoid
Culturally Sensitive
Functional
Geriatric
Multidisciplinary
Needs
Medicare
Disaster
Energy
Family
Financial
Old Age
Public
Physician
Animal
American
Appearance USE Personal Appearance

Appearance
Appearance USE Personal Appearance
Appetite
Appliances USE Assistive Devices
Applicants
Applications USE Computer Software
Aquatic Exercise
Arab Emirates
Arabia
Arabs
Area Plans on Aging
Areas
Argentina
Arizona
Arkansas
Armed Forces Personnel USE Military Personnel
Armed Forces Retirement System USE Military
Retirement System
Armenia
Armenians
Aromatherapy
Arrangements
Arrest
Art
Art Programs
Art Therapy
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerotic Dementia USE Vascular Dementia
Arthritis
Arthritis USE Arthritis
Artists
Asia
Asians
Aspirin
Assertiveness
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment USE Geriatric Assessment
Assessment
Asset Depletion
Assets
Assignment
Assistance Programs
Assistance
Assistance
Assistance
Assistance
Assistance
Assistance
Assistants
Assisted Suicide
Assisted Therapy USE Pet Therapy
Assistive Devices
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
Association of Retired Persons USE AARP
161
ROTATED TERMS
International Social Security
National
National
National Retired Teachers
Quality
Place
Heart
Transient Ischemic
Educational
Church
Religious Service
Divided
Selective
Community
Environmental
Health
Political
Psychological
Racial
Religious
Retirement
Sexual
Social
Work
Durable Power of
Health Care Power of
Medical Power of
Power of
Native
Psychological
Transportation
Adjusted
Association
Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Association of State Units on Aging
Association USE AARP
Associative Priming USE Priming
Assurance
Asthma USE Respiratory Diseases
At Risk Populations
Atherosclerosis USE Arteriosclerosis
Athletes
Athletics USE Sports
Attachment Behavior
Attachment USE Attachment Behavior
Attack
Attacks USE Stroke
Attainment
Attendance USE Religious Service Attendance
Attendance
Attention Span
Attention
Attention
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes USE Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic Groups
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attitudes
Attorney USE Advance Directives
Attorney
Attorneys USE Lawyers
Auditory Responses
Australia
Australians
Australians USE Aborigines
Austria
Autobiographical Memory USE Episodic Memory
Autobiographies USE Personal Accounts
Automation
Automobile Driving
Automobiles
Autonomy USE Independence
Autopsies
Autopsies
Auxiliary Services USE Ancillary Services
Availability
Average Per Capita Cost
Aviation Personnel
Awards
Awareness USE Cognition
Awareness of Deficit USE Deficit Awareness
162
ROTATED TERMS
Age
Deficit
Memory
Wasting
Cash
World
Antigua and
Architectural
Travel
Knowledge
Resource
Hospital
Attachment
Compulsive
Coping
Difficult
Harmful
Health
Help Seeking
Helping
Hoarding
Sexual
Treatment Seeking
Wandering
Cognitive
Psychological Well
Spiritual Well
Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Defined
Pension
Awareness USE Age Identification

Awareness
Awareness USE Metamemory
Away USE Failure to Thrive
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijanis
Baby Boom Echo USE Echo Boom Generation
Baby Bust Generation USE Generation X
Babysitting USE Child Care
Back
Bahamas
Bahrain
Balance
Balance Billing
Balance Pension Plans
Bangladesh
Bangladeshis
Bank
Bankruptcy
Banks USE Financial Institutions
Barbados
Barbuda
Barriers
Barriers
Based Systems USE Artificial Intelligence
Based Relative Value Scale
Bathing
Bed Sores USE Pressure Sores
Bed Usage USE Hospital Bed Usage
Bed Usage
Bedridden
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior USE Behavior Problems
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Behavior USE Help Seeking Behavior
Behavior
Behavioral Adaptation USE Adaptation
Behavioral Changes
Behavioral Therapy
Being
Being
Belarus
Belgium
Beliefs USE Health Attitudes
Belize
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Benefit Claims USE Claims Processing
Benefit Pension Plans
Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Benefits
163
ROTATED TERMS
Accelerated Death
Death
Disability
Employee
Fringe
Insurance
Life Support
Living
Nontaxable Pension
Pension
Railroad Retirement
Retiree Health
Retirement
Social Security
Survivor
Veterans
Sample
Selection
Balance
High
Dementia with Lewy
Human
Lewy
Mind
Baby
Baby
Echo
Benefits USE Living Benefits

Benefits USE Survivor Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits USE Employee Benefits
Benefits
Benefits USE Living Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits USE Pension Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits
Benin
Bequests USE Inheritance
Bereavement
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bias USE Study Participation
Bias USE Biased Selection
Biased Selection
Bibliographies
Bicycling
Biking USE Bicycling
Bilingual Services
Billing
Biofeedback
Biographies USE Personal Accounts
Biological Aging
Biomedicalization USE Medicalization
Biorhythms USE Circadian Rhythms
Bipolar Disorder
Birth Rates
Bisexuals
Blacks
Blindness
Block Grants
Blood
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure USE Hypertension
BLSA USE Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Blue Collar Workers
Boarding Homes
Boards of Directors USE Advisory Groups
Bodies USE Lewy Body Dementia
Body Image
Body Mass Index USE Weight
Body Temperature
Body
Body Dementia
Body Relationship
Bolivia
Bonds USE Securities
Bones
Book Reviews
Books
Boom Echo USE Echo Boom Generation
Boom Generation
Boom Generation
Boomerang Children
164
ROTATED TERMS
Congo
Great
New
Balanced
Federal
Family
Caregiving
Small
Baby
House
Breast
Prostate
Adjusted Average Per
Prescription Drug
Boomers USE Baby Boom Generation

Boredom
Bosnians
Botswana
Brain
Brain Damage
Brain Scans
Brazil
Brazzaville USE Republic of the Congo
Breast Cancer
Breasts
Breathing USE Respiration
Britain USE United Kingdom
British
British Columbia
Bronchitis USE Respiratory Diseases
Brothers USE Siblings
Brunei
Brunswick
Buddhists
Budget Deficits USE Federal Budget
Budget Surpluses USE Federal Budget
Budget Act of 1997
Budget
Budgets
Budgets
Bulgaria
Burden
Burial USE Funerals
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burns
Burundi
Buses
Business
Businesses
Bust Generation USE Generation X
Buyout Packages
Calcium
California
Calls USE Home Health Care
Cambodia
Cambodians
Cameroon
Camping
Canada
Canadians
Cancer
Cancer Survivors
Cancer
Cancer
Cape Verde
Capita Cost
Capitation
Car Accidents USE Traffic Accidents
Carbohydrates
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Ischemia USE Ischemia
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation USE CPR
Cards
165
ROTATED TERMS
Acute
Adult Day
After
Ambulatory
Board and
Child
Community
Consumer Directed
Continuing
Continuum of
Day
Dementia
Dental
Domiciliary
Duration of
End of Life
Extended
Foot
Foster
Geriatric
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Holistic
Home
Home
Home Health
Home
Hospital
Individualized
Institutional
Integrated
Intensive
Interdisciplinary Team
Intermediate
Level of
Life
Long Term
Long Term
Long Term
Managed
Managed Health
National Health Service and Community
Nursing Home
Palliative
Patient
Patient
Personal
Personal
Posthospitalization
Postoperative
Primary
Programs of All Inclusive
Quality of
Residential
Respite
Self
Self Directed
Care Management USE Case Management

Care Receivers
Care Satisfaction
Care
Care Services USE Day Care Services
Care USE Posthospitalization Care
Care
Care Homes
Care
Care Act
Care
Care Retirement Communities
Care
Care Services
Care Mapping
Care Costs
Care USE Board and Care Homes
Care USE Length of Stay
Care USE Terminal Care
Care Facilities USE Skilled Nursing Facilities
Care
Care Services USE Foster Homes
Care Managers USE Case Management
Care USE Health Services
Care Financing Administration USE Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services
Care Power of Attorney USE Advance Directives
Care Rationing
Care Reform
Care
Care
Care Agencies
Care
Care Workers
Care USE Patient Care
Care
Care
Care USE Service Coordination
Care USE Acute Care
Care
Care
Care
Care
Care
Care Administration
Care Insurance
Care
Care Insurance Plans USE Managed Care
Care Act USE Community Care Act
Care USE Institutional Care
Care
Care
Care Plans
Care
Care Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Care
Care
Care
Care for the Elderly
Care
Care Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Care
Care
Care USE Consumer Directed Care
166
ROTATED TERMS
Special
Subacute
Terminal
Universal Health
Gerontology
Second
Family
Long Distance
North
South
Death
Disease
Information
Mental Health
Senior
Veterans Affairs Medical
Death
Licensure and
Driving
Nursing Home
Organizational
Personality
Social
Weight
Behavioral
Role
Care Units
Care
Care
Care
Career Counseling USE Employment Counseling
Career Development
Careers
Careers
Careers
Caregiver Education
Caregivers
Caregivers USE Caregivers
Caregivers
Caregiving Burden
Caregiving Rewards
Caregiving Satisfaction USE Caregiving Rewards
Caribbean
Caribbeans
Carolina
Carolina
Cars USE Automobiles
Case Management
Case Managers USE Case Management
Case Mix
Case Studies
Cash Income USE Income
Cataracts
Catholics
Caucasians USE Whites
Causes
Causes USE Etiology
CCRCs USE Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Celebrities
Cell Metabolism
Census Reports
Centenarians
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Centers
Centers
Centers
Centers
Central America
Central City USE Inner City
Cerebrovascular Accident USE Stroke
Certificate of Need
Certificates
Certification USE Licensure and Certification
Certification
CES D USE Center for Epidemiologic Studies
Depression Scale
Cessation
Chad
Chains
Chamorros
Change
Change USE Personality Development
Change
Change
Changes
Changes
167
ROTATED TERMS
Demographic
Housing
Physical
Tai
Parent
Adult
Boomerang
Proximity of
Central
Inner
Vatican
Benefit
Social
Controlled
Hospital Outpatient
Outpatient
Emotional
Senior
Ivory
Characteristics
Characteristics
Characteristics
Checklists
Chemical Restraints USE Restraints
Chi
Child Care
Child Relations USE Family Relationships
Childhood
Childlessness
Children
Children
Children
Children
Chile
China
Chinese
Cholesterol
Cholinergic Drugs
Cholinesterase Inhibitors USE Cholinergic Drugs
Chore Services USE Homemaker Services
Christianity USE Christians
Christians
Chronic Disabilities USE Disabilities
Chronic Diseases
Chronic Pain
Chronically Ill
Church Activities USE Religious Activities
Church Attendance USE Religious Service Attendance
Churches
Cigarette Smoking USE Smoking
Circadian Rhythms
Circulatory Diseases USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Circulatory System USE Cardiovascular System
Cities USE Municipalities
City Planning USE Urban and Regional Planning
City USE Inner City
City
City USE Holy See
Civic Activities
Civil Rights
Claims Appeals USE Claims Processing
Claims Processing
Claims USE Claims Processing
Classes
Clergy
Clerical Personnel
Client Relations
Clinical Trials
Clinics
Clinics USE Outpatient Clinics
Clinics
Clock Drawing Test
Closeness
Clothing
Clubs
Clubs USE Clubs
CMS USE Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Coast USE Cote dIvoire
Cognition
168
ROTATED TERMS
Social
Blue
White
Data
Community
British
District of
Equal Employment Opportunity
House Select
Senate Special
Ethics
Continuing Care Retirement

Retirement
European
European Economic
National Health Service and
Senior
Senior
Cultural
Deferred
Unemployment
Workers
Legal
Treatment
Household
Obsessive
Cognition
Cognitive Exercise USE Mental Exercise
Cohabitation USE Shared Housing
Cohorts
Coinsurance
COLAs USE Cost of Living Adjustments
Collar Workers
Collar Workers
Collection
College Town Retirement
Colleges USE Higher Education
Colleges USE Higher Education
Colombia
Colorado
Columbia
Columbia
Commentaries
Commission
Committee on Aging
Committee on Aging
Committees
Communication
Communities
Communities
Communities
Communities
Community Attitudes
Community Care Act
Community Colleges USE Higher Education
Community Dwelling Elderly USE Noninstitutionalized
Populations
Community Projects
Community Services
Community USE European Union
Community USE European Union
Community Care Act USE Community Care Act
Community Service Employment Program
Comorbidity
Comoros
Companion Animals USE Pets
Companion Program
Companions
Comparisons USE Cross Cultural Studies
Compensation Plans USE Salary Reduction Plans
Compensation USE Unemployment Insurance
Compensation
Competency USE Legal Competency
Competency
Compliance
Complicated Grief
Composition USE Living Arrangements
Comprehension
Compulsive Behavior
Compulsive Disorder USE Compulsive Behavior
Compulsivity USE Compulsive Behavior
Compulsory Retirement USE Mandatory Retirement
Computational Economic Modeling USE Econometric
Models
169
ROTATED TERMS
Older
Age
Self
Age
Physical
Housing
Living
Working
White House
Intergenerational
Korean
Role
Democratic Republic of the

Republic of the
International
United States
Informed
Energy
Alcohol
Social
Cost
Activity
Life

Computer Applications USE Computer Software
Computer Programs USE Computer Software
Computer Software
Computer Vision USE Artificial Intelligence
Computer Users
Computers
Concentration
Concept
Concern
Conciliation USE Mediation
Condition
Conditions
Conditions
Conditions USE Work Environment
Condominiums
Conference on Aging
Confidants
Confidence
Confidence Games USE Consumer Fraud
Confinement to Home USE Housebound
Conflict
Conflict Resolution USE Mediation
Conflict
Conflict Veterans
Conflict
Confusion
Congestive Heart Failure USE Heart Failure
Congo Brazzaville USE Republic of the Congo
Congo Kinshasa USE Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo
Congo
Congregate Housing
Congregate Meals USE Group Meals
Congress USE United States Congress
Congress of Gerontology
Congress
Connecticut
Conscious Memory USE Explicit Memory
Consent
Conservation
Consultants
Consumer Discounts USE Discounts
Consumer Education
Consumer Fraud
Consumer Guides
Consumer Protection
Consumers
Consumption
Contact Lenses USE Corrective Lenses
Contacts
Containment
Contentment USE Life Satisfaction
Contingent Workers USE Alternative Work Patterns
Continuity
Continuity
Continuous Learning USE Lifelong Learning
170
ROTATED TERMS
Risk
Defined
Notional Defined
Charitable
Locus of
Weight
Randomized
Interagency
Service
Activity
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Adjusted Average Per Capita

Dental Care
Drug
Food
Fuel
Health Service
Heating
Hospital
Housing
Institutional
Operating
Rental
Service
Transportation
Utility
National Indian
National
Resident
Career
Employment
Grief
Pastoral
Peer
Over the
Third World
Married
Continuum of Care
Contracts
Contracts
Contribution Pension Plans
Contribution Pension Plans
Contributions
Control
Control
Controlled Trials
Convalescence USE Recovery
Cookbooks USE Recipes
Cooking USE Food Preparation
Cooperation
Cooperatives
Coordination
Coordinators
Coping Behavior
Coronary Disease USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Corporate Downsizing USE Downsizing
Corporation
Corrective Lenses
Corticobasal Degeneration USE Frontotemporal Dementia
Cosmetic Surgery
Cost Containment
Cost Effectiveness
Cost of Living
Cost Sharing
Cost Shifting
Cost
Costa Rica
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs USE Heating Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Costs
Cote dIvoire
Council on Aging
Council on the Aging
Councils
Counseling
Counseling USE Employment Counseling
Counseling
Counseling
Counseling
Counseling
Counter Medicines USE Nonprescription Drugs
Countertransference
Countries USE Developing Nations
County
Couples
Couples USE Couples
171
ROTATED TERMS
Retired
Unmarried
Working
Life
Insurance
Social Security
Universal Health
Tax
Volunteer Service
Fear of
Older
Victims of
Midlife
Mortality
Cross
Popular
Life
Activities of
Instrumental Activities of
North
South
Brain
Minimum
Statistical
Couples
Couples USE Couples
Couples USE Dual Earner Families
Course
Court Decisions
Courtship USE Social Dating
Coverage
Coverage
Coverage USE Universal Health Care
CPR
Crafts
Creativity
Credentialing USE Licensure and Certification
Credit
Credits
Credits
Cremation USE Funerals
Crime Prevention
Crime Victims USE Victims of Crime
Crime
Crime Victims USE Victims of Crime
Crime
Crimes
Criminals
Crisis Intervention
Crisis USE Midlife Transition
Croatia
Crossover
Cuba
Cubans
Cueing
Cultural Activities
Cultural Anthropology USE Culture
Cultural Comparisons USE Cross Cultural Studies
Cultural Diversity USE Diversity
Cultural Studies
Culture
Culture
Curriculum
Curriculum Vitae USE Resumes
Cycle USE Life Course
Cycling USE Bicycling
Cypriots
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Czechs
Daily Activities
Daily Living
Daily Living
Dakota
Dakota
Damage
Dance
Dance Therapy
Data Collection
Data Quality
Data Set
Data
Databases
Dating USE Social Dating
172
ROTATED TERMS
Social
Adult
Latter
Hospital
Washington
Accelerated
Attitudes Toward
Near
Place of
Motor Vehicle
Government
Proxy
Surrogate
Court
Tax
Acquired Immune
Nutrition
Awareness of
Budget
Notional
Corticobasal
Macular
Home
Service
Service
Arteriosclerotic
Early Onset
Frontotemporal
Lewy Body
Multi Infarct
Presenile
Semantic
Dating
Daughters
Day Care Services
Day Care Services USE Day Care Services
Day Saints USE Mormons
Days USE Length of Stay
DC USE District of Columbia
Deafness
Death
Death Benefits USE Survivor Benefits
Death Causes
Death Certificates
Death of Spouse
Death Rates
Death Benefits USE Living Benefits
Death
Death Experiences
Death
Deaths
Debt
Debts
Decentralization
Decision Making
Decision Making USE Surrogate Decision Making
Decision Making
Decisions
Decubitus Ulcers USE Pressure Sores
Deductibles USE Out of Pocket Expenditures
Deductions
Defense Mechanisms
Deferred Compensation Plans USE Salary Reduction
Plans
Deferred Retirement USE Delayed Retirement
Deficiency Syndrome USE AIDS
Deficiency USE Malnutrition
Deficit Awareness
Deficit USE Deficit Awareness
Deficits USE Federal Budget
Degeneration USE Deterioration
Degeneration USE Frontotemporal Dementia
Degeneration
Dehydration
Delaware
Delayed Retirement
Delirium
Delivered Meals
Delivery
Delusions
Demand
Dementia
Dementia Insight USE Deficit Awareness
Dementia with Lewy Bodies USE Lewy Body Dementia
Dementia USE Vascular Dementia
Dementia
Dementia
Dementia
Dementia USE Vascular Dementia
Dementia USE Early Onset Dementia
Dementia USE Frontotemporal Dementia
173
ROTATED TERMS
Vascular
Geriatric
Asset
Geriatric
Manic
Job
Program
Ageless
Architectural
Housing
Institutional
Motor Vehicle
Product
Transgenerational
Universal
Eligibility
Patient Self
Career
Economic
Personality
Program
Assistive
Monitoring
Prosthetic
Renal
Research
Right to
Dementia
Demography
Demonstration Projects USE Program Descriptions or
Program Evaluations
Denial
Denmark
Dental Care Costs
Dental Diseases
Dental Health
Dental Services
Dental Visits
Dentistry
Dentists
Dentures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Dependence
Dependency Ratio
Dependent Parents
Dependents
Depletion
Depression
Depression Generation USE World War II Generation
Depression Scale
Depression Scale
Depression USE Bipolar Disorder
Description
Descriptions
Design USE Universal Design
Design
Design
Design
Design
Design
Design USE Universal Design
Design
Deterioration
Determination
Determination Act
Developed Nations
Developing Nations
Development
Development
Development
Development
Development
Development USE Service Planning
Devices
Devices
Devices
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Dialysis USE Renal Dialysis
Dialysis
Diaries USE Research Diaries
Diaries
Die
174
ROTATED TERMS
Age
Ethnic
Gender
Geographical
Individual
Racial and Ethnic
Regional
Sex
Consumer
Self
Advance
Psychiatric Advance
Boards of
Americans with
Chronic
Old Age Survivors

Developmentally
Physically
Visually
Natural
Hospital
Nursing Home
Patient
Consumer
Senior
Age
Age
Age
Employment
Racial and Ethnic
Sex
Alzheimers
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Coronary
Huntingtons
Ischemic Heart
Diet
Dietary Services
Dietary Supplements
Differences
Differences USE Racial and Ethnic Differences
Differences USE Sex Differences
Differences
Differences
Differences
Differences USE Geographical Differences
Differences
Difficult Behavior USE Behavior Problems
Digestive System
Dignity
Direct Memory USE Explicit Memory
Directed Care
Directed Care USE Consumer Directed Care
Directives
Directives USE Advance Directives
Directories
Directors USE Advisory Groups
Disabilities
Disabilities Act
Disabilities USE Disabilities
Disability Benefits
Disability Evaluation USE Eligibility Determination
Disability Free Life Expectancy USE Healthy Life
Expectancy
Disability and Health Insurance
Disabled
Disabled Workers
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disadvantaged USE Poverty
Disaster Assistance
Disasters
Discharge Planning
Discharge Rates USE Patient Discharges
Discharges USE Patient Discharges
Discharges USE Patient Discharges
Discharges
Discounts
Discounts USE Discounts
Discounts USE Discounts
Discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination Act of 1975
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination
Disease Causes USE Etiology
Disease Incidence USE Morbidity
Disease Postponement USE Compression of Morbidity
Disease Severity USE Disease Stages
Disease Stages
Disease
Disease
Disease USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Disease
Disease USE Ischemia
175
ROTATED TERMS
Parkinsons
Picks
Acute
Cardiovascular
Chronic
Circulatory
Communicable
Dental
Eye
Heart
Kidney
Periodontal
Respiratory
Vascular
Bipolar
Generalized Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive
Posttraumatic Stress
Severity of
Affective
Anxiety
Eating
Genetic
Mental
Mood
Nutritional
Panic
Personality
Psychosomatic
Sleep
Speech
Swallowing
Vision
Information
Long
Lump Sum
Cultural
Time
Disease
Disease USE Frontotemporal Dementia
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Disengagement
Disenrollment
Disorder Severity
Disorder
Disorder USE Anxiety Disorders
Disorder USE Compulsive Behavior
Disorder
Disorder USE Disorder Severity
Disorders
Disorders USE Mood Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders USE Anxiety Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders
Disorders USE Dysphagia
Disorders
Disorientation USE Confusion
Dissemination
Distance Education
Distance Learning USE Distance Education
Distance Caregivers
Distributed Education USE Distance Education
Distributions
Diurnal Variation USE Circadian Rhythms
Diversity
Diversity USE Diversity
Divided Attention
Divorce
Divorced
Dizziness
Djibouti
DNRs USE Advance Directives
Do Not Resuscitate Orders USE Advance Directives
Doctors USE Physicians
Documentation USE Record Keeping
DOL USE Department of Labor
Dollars USE Volunteer Service Credits
Domiciliary Care USE Board and Care Homes
Dominica
Dominican Republic
176
ROTATED TERMS
Life Insurance Pay

Corporate
Clock
Problem
Older
Automobile
Adverse
Medicare Prescription
Multiple
Prescription
Antianxiety
Anticholinergic
Anticholinesterase
Antipsychotic
Anxiolytic
Cholinergic
Generic
Nonprescription
Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory
Prescription
Psychotropic
Community
The
Group
Erectile
Sexual
Dual
Social Security
Dominicans
Downs Syndrome
Downs USE Living Benefits
Downsizing
Downsizing USE Downsizing
Drama Therapy
Drawing Test
Dreaming
Drinking USE Alcohol Consumption
Drinking Fluids USE Fluid Intake
Drinking USE Alcoholism
Drivers USE Automobile Driving
Drivers USE Automobile Driving
Driving Cessation
Driving Records
Driving Skills
Driving
Drug Abuse
Drug Addiction
Drug Costs
Drug Effects
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Drug Use
Drug Reactions
Drug Improvement and Modernization Act
Drug Use USE Polypharmacy
Drug Cards
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs USE Cholinergic Drugs
Drugs
Drugs USE Antianxiety Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Drugs
Dual Eligibility
Durable Power of Attorney USE Advance Directives
Duration of Care USE Length of Stay
Dutch
Dwelling Elderly USE Noninstitutionalized Populations
Dwellings USE Housing
Dwindles USE Failure to Thrive
Dying
Dynamics
Dysfunction
Dysfunction
Dysphagia
Dysphoria USE Sadness
Dyspnea
Ear Examinations
Early Retirement
Earner Families
Earnings USE Wages
Earnings Test USE Social Security Earnings Limitation
Earnings Limitation
177
ROTATED TERMS
Baby Boom
Computational
European
Adult
Aging
Caregiver
Consumer
Continuing
Distance
Distributed
Elementary
Geriatric
Gerontology
Health
Higher
Interdisciplinary
Life Span
Multidisciplinary
Nursing
Nutrition
Patient
Physician
Primary
Secondary
Prince
Stroop
Cost
Drug
Side
Self
Ears
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europeans
Eating
Eating Disorders
EC USE European Union
ECHO Housing USE Accessory Housing
Echo USE Echo Boom Generation
Ecology
Econometric Models
Economic Forecasting USE Econometric Models
Economic Growth USE Economic Development
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of
2001
Economic Models USE Econometric Models
Economic Needs
Economic Patterns
Economic Resources
Economic Security
Economic Modeling USE Econometric Models
Economic Community USE European Union
Economics USE Economic Patterns
Ecuador
Eden Alternative
Edentulous USE Toothlessness
Editorials USE Commentaries
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education USE Distance Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education USE Lifelong Learning
Education USE Interdisciplinary Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education USE Elementary Education
Education
Educational Levels USE Educational Attainment
Educational Needs
Edward Island
EEC USE European Union
EEGs USE Electroencephalograms
Effect
Effectiveness
Effects
Effects
Efficacy Expectations USE Self Efficacy
Efficacy
Ego Involvement USE Self Concept
178
ROTATED TERMS
Community Dwelling
Frail
Homes for the
Dual
Personal
United Arab
Federal
Government
Age Discrimination in
Equal
Equal
Part Time
Self
Senior Community Service
Ego Strength USE Self Esteem

Egypt
Eighteen Years and Older USE 18+
Eighty Five Years and Older USE 85+
Eighty Years and Older USE 80+
EKGs USE Electrocardiograms
El Salvador
Elder Abandonment USE Elder Neglect
Elder Abuse
Elder Law
Elder Neglect
Eldercare Programs
Elderhostel
Elderly USE Older Adults
Elderly USE Noninstitutionalized Populations
Elderly
Elderly
Elderly
Electrocardiograms
Electroshock USE Shock Therapy
Elementary Schools USE Elementary Education
Eligibility Requirements USE Eligibility Determination
Eligibility
Emergency Response Systems USE Alarm Systems
Emigration
Emirates
Emotional Closeness
Emotional Needs
Emotional Problems
Emotional Support
Emotions
Empathy
Emphysema USE Respiratory Diseases
Employability
Employee Benefits
Employee Stock Ownership Plans USE Profit Sharing
Employees Retirement System
Employees USE Government Personnel
Employers
Employment
Employment Agencies
Employment History
Employment Programs
Employment Trends
Employment Act of 1967
Employment Opportunity Commission
Employment
Employment
Employment Program
Empowerment
Empty Nest
Encyclopedias
179
ROTATED TERMS
Law
Law
Human Factors
Senior
Auditory
Visual
Work
Center for
Apolipoprotein
Durable Medical
Orthopedic
Surveillance
Generational
Home
Intergenerational
Retirement
Medication
Real
Self
Medical
Attitudes Toward Racial

Racial
Racial
Racial
and
and
and
and
End of Life Care USE Terminal Care

Endurance USE Resilience
Energy Assistance
Energy Conservation
Enforcement
Enforcement Personnel USE Police Officers
Engagement USE Social Activities
Engineering
England
Enterprises
Entertainment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Epidemiology
Episodic Memory
Epsilon 4
Equatorial Guinea
Equilibrium USE Balance
Equipment
Equipment
Equipment USE Monitoring Devices
Equity USE Intergenerational Equity
Equity
Equity
Equity Act
Ergonomics USE Human Factors Engineering
ERISA USE Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Eritrea
Errors
Eskimos USE American Indians
ESOPs USE Profit Sharing
Estate Planning
Estate Recovery
Estate Taxes
Estate USE Property
Esteem
Estonia
Estonians
Estrogen
Estrogen Replacement Therapy USE Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Ethical Practices
Ethics Committees
Ethics
Ethiopia
Ethiopians
Ethnic Differences USE Racial and Ethnic Differences
Ethnic Groups
Ethnic Differences
Ethnic Discrimination
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity USE Racial and Ethnic Groups
Ethnography
Etiology
180
ROTATED TERMS
Eastern
Eastern
Disability
Self
Program
Life
Mini Mental State
Ear
Eye
Health
Physical
Social
Time
Aerobic
Aquatic
Cognitive
Mental
Psychological
Water
Active Life
Disability Free Life
Health
Healthy Life
Life
Efficacy
Consumer
Government
Out of Pocket
Work
Near Death
Financial
Literary
Accessibility of
Assisted Living
Extended Care
Health Service
Skilled Nursing
Human
Predictive
Risk
EU USE European Union

Europe
Europe
European Community USE European Union
European Economic Community USE European Union
European Union
Europeans
Europeans
Euthanasia
Evaluation USE Eligibility Determination
Evaluation USE Self Esteem
Evaluations
Events
Examination
Examinations
Examinations
Examinations
Examinations USE Health Examinations
Exchange Theory of Aging USE Social Exchange Theory
Exchange Theory
Exchange Programs USE Volunteer Service Credits
Executive Function USE Cognition
Exercise
Exercise Adherence
Exercise Programs
Exercise
Exercise
Exercise USE Mental Exercise
Exercise
Exercise USE Mental Exercise
Exercise USE Aquatic Exercise
Exhaustion USE Fatigue
Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
Expectancy
Expectancy
Expectations USE Self Efficacy
Expenditures
Expenditures
Expenditures
Experience
Experiences
Expert Systems USE Artificial Intelligence
Explicit Memory
Exploitation USE Financial Abuse
Expression
Extended Care Facilities USE Skilled Nursing Facilities
Extended Family
Extroversion
Eye Diseases
Eye Examinations
Eyeglasses USE Corrective Lenses
Eyes
Face Recognition
Facilities USE Architectural Barriers
Facilities
Facilities USE Skilled Nursing Facilities
Facilities
Facilities
Factor Analysis
Factors Engineering
Factors
Factors
181
ROTATED TERMS
Congestive Heart
Geriatric
Heart
Dual Earner
Extended
Proximity of
Single
Reduced
Burkina
Medicare
Tube
Physician
Personal
Facts on Aging Quiz

Faculty USE Teachers
Failure to Thrive
Failure USE Heart Failure
Failure to Thrive USE Failure to Thrive
Failure
Falls
Families
Family Assistance
Family Budgets
Family Caregivers USE Caregivers
Family Income
Family Practice USE Primary Care
Family Reunions USE Reunions
Family Size
Family Structure USE Family Relationships
Family Therapy
Family Traditions
Family
Family
Family Housing
Famous Persons USE Celebrities
Fares USE Discounts
Farm Workers
Farms
FAS 106 USE Financial Accounting Standard 106
Faso
Fathers
Fatigue
Fats
Fear
Fear of Crime
Federal Budget
Federal Funding
Federal Regulations
Federated States of Micronesia USE Micronesia
Fee For Service
Fee For Service Medicare USE Medicare
Fee Schedule
Feeding
Fees
Feet
Females
Feminism
FERS USE Federal Employees Retirement System
Fertility
Fifty Five Years and Older USE 55+
Fifty Years and Older USE 50+
Fiji
Fijians
Filipinos
Filmographies
Finance USE Money Management
Financial Abuse
Financial Advisors
Financial Assistance
Financial Exploitation USE Financial Abuse
182
ROTATED TERMS
Health Care
Physical
Eighty
Fifty
Forty
Ninety
Seventy
Sixty
Thirty
Twenty
Under Sixty
Granny
Drinking
Fee
Fee
Labor
Armed
Armed
Market
Economic
Medical Outcomes Study Short
AARP
AARP Andrus
AARP Andrus
Financial Models USE Econometric Models
Financial Needs USE Economic Needs
Financial Resources USE Economic Resources
Financing
Financing Administration USE Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Finland
Finns
Firearms USE Guns
Fires
Fitness USE Physical Condition
Fitness USE Physical Condition
Five Years and Older USE 85+
Five Years Old USE Under 65
Flats USE Accessory Housing
Flexibility
Flexible Retirement
Florida
Flu USE Influenza
Fluid Intake
Fluids USE Fluid Intake
Focus Groups
Folk Medicine USE Alternative Medicine
Food Costs
Food Groups
Food Intake USE Diet
Food Labeling
Food Preferences
Food Preparation
Food Programs
Food Stamp Program
Foods
Foot Care
For Service
For Service Medicare USE Medicare
Force
Forces Personnel USE Military Personnel
Forces Retirement System USE Military Retirement
System
Forces
Forecasting USE Projection
Forecasting USE Econometric Models
Foreign Origin
Form 36 USE SF 36 Health Survey
Formal Support Systems USE Supportive Services
Forty Five Years and Older USE 45+
Forty Years and Older USE 40+
Foster Care Services USE Foster Homes
Foster Grandparent Program
Foster Homes
Foundation
Foundation USE AARP Foundation
Foundation Publications USE AARP Foundation
Publications
183
ROTATED TERMS
AARP
Andrus
Andrus
Hip
Consumer
Disability
Executive
Loss of
Federal
Mutual
OASDI Trust
Pension
Social Security Trust
Home
Confidence
Healing
13th
Baby Boom
Baby Bust
Depression
Echo Boom
GI
Millennial
Postwar
Sandwich
Silent
Swing
World War II
Foundation USE AARP Foundation
Foundation Publications USE AARP Foundation
Publications
Fractures
Fractures USE Hip Injuries
Frail Elderly
France
Fraud
Fraud
Free Life Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
French
Friends
Friendship Patterns
Fringe Benefits USE Employee Benefits
Fuel Costs USE Heating Costs
Fuels USE Heating
Function USE Cognition
Function
Functional Ability
Fund Raising
Funding
Funding
Funds
Funds USE Social Security Trust Funds
Funds
Funds
Funerals
Furnishings
Furnishings USE Furnishings
Future Orientation
Gabon
Gait USE Walking
Gambia
Gambling
Games
Games USE Consumer Fraud
Gardening
Gardens USE Horticultural Therapy
Gastrointestinal System USE Digestive System
Gatekeeper Programs
Gay Men
GDS USE Geriatric Depression Scale
Gender Differences USE Sex Differences
Gender Roles USE Sex Roles
General Practitioners USE Physicians
Generalized Anxiety Disorder USE Anxiety Disorders
Generation X
Generation Y USE Echo Boom Generation
Generation USE Generation X
Generation
Generation USE Generation X
Generation USE World War II Generation
Generation
Generation USE World War II Generation
Generation USE Echo Boom Generation
Generation USE Silent Generation
Generation
Generation
Generation USE Silent Generation
Generation
Generational Equity USE Intergenerational Equity
184
ROTATED TERMS
Republic of
American
Association for
International Congress of
Social
Local
Foster
Great
Generations
Generativity
Generic Drugs
Genetic Disorders
Genetics
Georgia
Georgia
Geriatric Care Managers USE Case Management
Geriatric Dentistry
Geriatric Education
Geriatric Failure to Thrive USE Failure to Thrive
Geriatric Nursing USE Gerontological Nursing
Geriatric Services Providers USE Aging Services
Personnel
Geriatric Units
Geriatrics
Geriatrics Society
Germans
Germany
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontologists
Gerontology
Gerontology Careers
Gerontology in Higher Education
Gerontology
Gerontology
Geropsychology
Gerotranscendence USE Self Transcendence
Ghana
Ghanaians
GI Generation USE World War II Generation
Gifts
Glasses USE Corrective Lenses
Glaucoma
Globalization
Glossaries
Government Agencies
Government Debt
Government Employees USE Government Personnel
Government Policy USE Public Policy
Government Services
Government USE County or Municipalities
Grade Schools USE Elementary Education
Graduate Study
Grandchildren
Granddaughters
Grandfathers
Grandmothers
Grandparent Program
Grandparents
Grandparents
Grandsons
Granny Flats USE Accessory Housing
185
ROTATED TERMS
Block
Saint Vincent and the

Complicated
Advisory
Age
Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic
Diagnosis Related
Focus
Food
Minority
Racial and Ethnic
Religious
Resource Utilization
Self Help
Support
Economic
Economic
Pension Benefit
Occupational
Clinical Practice
Consumer
Personal
Professional
Self Help
Video Reviews and
Equatorial
Papua New
Silver
New
Mentally
Taft
Grants
Gray Panthers
Great Britain USE United Kingdom
Great Grandparents
Greece
Greeks
Grenada
Grenadines
Grief
Grief Counseling
Grief
Grooming USE Personal Care
Group Dynamics
Group Meals
Group Therapy
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups
Groups USE Self Help Groups
Growth USE Development
Growth USE Economic Development
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
Guam
Guaranty Corporation
Guardianship
Guatemala
Guatemalans
Guidance USE Employment Counseling
Guidelines
Guides USE Consumer Guides or Personal Guides or
Professional Guides
Guides
Guides
Guides
Guides USE Personal Guides
Guides USE Audiovisual Materials
Guilt
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guns
Guyana
Habit Rigidity USE Rigidity
Haired Legislatures
Haiti
Haitians
Hallucinations
Hampshire
Handicapped USE Disabled
Handicapped USE Developmentally Disabled
Hands
Happiness
Hardiness USE Resilience
Harmful Behavior
Hartley Plans USE Multiemployer Pension Plans
186
ROTATED TERMS
Household
Catastrophic
Dental
Department of
Emergency
Home
Indian
Managed
Mental
Mental
Mental
National Institute of Mental
National
National
National
Old Age Survivors Disability and
Oral
Preventive
Private
Public
Public
Retiree
SF 36
Social
Universal
Universal
World
Hawaii
Hawaiians
HCFA USE Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Head
Heads
Healing Gardens USE Horticultural Therapy
Health
Health Appliances USE Assistive Devices
Health Attitudes
Health Behavior
Health Beliefs USE Health Attitudes
Health Care USE Health Services
Health Care Financing Administration USE Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
Health Care Power of Attorney USE Advance Directives
Health Care Reform
Health Education
Health Examinations
Health Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
Health Indices
Health Insurance
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Health Maintenance USE Self Care
Health Needs
Health Patterns
Health Personnel
Health Promotion
Health Savings Accounts USE Medical Savings Accounts
Health Services
Health Status
Health Insurance
Health
Health and Human Services
Health Services
Health Care
Health Service
Health Care Insurance Plans USE Managed Care
Health
Health Centers
Health Services
Health
Health Insurance
Health Service
Health Service and Community Care Act USE Community
Care Act
Health Insurance
Health
Health Services USE Preventive Medicine
Health Insurance
Health
Health Services
Health Benefits
Health Survey
Health Care
Health Coverage USE Universal Health Care
Health Organization
187
ROTATED TERMS
Congestive
Ischemic
Self
Self
Learned
Bosnia and
Junior
Association for Gerontology in
Employment
Life
Medical
Oral
Psychiatric
Healthy Aging
Hearing
Hearing Aids
Hearing Impairment
Hearing Levels
Hearing Tests USE Ear Examinations
Heart
Heart Attack
Heart Diseases USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Failure
Heart Rate
Heart Failure USE Heart Failure
Heart Disease USE Ischemia
Heat Tolerance USE Body Temperature
Heating
Heating Costs
Height
Help Groups
Help Guides USE Personal Guides
Helping Behavior
Helplessness
Herbal Supplements USE Dietary Supplements
Heredity USE Genetics
Herzegovina
HHS USE Department of Health and Human Services
High Blood Pressure USE Hypertension
High Schools USE Secondary Education
High Schools USE Secondary Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Hindus
Hip Fractures USE Hip Injuries
Hip Injuries
HIPAA USE Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
Hips
Hiring Policies
Hispanics
History USE Historical Perspectives
History
History Research
History
History
History
HIV USE AIDS
Hmong
HMOs USE Health Maintenance Organizations
Hoarding Behavior
Hobbies
Holidays
Holistic Care
Holocaust Survivors
Holy See
Home Accidents
Home Care
Home Care Agencies
Home Care Workers
Home Equity
Home Furnishings USE Furnishings
188
ROTATED TERMS
Confinement to
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
Displaced
Board and Care
Boarding
For Profit Nursing
Foster
Mobile
Nonprofit Nursing
Nursing
Old Age
Personal Care
Proprietary Nursing
Residential Care
Rest
Second
Teaching Nursing
Vacation
Home Health Care

Home Loans
Home Maintenance
Home Modification
Home Mortgages USE Mortgages
Home Owners
Home Sharing USE Shared Housing
Home USE Housebound
Home Administration USE Long Term Care Administration
Home Administrators
Home Admissions USE Patient Admissions
Home Care USE Institutional Care
Home Chains
Home Discharges USE Patient Discharges
Home Personnel USE Institutional Personnel
Home Placement
Home Readmissions USE Patient Readmissions
Home Reform Act
Home Standards
Homebound USE Housebound
Homeless
Homemaker Services
Homemakers
Homemakers
Homes USE Housing
Homes
Homes
Homes
Homes
Homes
Homes
Homes
Homes USE Homes for the Elderly
Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Homes USE For Profit Nursing Homes
Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Homes USE Homes for the Elderly
Homes
Homes
Homes USE Second Homes
Homicide
Homosexuality
Honduras
Hong Kong
Honors USE Awards
Hopelessness
Hormones
Hospice
Hospital Admissions USE Patient Admissions
Hospital Bed Usage
Hospital Care USE Patient Care
Hospital Costs
Hospital Days USE Length of Stay
Hospital Discharges USE Patient Discharges
Hospital Insurance
Hospital Outpatient Clinics USE Outpatient Clinics
Hospital Personnel
Hospital Readmissions USE Patient Readmissions
Hospital Records USE Medical Records
Hospital Services
Hospital Utilization USE Hospital Bed Usage
189
ROTATED TERMS
Psychiatric
Teaching
VA
Single Room Occupancy
White
Accessory
Affordable
Age Segregated
Congregate
Department of
ECHO
Federal
Low Income
Manufactured
Public
Rental
Retirement
Shared
Sheltered
Single Family
Very Sheltered
Department of Health and
Hospitalization
Hospitalized Patients USE Inpatients
Hospitals
Hospitals
Hospitals
Hospitals USE Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Hospitals USE Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Hostility
Hotels
Hotels
Hotlines
House Calls USE Home Health Care
House Conference on Aging
Housebound
Household Activities USE Housekeeping
Household Composition USE Living Arrangements
Household Heads
Household Income
Households
Housekeeping
Housewives USE Homemakers
Housing
Housing Conditions
Housing Costs
Housing Design
Housing Improvement
Housing Loans USE Home Loans
Housing Location
Housing Management
Housing Needs
Housing Preferences
Housing Production
Housing Programs
Housing Security
Housing Tenure
Housing Types
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing and Urban Development
Housing USE Accessory Housing
Housing Programs
Housing USE Public Housing
Housing USE Mobile Homes
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing
Housing USE Assisted Living Facilities
HRT USE Hormone Replacement Therapy
HUD USE Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Human Body
Human Immunodeficiency Virus USE AIDS
Human Rights USE Civil Rights
Human Services
Humanities
190
ROTATED TERMS
Suicidal
Age
Chronically
Mental
Body
Self
Acquired
Human
Cognitive
Hearing
Memory
Spousal
Housing
Medicare Prescription Drug
Disease
Programs of All
Cash
Employee Retirement
Family
Household
Lifetime
Low
Low
Retirement
Sources of
Supplemental Security
Urinary
Body Mass
Consumer Price
Humor
Hungary
Hunger
Huntingtons Disease
Husbands
Hypertension
Hypochondria
Hypothermia
Hysterectomy
IADLs USE Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Iceland
Idaho
Ideation
Identification
Ill
Illinois
Illness USE Mental Disorders
Illustrations
Image
Image USE Self Concept
Immigrants USE Foreign Origin
Immigration
Immune System
Immune Deficiency Syndrome USE AIDS
Immunization
Immunodeficiency Virus USE AIDS
Impairment
Impairment
Impairment
Impairments USE Disabilities
Implicit Memory
Impotence USE Erectile Dysfunction
Impoverishment USE Asset Depletion
Impoverishment USE Asset Depletion
Improvement
In Laws
Inactive Lifestyle USE Sedentary Lifestyle
Incidence USE Morbidity
Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Income
Income Adequacy
Income Adjustments USE Cost of Living Adjustments
Income Levels
Income Loss
Income Sources
Income Taxes
Income Testing USE Means Testing
Income USE Income
Income Security Act
Income
Income
Income
Income
Income Housing USE Public Housing
Income
Income USE Income Sources
Income
Incontinence
Incontinence USE Incontinence
Independence
Independent Living
Index USE Weight
Index
191
ROTATED TERMS
National
American
Health
Roth
Unrelated
Multi
Myocardial
Nonsteroidal Anti
Peer
Cholinesterase
Hip
Spinal
Dementia
AARP Public Policy
National
National
Public Policy
Correctional
Financial
Computer Aided
India
Indian Council on Aging
Indiana
Indians
Indians
Indices
Indigent USE Poverty
Indirect Memory USE Implicit Memory
Individual Accounts
Individualized Care
Individuals
Indonesia
Industrial Societies USE Developed Nations
Industries
Infantilization
Infarct Dementia USE Vascular Dementia
Infarction USE Heart Attack
Infection
Inflammatory Drugs
Inflation
Influence
Influenza
Informants USE Proxy Respondents
Information Centers
Information Needs
Information Processing USE Cognition
Information Systems
Informed Consent
Inheritance
Inheritance Taxes USE Estate Taxes
Inhibitors USE Cholinergic Drugs
Injuries
Injuries
Injuries
Inner City
Inpatient Services
Inpatients
Inservice Training
Insight USE Deficit Awareness
Insomnia
Institute Publications
Institute of Mental Health
Institute on Aging
Institute Publications USE AARP Public Policy Institute
Publications
Institutional Care
Institutional Costs
Institutions
Institutions
Instruction
192
ROTATED TERMS
Catastrophic Health
Disability
Health
Health
Hospital
Life
Life
Long Term Care
Managed Health Care
National Health
Private Health
Supplemental Medical
Unemployment
Fluid
Food
Age
Social
Artificial
Social
Drug
Sexual
HelpAge
Crisis
Community
Ego
Insurance
Insurance Benefits
Insurance Coverage
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance Pay Downs USE Living Benefits
Insurance
Insurance Plans USE Managed Care
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
Intake
Intake USE Diet
Integrated Care USE Service Coordination
Integration
Integration
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence
Intensive Care USE Acute Care
Inter Vivos Trusts USE Living Trusts
Interaction USE Social Interaction
Interaction
Interactions
Intercourse
Interest
Intermediate Care
International
International Congress of Gerontology
International
Internet
Intervention
Interviews
Introversion
Investment Management USE Money Management
Investments
Involvement
Involvement USE Self Concept
193
ROTATED TERMS
Service
Medical
Roth
Northern
Cardiac
Transient
Prince Edward
Rhode
Pacific
Marshall
Solomon
Virgin
Social
New
On the
Criminal
Record
Involvement
Iowa
Iran
Iranians
Iraq
IRAs USE Individual Retirement Accounts
IRAs USE Medical Savings Accounts
IRAs USE Roth Individual Retirement Accounts
Ireland
Ireland
Irish
IRS USE Internal Revenue Service
Ischemia
Ischemia USE Ischemia
Ischemic Heart Disease USE Ischemia
Ischemic Attacks USE Stroke
Island Retirement
Island
Island
Islanders
Islands
Islands
Islands
Isolation
Israel
Issues
Italians
Italy
Ivory Coast USE Cote dIvoire
Jamaica
Jamaicans
Japan
Japanese
Jersey
Jews
Job Analysis USE Job Description
Job Applicants
Job Description
Job Mobility USE Occupational Mobility
Job Opportunities USE Employment Opportunities
Job Performance
Job Placement
Job Satisfaction
Job Security
Job Sharing USE Alternative Work Patterns
Job Strain USE Occupational Stress
Job Tenure
Job Training
Job Training USE Inservice Training
Jobs USE Occupations
Joint and Survivor Annuities USE Survivor Benefits
Joints
Jordan
Judaism USE Jews
Junior High Schools USE Secondary Education
Justice System
Kansas
Kashmir
Kazakhstan
Keeping
Kentucky
Kenya
Keogh Plans
194
ROTATED TERMS
United
Congo
Saint
Hong
North
South
Food
Department of
Natural
Sri
Sri
Elder
In
Continuous
Distance
Lifelong
Machine
Recall
Recognition
Serial
Service
Kidney Diseases
Kingdom
Kinshasa USE Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinship USE Family Relationships
Kiribati
Kitts and Nevis
Knowledge Based Systems USE Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Level
Knowledge of Aging
Kong
Koori USE Aborigines
Korea USE North Korea or South Korea
Korea
Korea
Korean Conflict Veterans
Koreans
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Labeling USE Age Stereotypes or Food Labeling or
Product Design
Labeling
Labor Force
Labor Relations
Labor Shortage
Labor Statistics
Labor Turnover
Labor Unions
Labor
Laborers USE Blue Collar Workers
Language
Language Processing USE Artificial Intelligence
Lanka
Lankans
Laos
Laotians
Last Year of Life
Latin America
Latinos USE Hispanics
Latter Day Saints USE Mormons
Latvia
Law USE Legal System
Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Personnel USE Police Officers
Law
Laws USE Legislation
Laws
Lawyers
Lay Ministry
Layoffs
Leadership
Leadership Training
Learning
Learning USE Lifelong Learning
Learning USE Distance Education
Learning
Learning USE Artificial Intelligence
Learning
Learning
Learning
Learning
Lebanese
Lebanon
Legacies
195
ROTATED TERMS
Tax
Silver Haired
Contact
Corrective
Sierra
Knowledge
Acuity
Educational
Hearing
Income
Poverty
Socioeconomic
Staffing
Dementia with
Legal
Active
Disability Free
End of
Healthy
Last Year of
Meaning in
Purpose in
Legal Aid
Legal Competency
Legal Liability USE Liabilities
Legal Problems
Legal Rights
Legal Services
Legal System
Legislation
Legislation
Legislators
Legislatures
Legs
Leisure
Leisure Activities
Length of Residence USE Housing Tenure
Length of Stay
Lenses USE Corrective Lenses
Lenses
Leone
Lesbians
Lesotho
Level of Care
Level
Levels USE Level of Care
Levels USE Educational Attainment
Levels
Levels
Levels
Levels
Levels
Lewy Body Dementia
Lewy Bodies USE Lewy Body Dementia
Liabilities
Liability USE Liabilities
Liberia
Library Services
Libya
Liechtenstein
Life Care
Life Continuity
Life Course
Life Cycle USE Life Course
Life Events
Life Expectancy
Life Insurance
Life Insurance Pay Downs USE Living Benefits
Life Purpose USE Purpose in Life
Life Review
Life Satisfaction
Life Space
Life Span
Life Span Education USE Lifelong Learning
Life Stages USE Life Course
Life Support Benefits USE Living Benefits
Life Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy USE Healthy Life Expectancy
Life Care USE Terminal Care
Life Expectancy
Life
Life USE Purpose in Life
Life
196
ROTATED TERMS
Quality of
Anti Aging
Inactive
Sedentary
Social Security Earnings
Will to
Activities of Daily
Assisted
Cost of
Cost of
Independent
Instrumental Activities of Daily
Intergenerational
Standard of
Home
Housing
Housing
Retirement
Baltimore
Income
Role
Sensory
Saint
Life
Lifelong Learning
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Lifestyle USE Sedentary Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Lifetime Income
Light Therapy
Lighting USE Visual Environment
Limitation
Literacy
Literary Expression
Literature
Literature Reviews
Lithuania
Lithuanians
Live
Living Alone
Living Arrangements
Living Benefits
Living Conditions
Living Standards
Living Trusts
Living Wills USE Advance Directives
Living
Living Facilities
Living
Living Adjustments
Living
Living
Living
Living USE Living Standards
Loans
Loans
Loans USE Home Loans
Lobbying
Local Government USE County or Municipalities
Location
Locations
Locus of Control
Loneliness
Long Term Care
Long Term Memory USE Memory
Longevity
Longitudinal Study of Aging
Loss Adjustment
Loss of Function
Loss
Loss USE Role Changes
Loss
Louisiana
Love
Low Income
Low Income Housing USE Public Housing
Lucia
Lungs
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Machine Learning USE Artificial Intelligence
197
ROTATED TERMS
Health
Health
Home
Social Health
Decision
Policy
Proxy Decision
Surrogate Decision
Care
Case
Housing
Investment
Medication
Money
Pain
Program
Risk
Case
Geriatric Care
Dementia Care
San
Never
Macular Degeneration
Madagascar
Magazines
Maine
Maintenance USE Home Maintenance
Maintenance USE Self Care
Maintenance Organizations
Maintenance
Maintenance Organizations
Making
Making
Making USE Surrogate Decision Making
Making
Maladjustment USE Adjustment
Malawi
Malays
Malaysia
Maldives
Male Menopause
Males
Mali
Malnutrition
Malpractice
Malta
Mammography
Managed Care
Managed Health Care Insurance Plans USE Managed
Care
Management
Management USE Case Management
Management
Management
Management USE Money Management
Management
Management
Management
Management
Management
Managers USE Case Management
Managers USE Case Management
Mania USE Mood Disorders
Manic Depression USE Bipolar Disorder
Manitoba
Manuals USE Consumer Guides or Personal Guides or
Professional Guides
Manufactured Housing USE Mobile Homes
Maori
Mapping
Marginalization
Marino
Marital Status
Market Forces
Market Segmentation
Marketing
Marriage
Married
Married Couples USE Couples
Married
Marshall Islands
Maryland
Mass Media
198
ROTATED TERMS
Body
Urban
Perceived
Sense of
Audiovisual
Instructional
Training
Congregate
Group
Home Delivered
Age
Physical
Self Report
Defense
Mass
Mixed
Centers for Medicare and
Durable
Supplemental
Veterans Affairs
Mass Transportation USE Public Transportation

Mass Index USE Weight
Mass Transit USE Public Transportation
Massachusetts
Massage
Mastectomy
Mastery USE Self Efficacy
Mastery USE Self Efficacy
Masturbation
Material Abuse USE Financial Abuse
Materials
Materials
Materials USE Instructional Materials
Mauritania
Mauritius
Meal Programs USE Food Programs
Meals
Meals on Wheels USE Home Delivered Meals
Meals USE Group Meals
Meals
Meals
Meaning in Life USE Purpose in Life
Means Testing
Measurement
Measurements USE Physical Characteristics
Measures
Mechanisms
Media
Media USE Multimedia
Mediation
Medicaid
Medicaid Beneficiaries
Medicaid Spenddown USE Asset Depletion
Medicaid Waivers USE Waivers
Medicaid Services
Medical Ethics
Medical History
Medical IRAs USE Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 USE SF 36
Health Survey
Medical Power of Attorney USE Advance Directives
Medical Procedures
Medical Prognosis
Medical Records
Medical Research
Medical Specialties
Medical Equipment
Medical Insurance
Medical Centers
Medicalization
Medicare
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Assignment
Medicare Beneficiaries
Medicare Modernization Act USE Medicare Prescription
Drug Improvement and Modernization Act
Medicare Part A
Medicare Part B
Medicare Part C USE Medicare Advantage
Medicare Part D
Modernization Act
199
ROTATED TERMS
Centers for
Fee For Service
Original
Traditional
Self
Alternative
Anti Aging
Folk
Preventive
Over the Counter
Organization
Autobiographical
Conscious
Direct
Episodic
Explicit
Implicit
Indirect
Long Term
Prospective
Semantic
Short Term
Unconscious
Verbal
Visual
Working
Gay
Male
Mini
National Institute of
Cell
Montessori
Medicare Reform
Medicare Waivers USE Waivers
Medicare and Medicaid Services
Medicare USE Medicare
Medicare+Choice
Medication Errors
Medication
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine USE Alternative Medicine
Medicine
Medicines USE Drugs
Medicines USE Nonprescription Drugs
Medigap
Medisave Accounts USE Medical Savings Accounts
Meditation
Melancholy USE Sadness
Membership USE Organization Membership
Membership
Memory
Memory Aids
Memory Awareness USE Metamemory
Memory Impairment
Memory USE Episodic Memory
Memory USE Explicit Memory
Memory USE Explicit Memory
Memory
Memory
Memory
Memory USE Implicit Memory
Memory USE Memory
Memory
Memory
Memory
Memory USE Implicit Memory
Memory
Memory
Memory USE Short Term Memory
Men USE Males
Men
Menopause
Menopause
Mental Abilities
Mental Disorders
Mental Exercise
Mental Health
Mental Illness USE Mental Disorders
Mental State Examination
Mental Health
Mentally Handicapped USE Developmentally Disabled
Mentally Retarded USE Developmentally Disabled
Mentoring
Menu Planning
Meta Analyses
Metabolism
Metabolism
Metamemory
Method
Methodology USE Research Techniques
200
ROTATED TERMS
New
Federated States of
Population
Reverse
Seasonal
Lay
Case
Job
Occupational
Physical
Residential
Social
Computational Economic
Econometric
Economic
Financial
Medicare
Behavior
Home
Mexicans
Mexico
Mexico
MFS USE Medicare Fee Schedule
Michigan
Micronesia
Micronesia USE Micronesia
Middle Aged
Middle Schools USE Secondary Education
Midlife Crisis USE Midlife Transition
Midlife Transition
Migrant Workers USE Farm Workers
Migration
Migration USE Migration
Migration USE Migration
Migration
Military Personnel
Military Service USE Veterans
Millennial Generation USE Echo Boom Generation
Mind Aerobics USE Mental Exercise
Minerals
Minimum Data Set
Ministers USE Clergy
Ministry
Minnesota
Minority Groups
Mississippi
Missouri
Mix
Mixed Media USE Multimedia
MMSE USE Mini Mental State Examination
Mnemonic Techniques USE Memory Aids
Mobile Homes
Mobility
Mobility USE Occupational Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Modeling USE Econometric Models
Models
Models
Models USE Econometric Models
Models USE Econometric Models
Modernization Act USE Medicare Prescription Drug
Modernization Act
Modification
Modification
Moldova
Monaco
Money Management
Mongolia
Mongolism USE Downs Syndrome
Monitoring Devices
Montana
Montessori Method
Mood Disorders
Moods
Morale
Morals
201
ROTATED TERMS
Compression of
Home
Reverse Annuity
United States
Developed
Developing
Morbidity
Morbidity
Mormons
Moroccans
Morocco
Mortality Crossover
Mortality Rates USE Death Rates
Mortgages
Mortgages USE Mortgages
Mortgages
Moslems USE Muslims
Mothers
Motivation
Motor Skills
Motor Vehicle Accidents USE Traffic Accidents
Motor Vehicles
Mourning USE Bereavement
Mouth
Movement Therapy
Movies
Mozambique
Multi Infarct Dementia USE Vascular Dementia
Multidisciplinary Assessment USE Geriatric Assessment
Multidisciplinary Education USE Interdisciplinary
Education
Multimedia
Multiple Drug Use USE Polypharmacy
Multiple Sclerosis
Municipalities
Murder USE Homicide
Muscles
Music
Music Therapy
Musicians
Muslims
Mutual Funds
Myanmar USE Burma
Myocardial Infarction USE Heart Attack
NAAAA USE National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging
Namibia
Narcotic Addiction USE Drug Addiction
Narcotics
Narratives
NASUA USE National Association of State Units on Aging
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
National Council on the Aging
National Health Service and Community Care Act USE
Community Care Act
National Retired Teachers Association USE AARP
National Surveys
Nationals
Nations
Nations
202
ROTATED TERMS
United
Alaska
Certificate of
Economic
Educational
Emotional
Financial
Health
Housing
Information
Psychosocial
Service
Social
Transportation
Unmet
Elder
Self
Anorexia
Empty
Aging
Neural
Social
Saint Kitts and
Papua
Nations
Native Alaskans USE American Indians
Native Americans USE American Indians
Native Australians USE Aborigines
Natives USE American Indians
Natural Disasters
Natural Language Processing USE Artificial Intelligence
Nauru
Near Poor USE Low Income
Nebraska
Need
Needs Assessment
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs USE Economic Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Needs
Negative Priming USE Priming
Neglect USE Elder Neglect
Neglect
Neglect
Neighborhoods
Neighbors
Nepal
Nepalis
Nervosa USE Eating Disorders
Nervous System
Nest
Net Worth
Netherlands
Network
Networks USE Artificial Intelligence
Networks
Neural Networks USE Artificial Intelligence
Neuroleptics USE Antipsychotic Drugs
Neuroses
Nevada
Never Married
Nevis
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New Zealand
New Guinea
Newfoundland
Newspapers
NHS USE National Health Service
NIA USE National Institute on Aging
Nicaragua
Nicaraguans
Niger
Nigeria
Night Vision USE Vision
203
ROTATED TERMS
Age
Do
Visiting
For Profit
Geriatric
Gerontological
Nonprofit
Proprietary
Skilled
Teaching
NIMH USE National Institute of Mental Health

Ninety Five Years and Older USE 95+
Ninety Years and Older USE 90+
Noise
Nonagenarians USE 90+
Nonrelatives USE Unrelated Individuals
NORCs USE Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
Normal Aging
Norms
North America
North Carolina
North Dakota
North Korea
Northern Ireland
Norway
Not Resuscitate Orders USE Advance Directives
Nova Scotia
Novels USE Literature
NRTA USE AARP
NSAIDs USE Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses
Nurses Aides
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Home Administration USE Long Term Care
Administration
Nursing Home Admissions USE Patient Admissions
Nursing Home Care USE Institutional Care
Nursing Home Chains
Nursing Home Discharges USE Patient Discharges
Nursing Home Personnel USE Institutional Personnel
Nursing Home Readmissions USE Patient Readmissions
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes
Nursing USE Gerontological Nursing
Nursing
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes USE For Profit Nursing Homes
Nursing Facilities
Nursing Homes
Nutrition
Nutrition Deficiency USE Malnutrition
Nutrition Education
Nutritional Status
Nutritional Supplements USE Dietary Supplements
OARS USE Older Americans Resources and Services
OASDHI USE Old Age Survivors Disability and Health
Insurance
204
ROTATED TERMS
Participant
Skills
Chronic
Single Room
Service
Naturally
Police
Public
Old
Oldest
Under Sixty Five Years
Young
Eighteen
Eighty Five
Eighty
Fifty Five
Fifty
Forty Five
Forty
Ninety Five
Ninety
Seventy Five
Seventy
Sixty Five
Sixty
Thirty Five
Thirty
Twenty Five
Abused
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Years and
Age of
Early
OASDI Trust Funds USE Social Security Trust Funds

Obesity
Observation
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder USE Compulsive
Behavior
Obsolescence
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Occupancy Rates
Occupancy Hotels
Occupational Guidance USE Employment Counseling
Occupational Stress
Occupational Training USE Job Training
Occupations
Occupations
Occurring Retirement Communities
Oceania
Octogenarians USE 80+
Officers
Officials
Ohio
Oklahoma
Old Age Assistance
Old Age Homes USE Homes for the Elderly
Old Age Survivors Disability and Health Insurance
Old Old
Old
Old USE 85+
Old USE Under 65
Old
Older Adults
Older Americans Act
Older Crime Victims USE Victims of Crime
Older Drivers USE Automobile Driving
Older Students
Older Workers
Older Adults USE Elder Abuse
Older USE 18+
Older USE 85+
Older USE 80+
Older USE 55+
Older USE 50+
Older USE 45+
Older USE 40+
Older USE 95+
Older USE 90+
Older USE 75+
Older USE 70+
Older USE 65+
Older USE 60+
Older USE 35+
Older USE 30+
Older USE 25+
Oldest Old USE 85+
Oman
Ombudsmen
Onset USE Age of Onset
Onset
Onset Dementia
Ontario
Operating Costs
205
ROTATED TERMS
Public
Employment
Equal Employment
Job
Equal Employment
Do Not Resuscitate
World Health
For Profit
Health Maintenance
Nonprofit
Peer Review
Preferred Provider
Social Health Maintenance
Future
Reality
Foreign
Medical
Hospital
Home
Automobile
Employee Stock
Buyout
Chronic
Operations USE Surgery

Opinion USE Attitudes
Opinion USE Attitudes
Opportunities
Opportunities
Opportunities USE Employment Opportunities
Opportunity Commission
Optimism
Oral Health
Oral History
Orders USE Advance Directives
Oregon
Organ Transplants
Organization
Organizations
Organizations
Organizations
Organizations
Organizations
Organizations
Organizations
Orgasm
Orientation
Orientation
Orientation
Origin
Original Medicare USE Medicare
Osteoarthritis USE Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Outcomes
Outcomes Study Short Form 36 USE SF 36 Health
Survey
Outdoor Activities
Outpatient Clinics
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Clinics USE Outpatient Clinics
Outpatients
Outreach Services
Over the Counter Medicines USE Nonprescription Drugs
Overmedication USE Medication Errors
Overweight USE Obesity
Owners
Ownership
Ownership
Ownership Plans USE Profit Sharing
PACE USE Programs of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Pacemakers
Pacific Islanders
Packages
Packaging USE Product Design
Pain
Pain Management
Pain
Pakistan
Pakistanis
Palau
Palliative Care
206
ROTATED TERMS
Supranuclear
Gray
Dependent
Grandparents as
Medicare
Medicare
Medicare
Medicare
Activity
Research
Study
Voter
Job Training
Public Private
Physician
Hospitalized
Psychiatric
Activity
Alternative Work
Economic
Friendship
Health
Transportation
Travel
Life Insurance
Private
Representative
Prospective
Vendor
Palsy USE Frontotemporal Dementia

Panama
Panic Disorders USE Anxiety Disorders
Panthers
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Paralegal Services USE Legal Services
Paralysis
Paranoia
Paratransit Services USE Dial a Ride Services
Parent Abuse USE Elder Abuse
Parent Child Relations USE Family Relationships
Parents
Parents
Parents
Parkinsons Disease
Parks
Part A
Part B
Part C USE Medicare Advantage
Part D
Participation Rates
Participation
Participation USE Study Participation
Participation
Participation
Partnership Act
Partnerships
Pastoral Counseling
Pathology
Patient Admissions
Patient Care
Patient Care Plans
Patient Discharges
Patient Education
Patient Referrals
Patient Rights
Patient Relations
Patients
Patients USE Inpatients
Patients
Patterns
Patterns
Patterns
Patterns
Patterns
Patterns
Patterns USE Transportation Patterns
Pay Downs USE Living Benefits
Pay USE Out of Pocket Expenditures
Payees
Payment System USE Prospective Pricing
Payments
Pedestrians
Peer Counseling
Peer Influence
Pennsylvania
207
ROTATED TERMS
Cash Balance
Defined Benefit
Defined Contribution
Integrated
Multiemployer
Nontaxable
Notional Defined Contribution
Union
Adjusted Average
Role
Self
Time
Job
Physical
Psychomotor
Aging Services
Armed Forces
Aviation
Clerical
Government
Health
Hospital
Institutional
Law Enforcement
Management
Military
Nursing Home
Paraprofessional
Professional
Sales
American Association of Retired
Famous
Transgendered
Historical
Pension Benefits
Pension Funds
Pension Plans
Pension Portability
Pension Plans
Pension Plans
Pension Plans
Pension Plans
Pension Plans
Pension Benefits
Pension Plans
Pension Plans
Pensions
Per Capita Cost
Perceived Mastery USE Self Efficacy
Perception
Perception
Perception USE Self Concept
Perception
Perceptual Skills USE Perception
Performance
Performance
Performance
Perimenopause
Personal Accounts
Personal Appearance
Personal Care
Personal Care Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Personal Emergency Response Systems USE Alarm
Systems
Personal Finance USE Money Management
Personal Guides
Personal Property
Personal Social Security Accounts USE Individual
Accounts
Personal Values
Personality
Personality Change USE Personality Development
Personnel
Personnel USE Military Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel USE Police Officers
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel USE Institutional Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Persons USE AARP
Persons USE Celebrities
Persons
Perspectives
Peru
208
ROTATED TERMS
Aging in
Job
Nursing Home
Pension
Pension
Thrift Savings
Activity
City
Discharge
Estate
Menu
Preretirement
Preretirement
Retirement
Service
Transportation
Urban and Regional
401k
Area
Cash Balance Pension
Deferred Compensation
Defined Benefit Pension
Defined Contribution Pension
Employee Stock Ownership
Integrated Pension
Keogh
Pessimism
Pet Therapy
Pets
Pharmacists
Phased Retirement USE Flexible Retirement
Philanthropy USE Charitable Contributions
Philippines
Philosophy
Phobias
Photographs
Physical Activity
Physical Appearance USE Personal Appearance
Physical Condition
Physical Examinations USE Health Examinations
Physical Fitness USE Physical Condition
Physical Measurements USE Physical Characteristics
Physical Mobility
Physical Restraints USE Restraints
Physical Strength
Physical Therapy
Physically Disabled
Physician Assistants
Physician Education
Physician Fees
Physician Services
Physician Visits
Physicians
Physiological Adaptation USE Adaptation
Picks Disease USE Frontotemporal Dementia
Pilots USE Aviation Personnel
Place Attachment USE Attachment Behavior
Place of Death
Place
Placement
Placement
Plan Administration
Plan Termination
Plan USE Federal Employees Retirement System
Planning
Planning
Planning USE Urban and Regional Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning USE Retirement Planning
Planning Programs USE Retirement Programs
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Plans
Plans on Aging
Plans
Plans USE Salary Reduction Plans
Plans
Plans
Plans USE Profit Sharing
Plans
Plans
209
ROTATED TERMS
Managed Health Care Insurance
Multiemployer Pension
Patient Care
Pension
Retirement
Salary Reduction
State
Taft Hartley
Union Pension
Role
Out of
Hiring
Organizational
AARP Public
Government
Public
Public
Near
At Risk
Institutionalized
Noninstitutionalized
Health Insurance
Pension
Disease
Durable
Health Care
Medical
Clinical
Plans USE Managed Care

Plans
Plans
Plans
Plans
Plans USE Pension Plans
Plans
Plans on Aging
Plans USE Multiemployer Pension Plans
Plans
Playing
Plays
Pneumonia
Pocket Expenditures
Podiatry USE Foot Care
Poetry
Poland
Poles
Police Officers
Police Services
Policies
Policies
Policy Making
Policy Institute Publications
Policy USE Public Policy
Policy
Policy Institute Publications USE AARP Public Policy
Institute Publications
Political Activity
Political Attitudes
Polypharmacy
Poor USE Poverty
Poor USE Low Income
Popular Culture
Population
Population Aging
Population Migration USE Migration
Population Studies USE Demography
Populations
Populations
Populations
Portability and Accountability Act
Portability
Portugal
Portuguese
Postoperative Care
Postponement USE Compression of Morbidity
Postretirement Work
Posture
Postwar Generation USE Silent Generation
Poverty
Poverty Levels
Poverty Programs USE Public Assistance
Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney USE Advance Directives
PPI Publications USE AARP Public Policy Institute
Publications
PPOs USE Preferred Provider Organizations
PPS USE Prospective Pricing
Practice Guidelines
210
ROTATED TERMS
Family
Employment
Ethical
General
Nurse
Food
Housing
Food
Medicare
Blood
High Blood
Accident
Crime
Consumer
Prospective
Associative
Negative
Repetition
Semantic
Sao Tome and
Public
Adjustment
Behavior
Emotional
Environmental
Legal
Sexual
Commitment
Medical
Practice USE Primary Care

Practices
Practices
Practitioners USE Physicians
Practitioners
Prayer USE Religious Activities
Predictive Factors
Predictor Variables USE Predictive Factors
Preferences
Preferences
Prejudice
Premature Aging
Premenopause USE Perimenopause
Premorbidity
Preparation
Preretirement Planning USE Retirement Planning
Preretirement Planning Programs USE Retirement
Programs
Presbycusis USE Hearing Impairment
Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act
Presenile Dementia USE Early Onset Dementia
Pressure Sores
Pressure
Pressure USE Hypertension
Prevalence
Prevention
Prevention
Prevention
Preventive Health Services USE Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Price Index
Pricing
Priests USE Clergy
Primary Care
Primary Education USE Elementary Education
Priming
Priming USE Priming
Priming USE Priming
Priming USE Priming
Priming
Principe
Prisoners
Prisons USE Correctional Institutions
Privacy
Private Agencies USE Private Sector
Private Pay USE Out of Pocket Expenditures
Private Sector
Private Partnerships
Privatization
Problem Drinking USE Alcoholism
Problem Solving
Problems USE Adjustment
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems USE Sexual Dysfunction
Procedures
Procedures
211
ROTATED TERMS
Conference
Claims
Information
Natural Language
Housing
For
For
Medical
Food Stamp
Foster Grandparent
Retired Senior Volunteer
Senior Companion
Alcohol
Art
Assistance
Computer
Eldercare
Employment
Exercise
Federal Aging
Federal Housing
Food
Gatekeeper
Housing
Intergenerational
Meal
Poverty
Recreation
Relief
Retirement
Time Exchange
Transportation
Community
Demonstration
Health
Personal
Proceedings
Processing Speed USE Reaction Time
Processing
Processing USE Cognition
Processing USE Artificial Intelligence
Product Design
Production
Productive Aging
Productivity
Professional Guides
Profiles USE Personal Accounts
Profit Sharing
Profit Nursing Homes
Profit Organizations
Profits
Prognosis USE Medical Prognosis
Prognosis
Program Development USE Service Planning
Program Evaluations
Program Management
Program
Program
Program
Program
Program
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs USE Computer Software
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs
Programs USE Food Programs
Programs USE Public Assistance
Programs USE Retirement Programs
Programs
Programs USE Disaster Assistance
Programs
Programs USE Volunteer Service Credits
Programs
Projection
Projects
Projects USE Program Descriptions or Program
Evaluations
Promotion
Property
Property Taxes
Property
Proprietary Nursing Homes USE For Profit Nursing
Homes
PROs USE Peer Review Organizations
Prosopagnosia USE Face Recognition
Prospective Memory
Prospective Payment System USE Prospective Pricing
Prospective Pricing
212
ROTATED TERMS
Consumer
Adult
Preferred
Geriatric Services
Outpatient
Geriatric
AARP
AARP
AARP Foundation
AARP Public Policy Institute
Andrus Foundation
Prostate
Prostate Cancer
Prosthetic Devices
Protection
Protective Services
Protective Services USE Protective Services
Proteins
Protestants
Provider Organizations
Providers USE Aging Services Personnel
Proximity of Family
Proxy Decision Making USE Surrogate Decision Making
Proxy Respondents
PSAs USE Planning and Service Areas
PSDA USE Patient Self Determination Act
Pseudodementia
Psychiatric Advance Directives USE Advance Directives
Psychiatric History
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Adaptation USE Adjustment
Psychological Aging
Psychological Exercise USE Mental Exercise
Psychological Tests
Psychologists
Psychomotor Skills USE Psychomotor Performance
Psychopathology
Psychophysiology USE Mind Body Relationship
Psychoses
Psychosocial Needs
Psychotherapy
Psychotropic Drugs
PTSD USE Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Public Assistance
Public Health
Public Housing
Public Officials
Public Opinion USE Attitudes
Public Policy
Public Policy Institute Publications USE AARP Public
Policy Institute Publications
Public Relations
Public Sector
Publications
Publications USE AARP Foundation Publications
Publications
Publications
Publications USE AARP Foundation Publications
213
ROTATED TERMS
PPI
Public Policy Institute
Chronic Obstructive
Life
Employment
Data
Survey
Facts on Aging
Intelligence
Attitudes Toward
Fund
Heart
Pulse
Birth
Death
Discharge
Mortality
Occupancy
Participation
Reduced
Response
Wage
Dependency
Sex
Health Care
Adverse Drug
Hospital
Nursing Home
Patient
Self
Retirement
Care
Publications USE AARP Public Policy Institute

Publications
Publications USE AARP Public Policy Institute
Publications
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Pulmonary Disease
Pulse Rate USE Heart Rate
Purpose in Life
Purpose USE Purpose in Life
Qatar
Qualifications
Quality Assurance
Quality of Care
Quality of Life
Quality
Quebec
Questionnaires
Quiz
Quotient
Rabbis USE Clergy
Racial Attitudes USE Attitudes Toward Racial and Ethnic
Groups
Radio
Railroad Retirement Benefits
Raising
Rape
Rate Setting
Rate
Rate USE Heart Rate
Rates
Rates
Rates USE Patient Discharges
Rates USE Death Rates
Rates
Rates
Rates USE Discounts
Rates USE Study Participation
Rates
Ratio
Ratio
Rationing
RBRVS USE Resource Based Relative Value Scale
Reaction Time
Reactions
Reading
Readmissions USE Patient Readmissions
Readmissions USE Patient Readmissions
Readmissions
Real Estate USE Property
Reality Orientation
Realization USE Self Actualization
Reasons
Recall Learning
Receivers
Recession
Recipes
Reciprocity
214
ROTATED TERMS
Face
Driving
Hospital
Medical
Estate
Volunteer
Salary
Information and
Patient
Health Care
Medicare
Nursing Home
Social Security
Tax
Urban and
Federal
Vocational
Diagnosis
Client
Family and Staff
Interpersonal
Labor
Parent Child
Physician Patient
Public
Resident and Staff
Staff
Mind Body
Family
Intergenerational
Intimate
Social
Resource Based
Step
Self
Economic Growth and Tax
Recognition
Record Keeping
Records
Records USE Medical Records
Records
Recovery
Recovery
Recreation
Recreation Programs
Recruiting
Recruiting USE Recruiting
Recurrence USE Relapse
Redistribution USE Resource Allocation
Reduced Fares USE Discounts
Reduced Rates USE Discounts
Reduction Plans
Reemployment
Reentry Workers USE Reemployment
Referral Services
Referrals
Reflexes USE Responses
Reform
Reform
Reform Act
Reform
Reform USE Tax Legislation
Refugees
Regional Differences USE Geographical Differences
Regional Planning
Registries USE Information Systems
Regulation
Regulations
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Reimbursement
Relapse
Related Groups
Relations
Relations
Relations
Relations
Relations USE Family Relationships
Relations
Relations
Relations
Relations USE Family and Staff Relations
Relationship
Relationships
Relationships
Relationships
Relationships USE Social Interaction
Relative Value Scale
Relatives
Relatives
Relaxation Therapy
Reliance USE Independence
Relief Programs USE Disaster Assistance
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
Religion
215
ROTATED TERMS
Institutional
Urban
Estrogen
Hormone
Testosterone
Self
Census
Central African
Czech
Democratic
Dominican
Union of Soviet Socialist
Calorie
Eligibility
Nutritional
Reporting
Vitamin
AARP
Gerontological
Life History
Medical
Qualitative
Length of
Conflict
Economic
Financial
Information
Older Americans
Religious Attitudes
Religious Groups
Religious Training
Relocation
Relocation
Remarriage
Reminiscence
Renal Dialysis
Renewal
Rental Costs
Rental Housing
Renters
Repairs
Repetition Priming USE Priming
Replacement Therapy USE Hormone Replacement
Therapy
Replacement Therapy
Replacement Therapy USE Hormone Replacement
Therapy
Report Measures
Reports
Repression USE Defense Mechanisms
Reproduction
Republic of Georgia
Republic
Republic
Republic
Republics
Requirements
Requirements USE Eligibility Determination
Requirements
Requirements
Requirements
Research Diaries
Research Participation USE Study Participation
Research Techniques
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Residence USE Housing Tenure
Residences USE Housing
Resident Councils
Residential Care Homes USE Board and Care Homes
Resilience
Resistance Training USE Strength Training
Resolution USE Mediation
Resource Allocation
Resources
Resources USE Economic Resources
Resources
Resources and Services
216
ROTATED TERMS
Proxy
Personal Emergency
Auditory
Visual
Filial
Chemical
Physical
Activity
Do Not
Cardiopulmonary
Mentally
American Association of
National
Armed Forces
Civil Service
College Town
Compulsory
Continuing Care
Deferred
Delayed
Early
Employee
Federal Employees
Flexible
Individual
Involuntary
Island
Mandatory
Respect
Respiration
Respiratory System
Respite Care
Respondents
Response Rates USE Study Participation
Response Time USE Reaction Time
Response Systems USE Alarm Systems
Responses
Responses
Responses
Responsibility
Rest
Rest Homes USE Homes for the Elderly
Restlessness
Restraints
Restraints USE Restraints
Restraints USE Restraints
Restricted Activity USE Activity Restrictions
Restrictions
Resumes
Resuscitate Orders USE Advance Directives
Resuscitation USE CPR
Resuscitation USE CPR
Retarded USE Developmentally Disabled
Retention
Retired Couples
Retired Workers
Retired Persons USE AARP
Retired Teachers Association USE AARP
Retirement
Retirement Abroad
Retirement Age
Retirement Benefits USE Pension Benefits
Retirement Housing
Retirement Income
Retirement Planning
Retirement Plans USE Pension Plans
Retirement Programs
Retirement Reasons
Retirement Test USE Social Security Earnings Limitation
Retirement System USE Military Retirement System
Retirement System
Retirement
Retirement USE Mandatory Retirement
Retirement USE Delayed Retirement
Retirement
Retirement
Retirement Income Security Act
Retirement System
Retirement
Retirement Accounts
Retirement
Retirement
Retirement
217
ROTATED TERMS
Military
Naturally Occurring
Phased
Railroad
Roth Individual
Small Town
Family
Internal
Drug Utilization
Life
Peer
Book
Literature
Video
Caregiving
Circadian
Costa
Puerto
Puerto
Dial a
Civil
Grandparent Visitation
Human
Legal
Patient
Vesting
Habit
At
Gender
Sex
Single
Retirement System
Retirement USE Flexible Retirement
Retirement Benefits
Retirement Accounts
Retirement
Retraining
Reunions
Reunions USE Reunions
Revenue Service
Reverse Migration USE Migration
Review
Review
Review Organizations
Reviews
Reviews
Reviews and Guides USE Audiovisual Materials
Rewards
Rheumatoid Arthritis USE Arthritis
Rhode Island
Rhythms
Rica
Ricans
Rico
Ride Services
Right to Die
Rights
Rights
Rights USE Civil Rights
Rights
Rights
Rights
Rigidity
Rigidity USE Rigidity
Risk Contracts
Risk Factors
Risk Management
Risk Taking
Risk Populations
Rituals
Robotics USE Artificial Intelligence
Role Changes
Role Conflict
Role Loss USE Role Changes
Role Perception
Role Playing
Roles
Roles USE Sex Roles
Roles
Romania
Room Occupancy Hotels
Roth IRAs USE Roth Individual Retirement Accounts
RSVP USE Retired Senior Volunteer Program
RUGs USE Resource Utilization Groups
Running
Rural
Russia
Russians
RVs USE Recreational Vehicles
Rwanda
Sadness
Safety
218
ROTATED TERMS
Health and
Traffic
Latter Day
El
American
Western
Care
Caregiving
Housing
Job
Life
Marital
Health
Medical
Thrift
Geriatric Depression
Resource Based Relative Value
Wechsler
Brain
Medicare Fee
Elementary
Grade
High
Junior High
Middle
Multiple
Nova
Private
Public
Economic
Employee Retirement Income
Housing
Safety Standards
Safety
Saint Lucia
Saints USE Mormons
Salaries USE Wages
Sales Personnel
Salvador
Salvadorans
Samoa
Samoa USE Samoa
Samoa USE Samoa
Samoans
Sample Bias USE Study Participation
San Marino
Sandwich Generation
Saskatchewan
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Satisfaction USE Caregiving Rewards
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Saudi Arabia
Savings
Savings Accounts USE Medical Savings Accounts
Savings Accounts
Savings Plan USE Federal Employees Retirement System
Scale
Scale
Scale
Scales
Scams USE Consumer Fraud
Scans
Schedule
Schizophrenia
Schools
Schools USE Elementary Education
Schools USE Elementary Education
Schools USE Secondary Education
Scientists
Sclerosis
Scotia
Scotland
Screening
SCSEP USE Senior Community Service Employment
Program
Seasonal Migration
Second Careers
Second Homes
Secondary Education
Sector
Sector
Securities
Security
Security
Security Act
Security
219
ROTATED TERMS
International Social
Job
Personal Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Social
Supplemental
Holy
Help
Treatment
Market
Age
Age
House
Adverse
Biased
Patient
Retired
Culturally
Security Association
Security
Security Accounts USE Individual Accounts
Security
Security Act
Security Act Title XIX USE Medicaid
Security Act Title XVIII USE Medicare
Security Administration
Security Benefits
Security Coverage
Security Earnings Limitation
Security Reform
Security Trust Funds
Security Income
Sedentary Lifestyle
See
Seeking Behavior
Seeking Behavior USE Help Seeking Behavior
Segmentation
Segregated Housing
Segregation
Select Committee on Aging
Selection Bias USE Biased Selection
Selection USE Biased Selection
Selection
Selective Attention
Self Actualization
Self Care
Self Concept
Self Directed Care USE Consumer Directed Care
Self Efficacy
Self Employment
Self Esteem
Self Evaluation USE Self Esteem
Self Help Groups
Self Help Guides USE Personal Guides
Self Image USE Self Concept
Self Medication
Self Neglect
Self Perception USE Self Concept
Self Realization USE Self Actualization
Self Reliance USE Independence
Self Transcendence
Self Determination Act
Semantic Dementia USE Frontotemporal Dementia
Semantic Memory
Semantic Priming
Senegal
Senior Centers
Senior Clubs USE Clubs
Senior Community Service Employment Program
Senior Companion Program
Senior Discounts USE Discounts
Senior Enterprises
Senior Volunteer Program
Sense of Mastery USE Self Efficacy
Senses
Sensitive Assessment
Sensory Loss
Sensory Training
Separated
September 11 USE Terrorism
220
ROTATED TERMS
Civil
Fee For
Fee For
Health
Health
Health
Health
Indian Health
Internal Revenue
Military
National Health
National Health
Planning and
Religious
Senior Community
Volunteer
Access to
Adult Day Care
Adult Protective
Aging
Ancillary
Auxiliary
Bilingual
Chore
Community
Day Care
Dental
Department of Health and Human
Dial a Ride
Dietary
Emergency Health
Foster Care
Geriatric
Government
Health
Homemaker
Hospital
Information and Referral
Inpatient
Legal
Library
Mental Health
Outpatient
Outpatient Psychiatric
Outreach
Paralegal
Paratransit
Pharmaceutical
Physician
Serial Learning
Service Costs
Service Delivery
Service Demand
Service Involvement
Service Learning
Service Needs
Service Occupations
Service Planning
Service Utilization
Service Retirement System
Service
Service Medicare USE Medicare
Service Administration
Service Costs
Service Facilities
Service Standards
Service
Service
Service USE Veterans
Service
Service and Community Care Act USE Community Care
Act
Service Areas
Service Attendance
Service Employment Program
Service Credits
Services USE Service Accessibility
Services USE Day Care Services
Services USE Protective Services
Services Personnel
Services
Services USE Ancillary Services
Services
Services
Services USE Homemaker Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services USE Foster Homes
Services Providers USE Aging Services Personnel
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services USE Legal Services
Services USE Dial a Ride Services
Services
Services
221
ROTATED TERMS
Police
Preventive Health
Protective
Psychiatric
Public Health
Social
Supportive
Volunteer
Minimum Data
Rate
Viatical
Disease
Disorder
Cost
Home
Job
Profit
Very
Cost
Medical Outcomes Study

Labor
Under
Family
Services
Services USE Preventive Medicine
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Services
Set
Setting
Settlements USE Living Benefits
Seventy Five Years and Older USE 75+
Seventy Years and Older USE 70+
Severity of Disorder USE Disorder Severity
Severity USE Disease Stages
Severity
Sex Differences
Sex Discrimination
Sex Ratio
Sex Roles
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Attitudes
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual Intercourse
Sexual Problems USE Sexual Dysfunction
Sexuality
Seychelles
SF 36 Health Survey
Shared Housing
Sharing
Sharing USE Shared Housing
Sharing USE Alternative Work Patterns
Sharing
Shelter USE Housing
Sheltered Housing
Sheltered Housing USE Assisted Living Facilities
Shifting
SHMOs USE Social Health Maintenance Organizations
Shock Therapy
Shoes
Shopping
Short Term Memory
Short Form 36 USE SF 36 Health Survey
Shortage
Siblings
Side Effects
Sierra Leone
Sight USE Vision
Silent Generation
Simulation
Singapore
Singing USE Music
Single
Single Family Housing
Sisters USE Siblings
Sixty Five Years and Older USE 65+
Sixty Years and Older USE 60+
Sixty Five Years Old USE Under 65
Size
Skills Obsolescence
222
ROTATED TERMS
Driving
Motor
Perceptual
Psychomotor
Cigarette
International
Personal
Union of Soviet
Ancient
Industrial
American Geriatrics
Gerontological
Computer
Problem
Skills
Skills
Skills USE Perception
Skills USE Psychomotor Performance
Skin
Sleep
Sleep Disorders
Slovakia
Slovenia
Small Business
Smell
Smoking
Smoking USE Smoking
SNFs USE Skilled Nursing Facilities
Snowbirds USE Seasonal Migration
Sociability
Social Activities
Social Adjustment
Social Attitudes
Social Change
Social Classes
Social Cognition
Social Contacts
Social Dating
Social Gerontology
Social Integration
Social Interaction
Social Issues
Social Mobility
Social Needs
Social Networks
Social Relationships USE Social Interaction
Social Security
Social Security Act
Social Security Act Title XIX USE Medicaid
Social Security Act Title XVIII USE Medicare
Social Services
Social Values
Social Work
Social Workers
Social Security Association
Social Security Accounts USE Individual Accounts
Socialist Republics
Socialization
Societies
Societies USE Developed Nations
Society
Society of America
Socioeconomic Status USE Socioeconomic Levels
Software
Solomon Islands
Solving
Somalia
Somalis
223
ROTATED TERMS
Bed
Pressure
Income
Union of
Life
Attention
Life
Life
Senate
Medical
Processing
Medicaid
Entitlement
Death of
Family and
Resident and
Disease
Life
Food
Financial Accounting
Health and Safety
Health Service
Living
Nursing Home
Performance
Mini Mental
National Association of
Federated
Outside United
United
Sons
Sores USE Pressure Sores
Sores
Sources of Income USE Income Sources
Sources
South Africa
South America
South Carolina
South Dakota
South Korea
Soviet Socialist Republics
Space
Spain
Span
Span
Span Education USE Lifelong Learning
Spaniards
Spatial Abilities
Special Care Units
Special Committee on Aging
Specialties
Speech
Speech Disorders
Speech Therapy
Speeches
Speed USE Reaction Time
Spenddown USE Asset Depletion
Spenddown USE Asset Depletion
Spending
Spinal Injuries
Spirituality USE Spiritual Well Being
Sports
Spousal Impoverishment USE Asset Depletion
Spouse
Spouses
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans
SROs USE Single Room Occupancy Hotels
SSI USE Supplemental Security Income
Staff Relations USE Family and Staff Relations
Staff Relations
Staff Relations
Staffing Levels
Stages
Stages USE Life Course
Stamp Program
Standard of Living USE Living Standards
Standard 106
Standards
Standards
Standards
Standards
Standards
State
State Surveys
State Units on Aging USE State Agencies on Aging
State Examination
States of Micronesia USE Micronesia
States
States
224
ROTATED TERMS
United
United
United
Labor
Vital
Health
Marital
Nutritional
Socioeconomic
Length of
Age
Employee
Job
Intervention
Ego
Physical
Occupational
Posttraumatic
Family
Older
Case
Center for Epidemiologic
Cross Cultural
Longitudinal
Population
Baltimore Longitudinal
Graduate
Medical Outcomes
Assisted
Lump
Dietary
Herbal
Nutritional
Emotional
Formal
Informal
Life
States Congress
States Nationals
States Territories
Statistical Data
Statistics
Statistics USE Health Indices
Status
Status
Status
Status USE Socioeconomic Levels
Stay
Step Relatives
Stereotypes USE Age Stereotypes
Stereotypes
Stock Ownership Plans USE Profit Sharing
Stocks USE Securities
Strain USE Occupational Stress
Strategies
Strength USE Physical Strength
Strength Training
Strength USE Self Esteem
Strength
Stress
Stress
Stress Disorder
Stroke
Stroop Effect
Structure USE Family Relationships
Students
Students
Studies
Studies Depression Scale
Studies
Studies
Studies USE Demography
Study Participation
Study of Aging
Study
Study Short Form 36 USE SF 36 Health Survey
Subacute Care
Substance Abuse USE Drug Abuse
Suburban
Successful Aging
Sudan
Suffering
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicide
Sum Distributions
Sunbelt
Sundown Syndrome
Supplements
Supplements USE Dietary Supplements
Supplements USE Dietary Supplements
Support Groups USE Self Help Groups
Support
Support Systems USE Supportive Services
Support Systems
Support Benefits USE Living Benefits
Supportive Services
Supranuclear Palsy USE Frontotemporal Dementia
225
ROTATED TERMS
Cosmetic
Budget
SF 36 Health
National
State
Joint and
Cancer
Holocaust
Old Age
Disease
Life
Acquired Immune Deficiency

Downs
Sundown
Armed Forces Retirement
Cardiovascular
Circulatory
Civil Service Retirement
Criminal Justice
Digestive
Federal Employees Retirement
Gastrointestinal
Immune
Legal
Military Retirement
Musculoskeletal
Nervous
Prospective Payment
Respiratory
Urogenital
Alarm
Expert
Formal Support
Informal Support
Information
Knowledge Based
Personal Emergency Response
Risk
Surgery
Surgery
Suriname
Surpluses USE Federal Budget
Surveillance Equipment USE Monitoring Devices
Survey
Surveys
Surveys
Surveys
Survivor Benefits
Survivor Annuities USE Survivor Benefits
Survivors
Survivors
Survivors Disability and Health Insurance
Susceptibility
Sustaining Treatment
Swallowing Disorders USE Dysphagia
Swaziland
Sweden
Swimming
Swing Generation USE Silent Generation
Swiss
Switzerland
Symptoms
Synagogues
Syndrome USE AIDS
Syndrome
Syndrome
Syria
System USE Military Retirement System
System
System USE Cardiovascular System
System
System
System
System
System USE Digestive System
System
System
System
System
System
System USE Prospective Pricing
System
System
Systems
Systems USE Artificial Intelligence
Systems USE Supportive Services
Systems
Systems
Systems USE Artificial Intelligence
Systems USE Alarm Systems
Taft Hartley Plans USE Multiemployer Pension Plans
Tai Chi
Taiwan
Taiwanese
Tajikistan
Taking
Tanzania
Taste
TAUs USE Universities of the Third Age
Tax Credits
226
ROTATED TERMS
Economic Growth and

Estate
Income
Inheritance
Property
National Retired
Interdisciplinary
Instructional
Mnemonic
Research
Teaching
Training
Information
Body
Housing
Job
Long
Long
Long
Long
Short
Employment
Pension Plan
Northwest
Trust
United States
Clock Drawing
Earnings
Retirement
Congressional
Income
Means
Hearing
Intelligence
Tax Deductions
Tax Legislation
Tax Reform USE Tax Legislation
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes USE Estate Taxes
Taxes
Teachers
Teachers Association USE AARP
Teaching Hospitals
Teaching Techniques USE Instructional Techniques
Team Care
Techniques
Techniques USE Memory Aids
Techniques
Techniques USE Instructional Techniques
Techniques USE Instructional Techniques
Technology
Technology
Teeth
Telecommuting USE Alternative Work Patterns
Teleconferencing
Telehealth USE Telemedicine
Telelearning USE Distance Education
Telemarketing
Telemedicine
Telephone Use
Television
Temperature USE Body Temperature
Temperature
Tenants USE Renters
Tennessee
Tenure
Tenure
Term Care
Term Care Administration
Term Care Insurance
Term Memory USE Memory
Term Memory
Terminal Care
Termination
Termination
Terminology
Territories
Territories USE United States Territories
Territories
Terrorism
Test Translations
Test Validity
Test
Test USE Social Security Earnings Limitation
Test USE Social Security Earnings Limitation
Testimony
Testing USE Means Testing
Testing
Testosterone
Testosterone Replacement Therapy USE Hormone
Replacement Therapy
Tests
Tests USE Ear Examinations
Tests
227
ROTATED TERMS
Psychological
Vision
Exchange
Social Exchange
Animal Assisted
Art
Cognitive Behavioral
Dance
Drama
Drug
Estrogen Replacement
Family
Group
Hormone Replacement
Horticultural
Light
Movement
Music
Occupational
Pet
Physical
Recreational
Relaxation
Remotivation
Shock
Speech
Testosterone Replacement
Validation
Universities of the
Failure to
Geriatric Failure to
Part
Reaction
Response
Social Security Act
Social Security Act
Trinidad and
Heat
Sao
Attitudes
Tests
Tests USE Eye Examinations
Texas
Textbooks
Thailand
Thais
Theater
Theories
Theories of Aging
Theory of Aging USE Social Exchange Theory
Theory
Therapy
Therapy USE Pet Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy USE Hormone Replacement Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy
Therapy USE Hormone Replacement Therapy
Therapy
Thinking USE Cognition
Third Age Universities USE Universities of the Third Age
Third World Countries USE Developing Nations
Third Age
Thirty Five Years and Older USE 35+
Thirty Years and Older USE 30+
Thrift Savings Plan USE Federal Employees Retirement
System
Thrive
Thrive USE Failure to Thrive
Tibet
Time Dollars USE Volunteer Service Credits
Time Exchange Programs USE Volunteer Service Credits
Time Perception
Time Employment
Time
Time USE Reaction Time
Tiredness USE Fatigue
Title XIX USE Medicaid
Title XVIII USE Medicare
Tobago
Togo
Tolerance USE Body Temperature
Tome and Principe
Tonga
Toothlessness
Touch
Toward Aging
228
ROTATED TERMS
Attitudes
Attitudes
College
Small
Family
Inservice
Job
Job
Leadership
Occupational
On the Job
Religious
Resistance
Sensory
Strength
Vocational
Volunteer
Weight
Worker
Self
Intergenerational
Urban Mass
Midlife
Test
Organ
Air
Mass
Public
Life Sustaining
Employment
Controlled Clinical
Randomized Controlled
OASDI
Social Security
Toward Death
Toward Racial and Ethnic Groups
Town Retirement
Town Retirement
Traditional Medicare USE Medicare
Traditions
Traffic Accidents
Traffic Safety
Trailers USE Mobile Homes
Training
Training Materials USE Instructional Materials
Training Techniques USE Instructional Techniques
Training
Training
Training Partnership Act
Training
Training USE Job Training
Training USE Inservice Training
Training
Training USE Strength Training
Training
Training
Training
Training USE Strength Training
Tranquilizers USE Antianxiety Drugs
Transcendence
Transference
Transfers
Transgendered Persons
Transgenerational Design USE Universal Design
Transient Ischemic Attacks USE Stroke
Transit USE Public Transportation
Transition
Transition
Translations
Transplants
Transportation
Transportation Programs
Transportation
Transportation USE Public Transportation
Transportation
Travel
Travel Barriers
Travel Patterns USE Transportation Patterns
Treatment
Treatment Seeking Behavior USE Help Seeking Behavior
Treatment
Trends
Trials
Trials
Trinidad and Tobago
Trips USE Travel
Trust Territories USE United States Territories
Trust Funds USE Social Security Trust Funds
Trust Funds
Trusts
229
ROTATED TERMS
Inter Vivos
Living
Labor
Housing
Decubitus
European
Labor
Outside
Alzheimers
Geriatric
National Association of State
Special Care
State
Third Age
Department of Housing and
Bed
Trusts USE Living Trusts

Trusts
Tube Feeding
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks
Turnover
Tuvalu
Twenty Five Years and Older USE 25+
Twins
Types
U3As USE Universities of the Third Age
Uganda
Ukraine
Ukrainians
Ulcers USE Pressure Sores
UN USE United Nations
Unconscious Memory USE Implicit Memory
Under 65
Under Sixty Five Years Old USE Under 65
Understanding USE Comprehension
Underweight
Unemployment
Unemployment Compensation USE Unemployment
Insurance
Unhappiness USE Sadness
Uninsured
Union Pension Plans
Union
Unions
United Kingdom
United Nations
United States
United States
Units USE Special Care Units
Units
Units on Aging
Units
Units on Aging USE State Agencies on Aging
Universal Design
Universal Health Coverage USE Universal Health Care
Universities USE Higher Education
Universities USE Universities of the Third Age
Unmarried Couples USE Couples
Unmet Needs
Urban
Urban Mass Transit USE Public Transportation
Urban Renewal
Urban Development
Urinary Incontinence USE Incontinence
Urogenital System
Uruguay
Usage USE Hospital Bed Usage
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ROTATED TERMS
Hospital Bed
Video
Drug
Multiple Drug
Telephone
Older Computer
Drug
Hospital
Resource
Service
Test
Resource Based Relative
Personal
Social
Predictor
Diurnal
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Recreational
Cape
Department of
Korean Conflict
Vietnam
World War I
World War II
Crime
Older Crime
Usage
Usage USE Audiovisual Materials
Use
Use USE Polypharmacy
Use
Users
Utah
Utilities
Utility Costs
Utilization Review
Utilization USE Hospital Bed Usage
Utilization Groups
Utilization
Uzbekistan
VA Hospitals USE Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Vacation Homes USE Second Homes
Vacations
Vaccination USE Immunization
Validation Therapy
Validity
Value Scale
Values USE Personal Values
Values
Values
Vanuatu
Variables USE Predictive Factors
Variation USE Circadian Rhythms
Vascular Dementia
Vascular Diseases USE Cardiovascular Diseases
Vatican City USE Holy See
Vehicle Accidents USE Traffic Accidents
Vehicle Deaths
Vehicle Design
Vehicles
Vehicles
Vendor Payments
Venezuela
Verbal Abilities
Verbal Memory
Verde
Vermont
Very Sheltered Housing USE Assisted Living Facilities
Vesting Rights
Veterans
Veterans Administration USE Department of Veterans
Affairs
Veterans Administration Hospitals USE Veterans Affairs
Medical Centers
Veterans Benefits
Veterans Affairs
Veterans
Veterans
Veterans
Veterans
Viatical Settlements USE Living Benefits
Victims of Crime
Victims USE Victims of Crime
Victims USE Victims of Crime
Video Reviews and Guides USE Audiovisual Materials
Video Usage USE Audiovisual Materials
Videoconferencing USE Teleconferencing
Videos USE Audiovisual Materials
Vietnam
231
ROTATED TERMS
Saint
West
Human Immunodeficiency
Computer
Night
Grandparent
Dental
Physician
Curriculum
Inter
Retired Senior
Medicaid
Medicare
World
World
World
World Wide
Vietnam Veterans
Vietnamese
Vincent and the Grenadines
Violence
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Virginia
Virus USE AIDS
Vision
Vision Disorders
Vision Tests USE Eye Examinations
Vision USE Artificial Intelligence
Vision USE Vision
Visitation Rights
Visiting
Visiting Nurses
Visits
Visits
Visual Environment
Visual Memory
Visual Responses
Visually Disabled
Vitae USE Resumes
Vital Statistics USE Health Indices
Vitamins
Vivos Trusts USE Living Trusts
Vocabulary
Vocational Training USE Job Training
Voice USE Speech
Volunteer Recruiting USE Recruiting
Volunteer Services
Volunteer Training
Volunteer Program
Volunteers
Voter Participation
Vouchers
Wage Rates
Wages
Waivers
Waivers USE Waivers
Waivers USE Waivers
Wales
Walking
Wandering Behavior
War
War I Veterans
War II Generation
War II Veterans
Washington
Washington DC USE District of Columbia
Wasting Away USE Failure to Thrive
Water Aerobics USE Aquatic Exercise
Water Exercise USE Aquatic Exercise
Wayfinding USE Orientation
Wealth
Web USE Internet
Wechsler Scales
Weight
Weight Change
Weight Control
Weight Training USE Strength Training
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ROTATED TERMS
Aging
Psychological
Spiritual
Meals on
World
Living
Alternative
Postretirement
Social
Agricultural
Blue Collar
Contingent
Disabled
Farm
Home Care
Migrant
Older
Reentry
Retired
Social
White Collar
Third
Net
Generation
Generation
Last
Welfare USE Public Assistance

Well USE Successful Aging
Well Being
Well Being
West Virginia
Western Samoa USE Samoa
Wheelchairs
Wheels USE Home Delivered Meals
White House Conference on Aging
Whites
WHO USE World Health Organization
Wide Web USE Internet
Widowers
Widowhood
Widows
Will to Live
Wills
Wills USE Advance Directives
Wisconsin
Wisdom
Wives
Women USE Females
Work USE Employment
Work Attitudes
Work Environment
Work Experience
Work Patterns
Work
Work
Worker Training USE Job Training
Workers
Workers USE Farm Workers
Workers
Workers USE Alternative Work Patterns
Workers
Workers
Workers
Workers USE Farm Workers
Workers
Workers USE Reemployment
Workers
Workers
Workers
Working Conditions USE Work Environment
Working Couples USE Dual Earner Families
Working Memory USE Short Term Memory
World Bank
World War I Veterans
World War II Veterans
World Wide Web USE Internet
World Countries USE Developing Nations
Worry
Worth
Writers
Writing Ability
WWW USE Internet
Wyoming
X
Y USE Echo Boom Generation
Year of Life
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ROTATED TERMS
Eighteen
Eighty
Eighty Five
Fifty
Fifty Five
Forty
Forty Five
Ninety
Ninety Five
Seventy
Seventy Five
Sixty
Sixty Five
Thirty
Thirty Five
Twenty Five
Under Sixty Five
New
New
Years and Older USE 18+

Years Old USE Under 65
Yemen
Yoga
York
Young Adults
Young Old
Yugoslavia
Yukon
Zaire USE Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia
Zealand
Zimbabwe
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GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS
(Does not include U.S. states)
Afghanistan
Africa
Albania
Alberta
Algeria
American Samoa USE Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Asia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
British Columbia
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Caribbean
Central America
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Conga Brazzaville USE Republic of
the Congo
Congo Kinshasa USE Democratic
Costa Rica
Cote dIvoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Eastern Europe
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europe
USE Micronesia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain USE United Kingdom
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast USE Cote dIvoire
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kashmir
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea USE North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latin America
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
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Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Manitoba
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar USE Burma
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Brunswick
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North America
North Korea
Northern Ireland
Norway
Nova Scotia
Oceania
Oman
Ontario
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Quebec
Republic of Georgia
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
San Marino
Saskatchewan
Saudi Arabia
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS
Scotland
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South America
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
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Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City USE Holy See
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Wales
Western Samoa USE Samoa
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Yukon
Zaire USE Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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