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Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

May 2003, Volume 6, Number 2

CONTENTS

Editorial Board	60

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK W. B. Dalziel	63

ANNUAL CGS PROGRAM, MAY 30-31 Canadian Geriatrics Society Program and Abstracts	64

GUIDELINES The Annual Health Review for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Suggested Template A. Moser, L. Ritonja, A. Harley, P. Soucie, L. Graham, W. B. Dalziel	73

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION Osteoporosis in Long-Term Care: Shortfalls in Recognition and Treatment R. G. Crilly, M. Kloseck	81

Assessing the Older Driver: The Role of a Geriatric In-patient Unit C. Frank, J. Hoffman, D. Dickey	85

A Comparison of Functional Independence and Medical Complexity in Geriatric and Physical Medicine Rehabilitation In-patients F. D. Knoefel, B. Helliwell, J. A. Seabrook, M. J. Borrie, P. Stolee, J. L. Wells	90

Gender, Marital Status, Social Networks and Health: Their Impact on Loneliness in the Very Old B. Miedema, S. Tatemichi	95

Public Attitudes to an Elderly Mental-Health Day Hospital: Stigmatizing or Not? M. Bhat, J. L. Herzberg	100

PROGRESS IN HEALTH-CARE Vet-Link: A New, National, Interdisciplinary Clinical-Research Network for Veterans Care	103

CGS Website	84

2nd Canadian Colloquim on Dementia	89

Media Releases	105

BOOK REVIEW The Genetic Basis of Human Cancer E. L. Fraco	117