Download or read book Health Promotion Programs for Older Adults written by Cathy Stauffer Kimble and published by American Hospital Association. This book was released on 1989 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to provide hospitals with current information about what hospitals across the country are doing to preserve and improve the health of their rapidly growing older-adult communities. Discusses the relationship between hospitals and older adults; market assessment; goal setting; program planning; learning process and environment; organizational placement, staffing, and training; finances; promotion of the program; and evaluation. Appendices contain information on resource organizations, packaged health promotion programs, program planning resources, and national certification programs for exercise instructors.