Research: An Influential Force in Transforming Health Policy

HEALTH CARE IS DYNAMIC and rapidly changing as new and significant challenges to the health care system face an uncertain but promising future. A new era has come, with opposing political parties who will be making future decisions on what health care should be and will be. As President Obama championed the passing of the new health care reform act, multiple health care leaders are wondering what will be the patient, family member, and health care practitioners’ roles in this transition. The geriatric population, more than any other age group, has experienced the most dramatic changes. Likewise, included in this aging population are the more culturally and ethnically diverse as well as those with long-term illnesses and chronic conditions.