Proven Strategies to
Improve Older People’s Health
A EUROLINK AGE REPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Authors:
Rhiannon Walters
Mima Cattan
Viv Speller
Astrid Stuckelberger
Edited by:
Elizabeth Drury
July 1999
The Authors of this report are:
Rhiannon Walters,
London Health Economics Consortium,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Prof. Mima Cattan,
School of Health Sciences,
University of Newcastle, UK
Dr. Viv Speller,
Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development,
University of Southampton, UK
Astrid Stuckelberger,
Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
The report was edited by:
Elizabeth Drury,
European policy consultant to Eurolink Age.
Acknowledgements:
This report has been prepared with financial assistance from the European Commission’s Action
Programme on Health Promotion, Information, Education and Training.The contents of this
publication do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the European Commission.
Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf is liable for any use made of the
following information.
The authors wish to thank all members of the Expert Advisory Group, and particularly Professor
Spencer Hagard and Professor Maurice Mittelmark, who contributed valuable expertise and advice to
the project and report drafting at various stages of the project.Their names are listed in Appendix 8.
Acknowledgements and thanks from the authors go to Jenny Clark (LHEC researcher) and Derek
Hilditch (independent researcher) for their invaluable and diligent support with the systematic review.
The authors give their grateful thanks also to the Eurolink Age staff who have managed and supported
the project, and particularly Frances Hunt, Mary Thomas and Jackie Robinson.
This report is the result of independent research work and does not necessarily reflect the views of
Eurolink Age.
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