Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Annual Report of Program Activities, National Institute on Aging: Fiscal Year 1981
Funding mechanisms are being explored, and the Institute hopes to publish within the next year a program announcement on the establishment of teaching nursing homes in conjunction with university medical schools or medical centers.
Public Law 93 - 296, which authorized the establishment of the nia in 1974, also mandated that the Institute develop a research plan on aging; This plan, entitled Our Future Selves, was developed principally by the' National Advisory Council on Aging, with staff assistance from the nia, and was submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Health in 1976. By reviewing the state of aging research, by discussing priorities for scientific investigations in relation to the needs of the elderly population, and by outlining research opportunities in the mid-l97o's, the plan was useful to scientists, administrators, policymakers, and the lay public.
An update of that plan is now in preparation by a panel of consultants to the nia. Some of the Objectives of this plan are: to provide a means for the Director, nia, to inform the President, Congress, scientific community, and public concerning gains in our understanding of the aging process, the role of research, research progress to date, and future needs in aging research; to provide a stable, long-term framework for conducting research on aging within both the public and private sectors; and to identify opportunities in aging research which will attract scientists to the field.
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