Foreword: Special Issue on Aging and Nursing Homes for The Aging International Journal

Abstract

I am very pleased to introduce this Special Issue on Aging and Nursing Homes in Europe and North America for The Aging International Journal. This Special Issue has articles covering aging topics from different countries around the world. This Special Issue consists of seven papers that address topics from different perspectives of interest to healthcare policy makers, academic researchers and practitioners. The Special Issue Call for Papers was posted and advertised on a national and international scale. All of the papers for this Special Issue were subjected to blind peer review and the authors revised the manuscripts in accordance with the Guest Editor’s and reviewers’ comments. The Editor would like to thank Dr. Adnan Kisa, President of Zirve University—Turkey for his support and Dr. WilliamWard at University of South Florida, also special thanks to the International Editorial Board of this issue for their service and comments. This issue would never see the light without the support and patience I received from Professor Sue Levkov at the University of South Carolina and Professor Hongtu Chen at Partners HealthCare, in Boston, MA. The completion of this Special Issue would not have been possible without the many hours contributed by all of the anonymous reviewers who dedicated their time and expertise to help make this Special Issue a reality. I trust that the reader will find the papers in this Special Issue to be both interesting and provocative, and that they will motivate further research, case studies and demonstrations in the field of Public Health.