Reflections on research and policy - The Doris Schwartz Award Lecture

Long-term care research is one of the most exciting areas that I can imagine for a career and I have been very fortunate to be involved in it. There is an endless array of policy problems, theoretical challenges, methodological issues, and funding opportunities. More important, those of us in the disability and gerontology arena can always feel we are doing important work that has the potential for improving the lives and health care of millions of aged and disabled individuals and for building a better future for ourselves and our families as we age.