title: Responsiveness of the well elderly to healthcare education programs.
abstract: There is a need to focus healthcare education efforts on specific subsets within the elderly population and to intensify efforts to induce undecided elderly persons to become involved in healthcare education programs.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schank
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires