Newcomer, Robert (J.)

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NEWCOMER, Robert (J.)

NEWCOMER, Robert (J.). American, b. 1943. Genres: Agriculture/ Forestry. Career: Gerontological Planning Associates, Santa Monica, CA, director of planning, 1972-73; County of San Diego, Human Resources Agency, San Diego, CA, head of research and evaluation section, 1974-76; University of California, San Francisco, assistant research scientist, 1976-78, adjunct associate professor, 1979-84, associate professor, 1984-87, professor of social and behavioral sciences, 1987-, and department head. Publications: (with L. Gelwicks) Planning Housing Environments for the Elderly, 1974; (with C. Estes and others) Fiscal Austerity and Aging: Shifting Governmental Responsibility for the Elderly, 1983; (with Estes, C. Harrington, and others) Long Term Care of the Elderly: Public Policy Issues, 1985. EDITOR: (with Byerts and M.P. Lawton, and contrib.) Community Planning for an Aging Society, 1976; (with Lawton and Byerts) Housing an Aging Society, 1986; (with A. Wilkinson) Managing Care and Quality Assurance: Integrating Acute and Chronic Care, 1996; (with A.E. Benjamin, and contrib.) Indicators of Chronic Health Conditions: Monitoring Community-Level Delivery Systems, 1997. Contributor to books and professional journals. Address: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]