An introductory message from the editor

Abstract

Welcome to the first edition of a new 21st-century Initiative: Journal of Aging and Long-Term Care. We are most pleased and extremely grateful to announce that through the vision and generosity of Professor. Dr. Ismail Tufan who is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Gerontology at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey that this new journal has been launched through the National Association of Social and Applied Gerontology (NASAG). The Ismail Foundation has assumed responsibility for the initial planning and allied costs associated with the introduction and sustainability of the new journal to be known as the Journal of Aging and Long-term Care (JALTC). With world societies facing rapid increases in their respective older populations, there is a need for new 21st century visions, practices, cultural sensitivities and evidenced-based policies that assist in examining topics about aging as well as balancing the tensions between informal and formal long-term care support and services. The JALTC is being launched as the official journal of the NASAG. The preceding journal aims to foster new scholarship contributions that address theoretical, clinical and practical issues related to aging and long-term care. It is intended that the JALTC will be first and foremost a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary cross-cultural journal seeking to use research to build quality based public policies for long-term health care for older adults.