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Successful aging: How can we create a better old age both for ourselves and others? Issues in Aging, 2nd edition takes an optimistic view of aging and human potential in later life; it presents the most up-to-date facts on aging today, the issues raised by these facts, and the societal and individual responses that will create a successful old age for us all. This text presents the full picture of aging- exhibiting both the problems and the opportunities and advantages that accompany older age. It aims to illustrate how generations are dependant on one another and how social conditions affect both the individual and social institutions.

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Publisher
Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0205578691
ISBN-13
9780205578696
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63166362

Product Key Features

Author
Mark Novak
Publication Name
Issues in Aging
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
504 Pages

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Item Length
9.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
8in
Item Weight
27.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hq1061
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 Aging Today - Why Study Aging? - Ageism - Culture as a Source of Ageism - Some Facts on Aging Today - Responses to Ageism - Aging Today 2 Theories and Methods - The Study of Aging: Past and Present - Gerontology Research Today - Is Gerontology a Discipline? - Theories of Aging - Two Levels of Theories - Three Theoretical Perspectives - Research Issues and Methods - The Humanities - Ethical Issues in Research - The Future of Gerontological Theory and Methods 3 Aging at Other Times, in Other Places - Four Types of Societies - The Challenge of Population Aging - The Developed Nations - The Developing Nations 4 Demography - The Demographics of Population Aging - Increased Proportion of Older People - The Causes of Population Change - The Challenges of an Aging Population - The Impact of Population Aging 5 Personal Health and Well-Being - Biological Aging - Theories of Biological Aging - The Effects of Aging on Body Systems - Personal Health and Illness - Compression of Morbidity Hypothesis - Successful Aging 6 Life Span Development - Memory and Intelligence - New Models of Mental Ability in Later Life - Personality Development and the Self - Social Psychological Change - Psychological Disorders: Abnormal Aging - Social Breakdown and Reconstruction 7 Race and Ethnicity - Who Are the Minority Elderly? - Why Study Minority Aging? - Demographic Characteristics of Dominant and Minority Group Elders - Three Theories on Minority Group Aging - The Impact of Minority Group Membership on Aging - A Look at Four Minority Groups - Responses to Minority Group Aging 8 The Health Care System - Three Models of Health Care - The U.S. Health Care System Today - Long-term Care: A Response to Older People''s Needs - Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Future Issues in Health Care 9 Finances and Economics - Historical Development of the U.S. Pension System - The U.S. Retirement Income System Today - The Impact of the Retirement Income System on Older People''s Incomes - Inequality in Later Life - Pension Reform - The Future 10 Retirement and Work - The Social Origins of Retirement - Retirement in the United States Today - Alternatives to Retirement - Personal Responses to Retirement - Preretirement Education - Social Structures and Retirement - The Future of Retirement 11 Housing and Transportation - Living Arrangements - An Ecological Model of Housing - Housing Options - The Future of Housing - Transportation 12 Leisure, Recreation, and Education - Leisure - New Activities in Old Age - Senior Centers - Education - Community Service and Volunteer Work 13 Family Life and Social Support - Part I: Family Life, Marriage, and Widowhood - Part II: Social Support 14 Death and Dying - Death and Society - Death in Old Age - Institutional Death - Changes in the Treatment of the Dying - Ethical Issues - Mourning and Grief 15 Politics and Policies - Voting - Holding Political Office - Advocacy - Activism - Government and Aging Policy - Generational Equity - The Future of Aging, Politics, and Policy Appendix Gerontology Careers - Gerontology Education - Work and Careers in Gerontology - Gerontology and You - Suggested Reading
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Gerontology, Sociology / General
Lccn
2008-045309
Dewey Decimal
305.26
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science

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