By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society In the coming decade, we have a unique opportunity to create new and better aging policies. This collection of twenty essays by prominent educators, researchers, and policy analysts in the field of gerontology brings together innovative ideas from the United States, Europe, and Japan. Instead of focusing on utopian dreams, these exciting proposals are based on policy changes that may well be attainable in the next ten years. The vital concerns addressed in...
By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society In the comi...
Experts from fields including economics, gerontology, and political science contribute advice for making positive changes in aging policies through state, local, and private initiatives. Their ideas address the impact on the elderly of the federal government's trend of shifting responsibilities for domestic needs toward regional governments and pri
Experts from fields including economics, gerontology, and political science contribute advice for making positive changes in aging policies through st...
This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution - the decentralizing of service provision. It will show you how to initiate innovations and make positive changes in ageing policy through state and local initiatives, collaborations between the government and other government agencies, public/private collaboration, and strictly private initiatives. From the editors: Around the world, the ground rules are being questioned about the role of national governments in addressing domestic needs. During the twentieth century in countries throughout the world,...
This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution - the decentralizing of service provision. It will show you...
'Family and Aging Policy' examines how public initiatives to assist the elderly in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Denmark and Sweden can impact families who provide them with long-term care.
'Family and Aging Policy' examines how public initiatives to assist the elderly in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Denmark and Sweden can impact...
'Family and Aging Policy' examines how public initiatives to assist the elderly in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Denmark and Sweden can impact families who provide them with long-term care.
'Family and Aging Policy' examines how public initiatives to assist the elderly in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Denmark and Sweden can impact...
Many older people, indeed the majority, have many years of relatively good health after the usual retirement age. Contrary to widely accepted stereotypes, evidence indicates that those who wish to use their skills and abilities for productive contributions may encounter significant barriers.
Bass, Caro, and Chen and the experts who contributed to the volume provide an original reassessment of the current options available to older people. The authors argue that polices, practices, and societal messages help determine what choices are realistically open to older individuals. The...
Many older people, indeed the majority, have many years of relatively good health after the usual retirement age. Contrary to widely accepted stere...
By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society?In the coming decade, we have a unique opportunity to create new and better aging policies. This collection of twenty essays by prominent educators, researchers, and policy analysts in the field of gerontology brings together innovative ideas from the United States, Europe, and Japan. Instead of focusing on utopian dreams, these exciting proposals are based on policy changes that may well be attainable in the next ten years. The vital...
By the end of the current decade, many baby boomers will be senior citizens. What policies should we enact to prepare for an aging society?I...
Many older people, indeed the majority, have many years of relatively good health after the usual retirement age. Contrary to widely accepted stereotypes, evidence indicates that those who wish to use their skills and abilities for productive contributions may encounter significant barriers.
Bass, Caro, and Chen and the experts who contributed to the volume provide an original reassessment of the current options available to older people. The authors argue that polices, practices, and societal messages help determine what choices are realistically open to older individuals. The...
Many older people, indeed the majority, have many years of relatively good health after the usual retirement age. Contrary to widely accepted stere...
This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common to all of the initiatives is recognition of the importance of the community environment for the well-being of the rapidly growing numbers of older people. The collection includes chapters that examine the circumstances in which communities currently undertake significant age-friendly initiatives, public-private collaboration in age-friendly initiatives, collaboration across institutional sectors in age-friendly initiatives, policies that...
This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common...
