ISBN:
9780826100986
,
0826100988
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 388 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
3rd ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Aging, society and the life course
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Older people United States
;
Aging United States
;
Gerontology United States
;
Personnes âgées États-Unis
;
Vieillissement États-Unis
;
Gérontologie États-Unis
;
United States
;
Older people
;
Aging
;
Gerontology
;
Aging
;
Older people
;
Gerontology
;
Aging
;
Geriatrics
;
Gerontology
;
Older people
;
Ouderen
;
Levensloop
;
Individu en samenleving
;
Veroudering (demografie)
;
Sociale relaties
;
Aging
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gerontology
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Aging
;
United States
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Aging and society -- Studying aging -- Aging people in an aging world: demographic perspectives -- The aging individual in social context -- Family as an age-integrating institution -- Aging persons and their families -- Work and the life course -- Retirement -- Economics and the aging of society -- Aging and the health of individuals -- Aging and the health care system -- Politics, government, and the welfare state -- The dynamics of aging in our future.
Description / Table of Contents:
Aging and societyStudying aging -- Aging people in an aging world: demographic perspectives -- The aging individual in social context -- Family as an age-integrating institution -- Aging persons and their families -- Work and the life course -- Retirement -- Economics and the aging of society -- Aging and the health of individuals -- Aging and the health care system -- Politics, government, and the welfare state -- The dynamics of aging in our future.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-377) and index. - Description based on print version record
