The Oldest Old

Richard M. Suzman, David P. Willis, Kenneth G. Manton (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

1996
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509757-3 (ISBN)

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Not only are the old living longer, but they are also growing older in markedly different ways from their predecessors. This study examines the qualitative and quantitative changes in our ageing society. It analyzes current knowledge and presents a guide to the assessment of future findings.

Those aged 85 and more are currently the fastest growing age group in the US population. This is so new a phenomenon that there is little historical experience to help in interpreting it. Not only are the old living longer, but they are also growing older in markedly different ways from their predecessors.

This book represents the first thorough analysis of the qualitative, as well as the quantitative changes in our ageing society. This book is a comprehensive compendium of current knowledge and a methodologic guide to assessing future findings.

INTRODUCTION: R.M. Suzman, K.G. Manton, and D.P. Willis: Introducing the oldest old; C.M. Taeuber and I. Rosenwaike: A demographic portrait; S.H. Preston: Cohort succession; G.C. Myers, B.B. Torrey, and K. Kinsella: An international comparison; PART II: PROBLEMS IN STUDYING THE OLDEST OLD: K.G. Manton and R.M. Suzman: Conceptual issues in the design and analysis of national longitudinal surveys; W.L. Rodgers and A.R. Herzog: Collecting data: problems and procedures; R.B. Wallace, F.J. Kohout, and P.L. Coulsher: Interview surveys; K.G. Manton: Mortality and life expectancy changes; E.C. Hadley: Causes of death among the oldest old; PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF BECOMING THE OLDEST OLD: K.G. Manton and B.J. Soldo: Disability and mortality: implications for current and future health and long term service needs; P. Doty: Institutional long-term care from an international perspective; J.C. Cornoni-Huntley et al: Epidemiology of physical and cogitive disability; D.A. Evans et al: The impact of Alzheimer's disease in the United States population; PART IV: A SOCIAL PORTRAIT OF THE OLDEST OLD: M.G. Kovar and R.S. Stone: Living arrangements; R.C. Gibson and J.S. Jackson: The black oldest old: health, functioning and informal support; R.M. Suzman et al: The robust oldest old: optimistic perspectives for increasing healthy life expectancy; G.L. Atkins: Making it last: Economic resources; PART V: SOCIAL AND MEDICAL POLICY TOWARD THE OLDEST OLD: B.B. Torrey: Sharing increasing costs on declining income: the visible dilemma of the invisible aged; R.H. Binstock: Intergenerational equity.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.4.1996
Zusatzinfo	line figures and tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 235 mm
Gewicht	764 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-509757-2 / 0195097572
ISBN-13	978-0-19-509757-3 / 9780195097573
Zustand	Neuware