Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins

Francis G Caro, Jill Norton, Robert Morris Deceased (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1033-9 (ISBN)

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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 Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins include work and retirement issues, the aging prison population, long-term care, Latino elders, transportation, death and dying issues, and the aging of the baby boom generation. Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins explores:

innovative policies and care arrangements around the world
the importance of a strong economy that provides opportunities for seniors who seek them and support for those who need it
the need for flexible retirement and employment policies for older adults
the connections between family policy and aging policy
the importance of improving training and compensation for workers in long-term care
the special needs of our diverse and rapidly growing population of older people
the importance of focusing aging policy on people rather than on programsThis forward-looking book on policy and aging in the coming decade puts the experience and insight of leaders in the field from around the world in your hands. Policymakers, educators, and students of gerontology will find it an invaluable resource.

Francis G Caro, Jill Norton, Robert Morris *Deceased*

Contents

Introduction
Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins
Overview
Emergence of the Third Age: Toward a Productive Aging Society
The Politics of Near-Term Action to Deal with the Aging of the Baby Boom
Towards a Society for All Ages
The Elderly's Future Stake in Voluntary Associations
Employment and Retirement
Gradual Retirement in Europe
Increasing Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Reform in the German Context
“The Full Monty” and Life-Long Learning in the 21st Century
An Aging Workforce in an Increasingly Global World
Long Term Care
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Efficiency in the Financing of Long-Term Care
A Special Consumer Cooperative Association Nursing Home
The Chronic Care Paradox
Who Will Care for Mother Tomorrow?
Uneasy Allies: Nursing Home Regulators and Consumer Advocates
End of Life
The Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Dying and Social Policy in the New Millennium
Economic Security
The Continuing Gender Gap in Later Life Economic Security
Aging Prisoners
The Elderly and Prison Policy
Latino Elders
Policy Development and the Older Latino Population in the 21st Century
Family Medical Leave
Time Not Yet Money: The Politics and Promise of the Family Medical Leave Act
Transportation
How Will We Get There from Here? Placing Transportation on the Aging Policy Agenda
Index
Reference Notes Included

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7890-1033-X / 078901033X
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-1033-9 / 9780789010339
Zustand	Neuware