| Description |
x, 190 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Reference shelf; 72, no. 3
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Longevity revolution / Robert Butler -- Off golden pond / Robert J. Samuelson -- Aging of Aquarius / Theodore Roszak -- Ageing workers / Anonymous -- End of the workday II / Margaret Morganroth Gullette -- Hunger in America / Trudy Lieberman -- Live a lot longer / David Stipp -- Sky's the limit / Betti Jane Levine -- Baby boom's new wrinkle / Sharon Walsh -- Let's hear it for decrepitude / Melvin Maddocks -- Just desserts / Hila Colman -- Blacks carry load of care for their elderly / Sara Rimer. |
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Elder care / John Greenwald -- Seattle's elderly find a home for living, not dying / Sara Rimer -- Better, safer, warmer / Cynthia Kaplan -- Sage or spoilsport? / Bernadette Puijalon and Jacqueline Trincaz -- "Breaking down the myths of aging" / John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn -- "Another country" and "Xenophobia : our fears divide us" / Mary Pipher -- Alaska trek makes elders of the aging / Sara Rimer -- Turning to autobiography for emotional growth in old age / Sara Rimer -- "What is successful aging?" / Jimmy Carter. |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Older people -- Care.
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Baby boom generation.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Olivia J.
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| ISBN |
0824209842 (pbk.) |
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