Aging in AmericaOlivia J. Smith H.W. Wilson, 2000 - 190 Seiten Presents more than twenty articles and book excerpts on various topics related to aging Americans, including the aging of the Baby Boomers, elder care, retirement, aging workers, government involvement, American perceptions of aging, and new possibilities for the aged. |
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... century , the human life span may rise as high as 120 years . What are the implications of an aging world ? Over the past hundred years a silent and unprecedented revolu- tion in longevity has occurred : people living in the ...
... century , the human life span may rise as high as 120 years . What are the implications of an aging world ? Over the past hundred years a silent and unprecedented revolu- tion in longevity has occurred : people living in the ...
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... century . Such forecasts , while bound to be wrong , at least suggest the scale and direction of changes . Moreover , demographic trends change slowly : the old of the next half - century have all been born already . ... there is no ...
... century . Such forecasts , while bound to be wrong , at least suggest the scale and direction of changes . Moreover , demographic trends change slowly : the old of the next half - century have all been born already . ... there is no ...
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... century have been our move from a pre - psychology to a post - psychology culture and our move from a communal to an individualistic culture . Most older people grew up surrounded by family . They shared bedrooms with half a dozen ...
... century have been our move from a pre - psychology to a post - psychology culture and our move from a communal to an individualistic culture . Most older people grew up surrounded by family . They shared bedrooms with half a dozen ...
Inhalt
Editors Introduction | 157 |
2 Turning to Autobiography for Emotional Growth in Old Age Sara Rimer | 164 |
3 What is Successful Aging? Jimmy Carter From the book | 171 |
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