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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... aged 65 or older , nearly everyone has a relative who is or will soon be old . And most of us , as faraway as the time may now seem , will live to reach old age , if we are lucky . It follows that experiences of aging in America are ...
... aged 65 or older , nearly everyone has a relative who is or will soon be old . And most of us , as faraway as the time may now seem , will live to reach old age , if we are lucky . It follows that experiences of aging in America are ...
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... old as you think you are ? Are they really convinced they can remain ... age for us , the natives - and worse , prescribe their recipe for our ... old coots busy and off the streets— for their own good , of course — we detect a ...
... old as you think you are ? Are they really convinced they can remain ... age for us , the natives - and worse , prescribe their recipe for our ... old coots busy and off the streets— for their own good , of course — we detect a ...
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... old age . They have lived before television , cars , electricity , Playboy , and the Green Revolution . Older African - Americans had parents who remembered slavery . Older Native Americans had relatives who fought in the Indian wars of ...
... old age . They have lived before television , cars , electricity , Playboy , and the Green Revolution . Older African - Americans had parents who remembered slavery . Older Native Americans had relatives who fought in the Indian wars of ...
Inhalt
Editors Introduction | 3 |
The Virtues of Aging | 157 |
Bibliography | 175 |
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