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Advancing aging policy as the 21st century begins / Francis G. Caro, Robert Morris, Jill R. Norton, editors.

Contributor(s): Caro, Francis G, 1936- | Morris, Robert | Norton, Jill R.
Publisher: N.Y. : Haworth Press, c2000Description: 219 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 078901033X.Subject(s): Aged -- Government policy -- United States | Aged -- Government policyDDC classification: 362.60973
Contents:
Introduction. Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins / Francis G. Caro. - Overview Emergence of the Third Age: Toward a Productive Aging Society / Scott A. Bass. The Politics of Near-Term Action to Deal with the Aging of the Baby Boom / Robert H. Binstock. Towards a Society for All Ages / Charlotte Nusberg. The Elderly's Future Stake in Voluntary Associations / W. Andrew Achenbaum. - Employment and retirement. Gradual Retirement in Europe / Genevieve Reday-Mulvey. Increasing Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Reform in the German Context / Winfried Schmahl. "The Full Monty" and Life-Long Learning in the 21st Century / James H. Schulz. An Aging Workforce in an Increasingly Global World / Michael C. Barth. - Long term care. Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Efficiency in the Financing of Long-Term Care / John A. Nyman. A Special Consumer Cooperative Association Nursing Home / Masato Oka. The Chronic Care Paradox / Robert L. Kane. Who Will Care for Mother Tomorrow? / Andy Van Kleunen, Mary Ann Wilner. Uneasy Allies: Nursing Home Regulators and Consumer Advocates / Iris C. Freeman. - End of life.
The Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide / Amy Hutchinson, Henry R. Glick. Dying and Social Policy in the New Millennium / D. Dixon Sutherland, Rebecca C. Morgan. - Economic security. The Continuing Gender Gap in Later Life Economic Security / Leslie A. Morgan. - Aging prisoners. The Elderly and Prison Policy / Jeff Yates, Willaim Gillespie. - Latino elders. Policy Development and the Older Latino Population in the 21st Century / Jan E. Mutchler, Jacqueline L. Angel. - Family nedical leave. Time Not Yet Money: The Politics and Promise of the Family Medical Leave Act / Robert H. Hudson, Judith G. Gonyea. - Transportation. How Will We Get Three from Here? Placing Transportation on the Aging Policy Agenda / Roger W. Cobb, Joseph F. Coughlin. - Index.
Summary: The essays in this collection illustrate the wide range of important issues affecting older people that deserve attention from policymakers. The authors agree that the political and economic climate make it feasible to bring modest new initiatives with spending implications into the policy agenda. Further, the authors offer a variety of useful recommendations for advancing policy. - Introduction.
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Advancing aging policy as the 21st century begins has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Volume 11, Numbers 2/3 2000.

Introduction. Advancing Aging Policy as the 21st Century Begins / Francis G. Caro. - Overview Emergence of the Third Age: Toward a Productive Aging Society / Scott A. Bass. The Politics of Near-Term Action to Deal with the Aging of the Baby Boom / Robert H. Binstock. Towards a Society for All Ages / Charlotte Nusberg. The Elderly's Future Stake in Voluntary Associations / W. Andrew Achenbaum. - Employment and retirement. Gradual Retirement in Europe / Genevieve Reday-Mulvey. Increasing Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Reform in the German Context / Winfried Schmahl. "The Full Monty" and Life-Long Learning in the 21st Century / James H. Schulz. An Aging Workforce in an Increasingly Global World / Michael C. Barth. - Long term care. Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Efficiency in the Financing of Long-Term Care / John A. Nyman. A Special Consumer Cooperative Association Nursing Home / Masato Oka. The Chronic Care Paradox / Robert L. Kane. Who Will Care for Mother Tomorrow? / Andy Van Kleunen, Mary Ann Wilner. Uneasy Allies: Nursing Home Regulators and Consumer Advocates / Iris C. Freeman. - End of life.

The Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide / Amy Hutchinson, Henry R. Glick. Dying and Social Policy in the New Millennium / D. Dixon Sutherland, Rebecca C. Morgan. - Economic security. The Continuing Gender Gap in Later Life Economic Security / Leslie A. Morgan. - Aging prisoners. The Elderly and Prison Policy / Jeff Yates, Willaim Gillespie. - Latino elders. Policy Development and the Older Latino Population in the 21st Century / Jan E. Mutchler, Jacqueline L. Angel. - Family nedical leave. Time Not Yet Money: The Politics and Promise of the Family Medical Leave Act / Robert H. Hudson, Judith G. Gonyea. - Transportation. How Will We Get Three from Here? Placing Transportation on the Aging Policy Agenda / Roger W. Cobb, Joseph F. Coughlin. - Index.

The essays in this collection illustrate the wide range of important issues affecting older people that deserve attention from policymakers. The authors agree that the political and economic climate make it feasible to bring modest new initiatives with spending implications into the policy agenda. Further, the authors offer a variety of useful recommendations for advancing policy. - Introduction.