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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809808003321

Titolo

Healthy aging in sociocultural context / / edited by Andrew E. Scharlach and Kazumi Hoshino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-19897-0

0-203-08555-8

1-283-89443-2

1-136-19898-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 81

Classificazione

SOC013000HEA028000SOC026000

Altri autori (Persone)

HoshinoKazumi

ScharlachAndrew E

Disciplina

305.260973

Soggetti

Older people - United States - Social conditions

Older people - Sweden - Social conditions

Older people - Japan - Social conditions

Aging - United States

Aging - Sweden

Aging - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Healthy aging and policy implications in the U.S. -- pt. 2. Healthy aging and policy implications in Sweden -- pt. 3. Healthy aging and policy implications in Japan -- pt. 4. Future directions.

Sommario/riassunto

"Healthy aging in sociocultural context examines two emerging trends facing countries throughout the world: population aging and population diversity. It makes a unique contribution to our understanding of these timely issues by examining their implications for healthy aging, a topic of increasing importance to policy-makers, planners, researchers, families, and individuals of all ages. The book focuses on three countries that provide important examples of these emerging global trends - Japan, Sweden, and the United States. Japan and Sweden are at the forefront in terms of healthy life expectancies, while the United States represents a country with considerable diversity.



Examining these three countries together provides a unique opportunity to address questions such as the following: How can we understand differences in healthy life expectancy among different countries? What role might diversity play? And how might these effects change as geographic mobility increases diversity, even among societies that historically have been relatively homogeneous?"