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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955572603321

Titolo

Social structures : demographic changes and the well-being of older persons / / [edited by] K. Warner Schaie, Peter Uhlenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, c2007

ISBN

1-280-82343-7

9786610823437

0-8261-0109-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Societal impact on aging series

Altri autori (Persone)

SchaieK. Warner <1928-> (Klaus Warner)

UhlenbergPeter

Disciplina

305.260973

Soggetti

Older people - United States

Aging - Social aspects - United States

Population aging - United States

Baby boom generation - United States

United States Population

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

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

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CH 1 Older Immigrants; CH 2 Older Immigrants: Cultural Issues in Access to Health Care (Commentary); CH 3 Immigration and an Aging America: Downward Spiral or Virtuous Circle? (Commentary); CH 4 Population Aging and Benefit Sustainability: The Impact of Baby Boomer Aging on the Health Care System; CH 5 What Havoc Will the Boomers Wreak? (Commentary); CH 6 Demographic Reflections on the Aging of the Baby Boom and Its Implications for Health Care (Commentary); CH 7 Perspectives on the Economic Implications of the Aging of Baby Boomers

CH 8 Futures for the Baby Boom: Described, Inscribed, and PrescribedCH 9 Immigration Effects on Health Care for Older People; CH 10 Migration and Health Care for Older People: Developing a Global Perspective (Commentary); CH 11 Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Care (Commentary); CH 12 The Aging of the Second Demographic Transition; CH 13 The Second Demographic Transition,



Aging Families, and the Aging of the Institutionalized Life Course (Commentary); CH14 Some Thoughts on Aging, Marriage, and Well-Being in Later Life (Commentary)

CH 15 The Impact of Demographic Changes on Relations Between Age Groups and Generations: A Comparative PerspectiveCH 16 The Future of Intergenerational Relationships-Variability and Vulnerabilities (Commentary); CH 17 Demographic Transitions, Age, and Culture (Commentary); Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the effects of the aging baby boomers in America on health care, migration and immigration and how it can support the tax health care networks, cultural issues regarding access to health care, and changing cultural attitudes towards marriage and family that are affecting the relationships between the elderly and their communities.