Aging in America /
Aging in America /
[compiled by H. W. Wilson].
- xii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25cm.
- The reference shelf ; volume 86, number 1 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 86, no. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : aging in America -- Health and aging by the numbers. Statistics, costs, and outlooks -- Baby boomers : public health's biggest challenges / Senior health care crisis looms / The status of baby boomers' health in the United States : the healthiest generation? / Boomers' health fails to measure up to parents / Must we ration health care for the elderly? / Who will care for the elderly? / Reframing the language of long-term care can shape policy, improve public perception / The aging of the baby boom and the growing care gap : a look at future declines in the availability of family caregivers / Boomers' aging parents may yield a tax deduction / The economics of senior health care what aging costs. Aging baby boomers face shortage of caregivers / Poverty among seniors getting harder to ignore / The Older Americans Act and U.S. seniors / Cutting retiree health care / Myth : the aging population is to blame for uncontrollable health care costs / Outsourcing the elderly : low-cost care made in India / Caring for elder parents obligations to young and old. The sandwich generation : rising financial burdens for middle-aged Americans / Caring for aging parents : should there be a law? / The dilemma of taking care of elderly parents / The guilt of caring for elderly parents / Elderly caregiving : daughters usually deal with strain of helping aging parents / Afraid to tell your boss you're a caregiver? / Baby boomers caring for elderly parents-SPeCial things to do / Susan Blumenthal and Katherine Warren, The Huffington Post, April 1, 2011 -- Michelle Healy, USA Today, May 28, 2013 -- Dana E. King, Eric Matheson, Svetlana Chirina, and Jordan Broman-Fulks, JAMA Internal Medicine, March 11, 2013 -- Barbara Bronson Gray, US News, February 4, 2013 -- Daniel Callahan, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 2012 -- Peggie R. Smith, Buffalo Law Review, July 5, 2013 -- Victoria R. Ballesteros and Athan G. Bezaitis, Generations, Spring 2011 -- Donald Redfoot, Lynn Feinberg, and Ari Houser, AARP, August 13, 2013 -- Associated Press, January 25, 2013 -- Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg News, September 27, 2013 -- Jonathan Walters, Governing.com, January 13, 2013 -- Greg Kaufman, The Nation, June 21, 2013 -- Robert Barkin, American City and County Exclusive Insight, June 11, 2013 -- Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, October 2011 -- Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2007 -- Kim Parker and Eileen Patten, PewSociaITrends.org, January 30, 2013 -- Francine Russo, Time, June 22, 2013 -- Lillian Rubin, Salon.com, November 26, 2011 -- Suzanne Koven, Boston Globe, February 25, 2013 -- Amanda Mears, Deseret News, June 14, 2010 -- Sally Abrahms, AARP the Magazine, September 1, 2011 -- Ann Bettencourt, Psychology Today, December 11, 2011 -- [1.] [2.] [3.] Redefining the senior years the changing perception of age. Boom : a generation explodes assumptions about aging / Newer tech on the rise with seniors / Careers : time for an encore for baby boomers / Why are baby boomers leading the entrepreneurial movement? / Living to 120 and beyond : Americans' views on aging, medical advances, and radical life extension / Why do grandmothers exist? solving an evolutionary mystery / Something more to say. . . / Death dinners at baby boomers' tables take on dying taboo / How living longer is advancing medicine and health care how science is extending life. We're living longer-and healthier / Aging baby boomers want to live active lives, require innovations in medical treatment / Innovation in senior care : "telegivers" help more seniors age at home / How health tech can support the aging baby boomer population / On beyond 100 / We're living longer / An aging world population. The challenges and demands of an aging population -- An aging population may be what the world needs / Global study : world not ready for aging population / Aging population more at risk from environmental threats / Women living longer worldwide / Major study finds that overall population health in U.S. has improved, but has not kept pace with other wealthy nations / How growth of elderly population in U.S. compares with other countries / Do other countries take better care of the elderly? / Bank on it : is this volunteer program the solution to China's elder-care crisis? / Asia's new aging rich break family lies for gilded retirement / Aging in Ghana : is it indeed a blessing or what? / Maureen Hannan, Parks and Recreation, May 12, 2013 -- Laurenne Ramsdell, Foster's Daily Democrat, October 27, 2013 -- Dave Carpenter, Associated Press, September 9, 2012 -- Hanah Cho, Dallas Morning News, May 20, 2013 -- Pew Research, August 6, 2013 -- Judith Schulevitz, The New Republic, February 11, 2013 -- Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today, June 13, 2013 -- Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg, September 23, 2013 -- Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, July 29, 2013 -- Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, April 14, 2013 -- Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor, April 13, 2011 -- Alicia Torres, Venturebeat.com, April 9, 2013 -- Stephen S. Hall, National Geographic, May 1, 2013 -- Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free Press, October 26, 2013 -- Charles Kinney, Business Week, February 7, 2013 -- Kristin Gelineau, Associated Press, September 30, 2013 -- Gary Haq, The Conversation, October 28, 2013 -- Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, September 13, 2013 -- Journal of the American Medical Association, September 10, 2013 -- Francesca Colombo, PBS.org, May 24, 2013 -- Miriam Goodman, Examiner, November 9, 2011 -- Benjamin Shobert, Slate, November 5, 2013 -- Rina Chandran, Bloomberg.com, November 20, 2013 -- Alhaji Alhasan Abdulai, GhanaWeb, November 18, 2013. [4.] [5.] [6.]
This volume examines the great challenges America will face in caring for aging baby boomers. The collection begins with statistical data on the major health issues for boomers, the demographics of the population, and the availability of health care in the future. How to negotiate rising medical costs and a growing population of seniors is one of the greatest challenges, the topic of the following chapter. The challenges and opportunities for families who care for aging parents is certain to be a developing issue in the future. The two following chapters examine progressive opportunities presented by an aging population. First, in the way perspectives on the senior years have evolved in the recent decade; second, on innovations in medicine that must respond to health care in the future. The final chapter compares America's response to an aging population with that of other counties in the world.
9781619254329 (v. 86, no. 1) 1619254328
Older people--United States.
Older people--Care--United States.
Older people--Care--Economic aspects--United States.
Aging--Social aspects--United States.
Aging--Economic aspects--United States.
Baby boom generation--United States.
HQ 1064 .U5 A63399 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : aging in America -- Health and aging by the numbers. Statistics, costs, and outlooks -- Baby boomers : public health's biggest challenges / Senior health care crisis looms / The status of baby boomers' health in the United States : the healthiest generation? / Boomers' health fails to measure up to parents / Must we ration health care for the elderly? / Who will care for the elderly? / Reframing the language of long-term care can shape policy, improve public perception / The aging of the baby boom and the growing care gap : a look at future declines in the availability of family caregivers / Boomers' aging parents may yield a tax deduction / The economics of senior health care what aging costs. Aging baby boomers face shortage of caregivers / Poverty among seniors getting harder to ignore / The Older Americans Act and U.S. seniors / Cutting retiree health care / Myth : the aging population is to blame for uncontrollable health care costs / Outsourcing the elderly : low-cost care made in India / Caring for elder parents obligations to young and old. The sandwich generation : rising financial burdens for middle-aged Americans / Caring for aging parents : should there be a law? / The dilemma of taking care of elderly parents / The guilt of caring for elderly parents / Elderly caregiving : daughters usually deal with strain of helping aging parents / Afraid to tell your boss you're a caregiver? / Baby boomers caring for elderly parents-SPeCial things to do / Susan Blumenthal and Katherine Warren, The Huffington Post, April 1, 2011 -- Michelle Healy, USA Today, May 28, 2013 -- Dana E. King, Eric Matheson, Svetlana Chirina, and Jordan Broman-Fulks, JAMA Internal Medicine, March 11, 2013 -- Barbara Bronson Gray, US News, February 4, 2013 -- Daniel Callahan, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 2012 -- Peggie R. Smith, Buffalo Law Review, July 5, 2013 -- Victoria R. Ballesteros and Athan G. Bezaitis, Generations, Spring 2011 -- Donald Redfoot, Lynn Feinberg, and Ari Houser, AARP, August 13, 2013 -- Associated Press, January 25, 2013 -- Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg News, September 27, 2013 -- Jonathan Walters, Governing.com, January 13, 2013 -- Greg Kaufman, The Nation, June 21, 2013 -- Robert Barkin, American City and County Exclusive Insight, June 11, 2013 -- Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, October 2011 -- Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2007 -- Kim Parker and Eileen Patten, PewSociaITrends.org, January 30, 2013 -- Francine Russo, Time, June 22, 2013 -- Lillian Rubin, Salon.com, November 26, 2011 -- Suzanne Koven, Boston Globe, February 25, 2013 -- Amanda Mears, Deseret News, June 14, 2010 -- Sally Abrahms, AARP the Magazine, September 1, 2011 -- Ann Bettencourt, Psychology Today, December 11, 2011 -- [1.] [2.] [3.] Redefining the senior years the changing perception of age. Boom : a generation explodes assumptions about aging / Newer tech on the rise with seniors / Careers : time for an encore for baby boomers / Why are baby boomers leading the entrepreneurial movement? / Living to 120 and beyond : Americans' views on aging, medical advances, and radical life extension / Why do grandmothers exist? solving an evolutionary mystery / Something more to say. . . / Death dinners at baby boomers' tables take on dying taboo / How living longer is advancing medicine and health care how science is extending life. We're living longer-and healthier / Aging baby boomers want to live active lives, require innovations in medical treatment / Innovation in senior care : "telegivers" help more seniors age at home / How health tech can support the aging baby boomer population / On beyond 100 / We're living longer / An aging world population. The challenges and demands of an aging population -- An aging population may be what the world needs / Global study : world not ready for aging population / Aging population more at risk from environmental threats / Women living longer worldwide / Major study finds that overall population health in U.S. has improved, but has not kept pace with other wealthy nations / How growth of elderly population in U.S. compares with other countries / Do other countries take better care of the elderly? / Bank on it : is this volunteer program the solution to China's elder-care crisis? / Asia's new aging rich break family lies for gilded retirement / Aging in Ghana : is it indeed a blessing or what? / Maureen Hannan, Parks and Recreation, May 12, 2013 -- Laurenne Ramsdell, Foster's Daily Democrat, October 27, 2013 -- Dave Carpenter, Associated Press, September 9, 2012 -- Hanah Cho, Dallas Morning News, May 20, 2013 -- Pew Research, August 6, 2013 -- Judith Schulevitz, The New Republic, February 11, 2013 -- Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today, June 13, 2013 -- Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg, September 23, 2013 -- Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, July 29, 2013 -- Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, April 14, 2013 -- Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor, April 13, 2011 -- Alicia Torres, Venturebeat.com, April 9, 2013 -- Stephen S. Hall, National Geographic, May 1, 2013 -- Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free Press, October 26, 2013 -- Charles Kinney, Business Week, February 7, 2013 -- Kristin Gelineau, Associated Press, September 30, 2013 -- Gary Haq, The Conversation, October 28, 2013 -- Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, September 13, 2013 -- Journal of the American Medical Association, September 10, 2013 -- Francesca Colombo, PBS.org, May 24, 2013 -- Miriam Goodman, Examiner, November 9, 2011 -- Benjamin Shobert, Slate, November 5, 2013 -- Rina Chandran, Bloomberg.com, November 20, 2013 -- Alhaji Alhasan Abdulai, GhanaWeb, November 18, 2013. [4.] [5.] [6.]
This volume examines the great challenges America will face in caring for aging baby boomers. The collection begins with statistical data on the major health issues for boomers, the demographics of the population, and the availability of health care in the future. How to negotiate rising medical costs and a growing population of seniors is one of the greatest challenges, the topic of the following chapter. The challenges and opportunities for families who care for aging parents is certain to be a developing issue in the future. The two following chapters examine progressive opportunities presented by an aging population. First, in the way perspectives on the senior years have evolved in the recent decade; second, on innovations in medicine that must respond to health care in the future. The final chapter compares America's response to an aging population with that of other counties in the world.
9781619254329 (v. 86, no. 1) 1619254328
Older people--United States.
Older people--Care--United States.
Older people--Care--Economic aspects--United States.
Aging--Social aspects--United States.
Aging--Economic aspects--United States.
Baby boom generation--United States.
HQ 1064 .U5 A63399 2014