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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Societal impact on aging seriesPublisher: New York : Springer, c2007Description: xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826124070 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.260973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.U5 S597 2007
Contents:
1. Older immigrants / Judith Treas and Jeanne Batalova -- 2. Older immigrants : cultural issues in access to health care (commentary) / Charlotte Ikels -- 3. Immigration and an aging America : downward spiral or virtuous circle? : (commentary) / Charles Hirschman -- 4. Population aging and benefit sustainability : the impact of baby boomer aging on the health care system / Stephen Crystal -- 5. What havoc will the boomers wreak? : (commentary) / Robert L. Kane -- 6. Demographic reflections on the aging of the baby boom and its implications for health care (commentary) / Vicki A. Freedman -- 7. Perspectives on the economic implications of the aging of baby boomers / Eric R. Kingson -- 8. Futures for the baby boom : described, inscribed, and prescribed / David J. Ekerdt -- 9. Immigration effects on health care for older people / Jacqueline L. Angel -- 10. Migration and health care for older people : developing a global perspective (commentary) / Chris Phillipson -- 11. Immigration, race/ethnicity, and health care (commentary) / Robert A. Hummer -- 12. The aging of the second demographic transition / Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Linda J. Waite -- 13. The second demographic transition, aging families, and the aging of the institutionalized life course (commentary) / Dale Dannefer and Robin S. Patterson -- 14. Some thoughts on aging, marriage, and well-being in later life (commentary) / David M. Blau -- 15. The impact of demographic changes on relations between age groups and generations : a comparative perspective / Gunhild O. Hagestad and Peter Uhlenberg -- 16. The future of intergenerational relationships-variability and vulnerabilities (commentary) / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- 17. Demographic transitions, age, and culture (commentary) / Christine L. Fry.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Older immigrants / Judith Treas and Jeanne Batalova -- 2. Older immigrants : cultural issues in access to health care (commentary) / Charlotte Ikels -- 3. Immigration and an aging America : downward spiral or virtuous circle? : (commentary) / Charles Hirschman -- 4. Population aging and benefit sustainability : the impact of baby boomer aging on the health care system / Stephen Crystal -- 5. What havoc will the boomers wreak? : (commentary) / Robert L. Kane -- 6. Demographic reflections on the aging of the baby boom and its implications for health care (commentary) / Vicki A. Freedman -- 7. Perspectives on the economic implications of the aging of baby boomers / Eric R. Kingson -- 8. Futures for the baby boom : described, inscribed, and prescribed / David J. Ekerdt -- 9. Immigration effects on health care for older people / Jacqueline L. Angel -- 10. Migration and health care for older people : developing a global perspective (commentary) / Chris Phillipson -- 11. Immigration, race/ethnicity, and health care (commentary) / Robert A. Hummer -- 12. The aging of the second demographic transition / Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Linda J. Waite -- 13. The second demographic transition, aging families, and the aging of the institutionalized life course (commentary) / Dale Dannefer and Robin S. Patterson -- 14. Some thoughts on aging, marriage, and well-being in later life (commentary) / David M. Blau -- 15. The impact of demographic changes on relations between age groups and generations : a comparative perspective / Gunhild O. Hagestad and Peter Uhlenberg -- 16. The future of intergenerational relationships-variability and vulnerabilities (commentary) / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- 17. Demographic transitions, age, and culture (commentary) / Christine L. Fry.

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