TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vincent,John A.
AU  - Phillipson,Chris
AU  - Downs,Murna
ED  - British Society of Gerontology
TI  - The futures of old age
SN  - 1412901073
U1  - 305.26 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Old age
KW  - Retirement
KW  - Older people
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - "Published in association with BSG."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-245) and index; 1; Visions of later life : golden cohort to generation Z; Andrew Blaikie --; 2; Future 'conflicts' across generations and cohorts?; Vern L. Bengtson and Norella M. Putney --; 3; Developments in the life course; Dale Dannefer and Casey Miklowski --; 4; Ageing and social class : an enduring relationship; Alan Walker and Liam Foster --; 5; Gender and later life : change, choice and constraints; Sara Arber --; 6; Ethnicity and old age; James Nazroo --; 7; The future of inequalities in retirement income; Debora Price and Jay Ginn --; 8; Will the baby-boomers be better off than their parents in retirement?; Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham --; 9; The future of stock market pensions; Richard Minns --; 10; Ageing selves and others : distinctiveness and uniformity in the struggle for intergenerational solidarity; Simon Biggs --; 11; Biographical work and the future of the ageing self; Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein --; 12; Ageing and belief - between tradition and change; Peter G. Coleman, Marie A. Mills and Peter Speck --; 13; Will our old age be healthier?; Christina Victor --; 14; Is there a better future for people with dementia and their families?; Murna Downs and Errollyn Bruce --; 15; The future of well-being : quality of life of older people in the twenty-first century; John Bond and Lynne Corner --; 16; The ageing of family life transitions; Sarah Harper --; 17; Flying solo in old age : widowed and divorced men and women in later life; Kate Davidson --; 18; Housing and future living arrangements; Sheila Peace --; 19; Anti-ageing science and the future of old age; John Vincent --; 20; Ageing and globalization; Chris Phillipson --; 21; The future life course, migration and old age; Tony Warnes
N2  - "What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see aging populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be. Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together twenty-one leading UK and US gerontologists, drawing on their expertise and research. The book's seven sections deal with key contemporary themes, including population aging, households and families, health, wealth, pensions, migration, inequalities, gender, and self and identity in later life. The Futures of Old Age is thought-provoking reading for anyone studying aging, especially for those attending courses in gerontology and related areas, as well as for those concerned with the development of social and economic policy."--Publisher
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