Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22, 2002
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22, 2002

Author: Stephen Crystal, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2003-01-07

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0826113982

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Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care. Contributors include Angela O'Rand, Edward Wolf, Edward Whitehouse, and James Smith.

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 24, 2004
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 24, 2004

Author: Merril Silverstein, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2004-11-18

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780826117359

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This volume examines the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families. In the first section, chapters focus on the temporal dimension of intergenerational relations using frameworks from human development, sociology, social history, and social psychology. The second section focuses on the social ecology of intergenerational relations in terms of the national contexts within which families are embedded. The contributors demonstrate how the social, cultural, historical, and institutional forces that orient older and younger family members toward each other in both structured and adaptive ways.

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 40
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 40

Author: Jessica A Kelley, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2020-07-28

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0826143342

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This fortieth volume of Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics focuses on economic inequality in later life. Cutting-edge chapters discuss the complex factors that can lead to advancing our understanding of economic inequalities. The volume includes perspectives on the changing pathways in later life, retirement income and security, race and associated advantages and disadvantages, and social rights for the elderly. The contributions in this volume discuss state-of-the-art research and keen insights into this increasingly important topic. Key Topics: Reconstructing Work and Retirement: Changing Pathways and Inequalities in Late Life Neoliberalism and the Future of Retirement Security Families in Later Life: A Consequence and Engine of Social Inequalities Increasing Risks, Costs, and Retirement Income Inequality Intentionality, Power, and Systemic Processes: Race and the Study of Cumulative Dis/Advantage Social Rights of the Elderly as Part of the New Human Rights Agenda: Non-contributory Pensions in Civil Society in Mexico

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 24, 2004
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 24, 2004

Author: Merril Silverstein, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2004-11-18

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0826197973

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This volume examines the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families. In the first section, chapters focus on the temporal dimension of intergenerational relations using frameworks from human development, sociology, social history, and social psychology. The second section focuses on the social ecology of intergenerational relations in terms of the national contexts within which families are embedded. The contributors demonstrate how the social, cultural, historical, and institutional forces that orient older and younger family members toward each other in both structured and adaptive ways.

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 25, 2005
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 25, 2005

Author: Toni Miles, MD, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2005-11-18

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0826117392

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This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics helps readers see the local problem and concern of aging as a global epidemic affecting all areas of the health care workplace. It is written for expert administrative leaders and policymakers who can help make a difference at both local and regional levels.

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 11, 1991
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 11, 1991

Author: K. Warner Schaie, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 1991-09-15

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 0826197779

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ìOverall this issue is well organized and informative, a welcome addition to research literature available in the field of aging.î - Educational Gerontology: Learning Resources