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H.W. Wilson Company.
ImprintIpswich, Massachusetts : H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note:Reference shelf volumes present a collection of writings and speeches contemporary to the topic.
Note:1. HEALTH AND AGING BY THE NUMBERS. Statistics, costs, and outlooks -- Baby boomers: public health's biggest challenges / Susan Blumenthal, Katherine Warren, The Huffington Post, April 1, 2011 -- Senior health care crisis looms / Michelle Healy, USA Today, May 28, 2013 -- The Status of baby boomers' health in the United States: the healthiest generation? / Dana E. King, Eric Matheson, Svetlana Chirina, Jordan Broman-Fulks, JAMA International Medicine, March 11, 2013 -- Boomers' health fails to measure up to parents / Barbara Bronson Gray, US News, February 4, 2013 -- Must we ration health care for the elderly? / Daniel Callahan, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 2012 -- Who will care for the elderly? / Peggie R. Smith, Buffalo Law Review, July 5, 2013 -- Reframing the language of long-term care can shape policy, improve public perception / Victoria R. Ballesteros, Athan G. Bezaitis, Generations, Spring 2011 -- The Aging of the baby boom and the growing care gap: a look at future declines in the availability of family caregivers / Donald Redfoot, Lynn Feinberg, Ari Houser, AARP, August 13, 2013 -- Boomers' aging parents my yield a tax deduction / Associated Press, January 25, 2013.
Note:2. THE ECONOMICS OF SENIOR HEALTH CARE. What aging costs -- Aging baby boomers face shortage of caregivers / Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg News, September 27, 2013 -- Poverty among seniors getting harder to ignore / Jonathan Walters, Governing.com, January 13, 2013 -- The Older Americans Act and US seniors / Greg Kaufman, The Nation, June 21, 2013 -- Cutting retiree health care / Robert Barkin, American City and County Exclusive Insight, June 11, 2013 -- Myth: the aging population is to blame for uncontrollable health care costs / Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, October 2011 -- Outsourcing the elderly: low-cost care made in India / Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2007.
Note:3. CARING FOR ELDER PARENTS. Obligations to young and old -- The Sandwich generation: rising financial burdens for middle-ages Americans / Kim Parker, Eileen Patten, PewSocialTrends.org, January 30, 2013 -- Caring for aging parents: should there be a law? / Francine Russo, Time, June 22, 2013 -- The Dilemma of taking care of elderly parents / Lillian Rubin, Salon.com, November 26, 2011 -- The Guilt of caring for elderly parents / Suzanne Koven, Boston Globe, February 25, 2013 -- Elderly caregiving: daughters usually deal with strain of helping aging parents / Amanda Mears, Deseret News, June 14, 2010 -- Afraid to tell your boss you're a caregiver? / Sally Abrahms, AARP the Magazine, September 1, 2011 -- Baby boomers caring for elderly parents: SPeCiaL things to do / Ann Bettencourt, Psychology Today, December 11, 2011.
Note:4. REDEFINING THE SENIOR YEARS. The changing perception of age -- Boom: a generation explodes assumptions about aging / Maureen Hannan, Parks and Recreation, May 12, 2013 -- Newer tech on the rise with seniors / Laurenne Ramsdell, Foster's Daily Democrat, October 27, 2013 -- Careers: time for an encore for baby boomers / Dave Carpenter, Associated Press, September 9, 2012 -- Why are baby boomers leading the entrepreneurial movement? / Hanah Cho, Dallas Morning News, May 20, 2013 -- Living to 120 and beyond: Americans' views on aging, medical advances, and radical life extension / Pew Research, August 6, 2013 -- Why do grandmothers exist? Solving and evolutionary mystery / Judith Schulevitz, The New Republic, February 11, 2013 -- Something more to say... / Catherin Jackson, Therapy Today, June 13, 2013 -- Death dinners at baby boomers' tables take on dying taboo / Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg, September 23, 2013.
Note:5. HOW LIVING LONGER IS ADVANCING MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE. How science is extending life -- We're living longer and healthier / Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, July 29, 2013 -- Aging baby boomers want to live active lives, require innovations in medical treatment / Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, April 14, 2013 -- Innovation in senior care: "telegivers" help more seniors age at home / Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor, April 13, 2011 -- How health tech can support the aging baby boomer population / Alicia Torres, Venturebeat.com, April 9, 2013 On beyond 100 / Stephen S. Hall, National Geographic, May 1, 2013 -- We're living longer / Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free Press, October 26, 2013.
Note:6. AN AGING WORLD POPULATION. The challenges and demands of an aging population -- An Aging populations may be what the world needs / Charles kinney, Business Week, February 7, 2013 -- Global study: world not ready for aging population / Kristin Gelineau, Associated Press, September 30, 2013 -- Aging population more at risk from environmental threats / Gary Haq, The Conversation, October 28, 2013 -- Women living longer worldwide / Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, September 13, 2013 -- Major study finds that overall population health in US has improved, but has not kept pace with other wealthy nations / Journal of the American Medical Association, September 10, 2013 -- How growth of elderly poplulation in US compares with other countries / Francesca Colombo, PBS.org, May 24, 2013 -- Do other countries take better care of the elderly? / Miriam Goodman, Examiner, November 9, 2011 -- Bank on it: is this volunteer program the solution to China's elder-care crisis? / Benjamin Shobert, Slate, November 5, 2013 -- Asia's new aging rich break family ties for gilded retirement / Rina Chandran, Bloomberg.com, November 20, 2013 -- Aging in Ghana: is it indeed a blessing or what? / Alhaji Alhasan Abdulai, GhanaWeb, November 18, 2013.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
