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Growing old in America

Gale Group.

Growing old in America

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Growing old in AmericaBarbara Wexler.
Author:	Wexler, Barbara.
Published:	Detroit, Mich. :Gale,c2008.
Notes:	ISSN "1538-6686".
Notes:	"Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."
Series:	Information Plus reference series
Subject:	Older peoplePeriodicals.United States
Online resource:	Available for Taiwan Academic E-Books Consortium via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
ISBN:	9781414438207 (electronic book)

Growing old in America
Wexler, Barbara.

Growing old in America[electronic resource] /Barbara Wexler. - 2008 ed. - Detroit, Mich. :Gale,c2008. - Information Plus reference series.

ISSN "1538-6686".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Older Americans - a diverse and growing population -- The economics of growing old in America -- Living arrangements of the older population -- Working and retirement: new options for older adults -- Education, political behavior, and voting -- On the road - older adults drivers -- The health and medical problems of older adults -- Mental health and mental illness -- Caring for older adults - caregivers -- Health-care use, expenditures, and financing -- Crime and abuse of older adults.

Explores the current condition of growing old in the United States. Includes the economic status of older people; Medicare and Medicaid; the living arrangements of older adults; working and retirement; and the education levels, voting trends, and political behavior of older Americans. Physical and mental health problems; drug and alcohol abuse; care for seniors; crime; and death and dying are also covered.

Electronic reproduction.
Farmington Hills, Mi :
Gale.

Available via World Wide Web.

Original:

viii, 197 p. : ill., charts ; 29 cm.

Mode of access: Internet.

ISBN: 9781414438207 (electronic book)Subjects--Topical Terms:

442752
Older people
--United States--Periodicals.

LC Class. No.: HQ1064.U5 / G753 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.6/0973

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