Who Will Care for Us?: Aging and Long-Term Care in Multicultural America Revised Edition Contributor(s): Angel, Ronald (Author), Angel, Jacqueline L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814706835 ISBN-13: 9780814706831 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: America is getting older. By the year 2010, almost one in five Americans will be sixty-five or older. The population of the United States is not only aging, but aging rapidly. The combined forces of low fertility and longer life spans have resulted in a disproportionate increase in the number of Americans over sixty-five and an even faster increase in the proportion of those over eighty-five. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Social Science | Gerontology |
Dewey: 362.6 |
LCCN: 96025333 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.97" W x 8.98" (0.76 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An important contribution to the on-going national dialogue concerning the need for planning for an increasingly aged population and its impact on our social, political, medical, economic institutions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Angel, Ronald: - Ronald J. Angel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.Angel, Jacqueline L.: - Jacqueline L. Angel is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they have co-authored Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fath" |