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9780826126153

Baby Boomers: Can My Eighties Be Like My Fifties?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826126153

  • ISBN10:

    0826126154

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC

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Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Provides data from the Harvard Public School of Health Study, Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civil Engagement, 1st edition, c2004, explores baby boomers' perceptions of their future social healthcare expectations. Softcover. DNLM: Needs Assessment--trends--Aged--Congresses.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Jeanette Takamura
Preface xiii
Rose Dobrof
Acknowledgment xv
Introduction: An Unsuspecting Future
1(7)
Helen Rehr
Overview: Current Seniors, Baby Boomers, Minorities, and Health Disparities
8(19)
A Baby Boomer's Perception of the Baby Boom Era
27(8)
Sue Woodman
Income Security: Social Security, Work, Pensions, and Savings
35(11)
Health Care Security: Medicare, Medicaid, Health Insurance, and Health Care Delivery
46(14)
Long-Term Care: Who Will Care for Us?
60(14)
End-of-Life-Care
74(10)
Karen O. Kaplan
Retirement, Lifestyles, and Roles: Leisure, Volunteering, and Work
84(13)
Living Arrangements
97(14)
Aging in Place: Shaping Communities for Tomorrow's Baby Boomers---Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
111(12)
Fredda Vladeck
Health Care Professionals and Their Education
123(22)
Community Collaboration and Advocacy
145(13)
Can My Eighties Be Like My Fifties?: Conclusions and Recommendations
158(15)
Appendix
173(14)
Appendix I Social Work Fellows Planning Committee
181(1)
Appendix II Summit Presenters
182(3)
Appendix III Workshop Leaders and Reporters
185(2)
Index 187

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