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9780826181404

Who Is Responsible for My Old Age?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826181404

  • ISBN10:

    0826181406

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-01-01
  • Publisher: Springer Pub Co

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Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Longevity Revolution: Sharing Responsibility for Old Age
Individual Responsibility: My Good Old Agep. 1
Introduction to Part Ip. 3
Fifteen Commandments for Responsible Old Agep. 10
Life after the White House: Making the Most of Your Second Careerp. 12
Understanding Life Backwards: Reminiscing for a Better Old Agep. 18
Introduction to Chapter 4p. 30
We Have a Dream: The Generations Working Together Toward the Futurep. 33
Afterword for Part Ip. 40
Family Responsibility: It's a Women's Issuep. 45
Introduction to Part IIp. 47
Beyond the Mystique of Old Agep. 57
Old Age Policy as a Women's Issuep. 73
From Curing to Caring to Sharing: Competing for a Better Old Agep. 96
Gray Panthers, Red Kimonos: Perspectives on Agingp. 101
A Gerontology for the 21st Centuryp. 110
Afterword for Part IIp. 118
The Triangle of Responsibility: The Individual, the Private Sector, and the Public Sectorp. 123
Introduction to Part IIIp. 125
The Public Sector: "We the People" and Our Government's Rolep. 139
The Public Sector: Government as Last Resortp. 158
The Private Sector: The Gift of Timep. 170
The Private Sector: The Silver Planp. 185
The Public Sector: The Golden Planp. 197
Afterwordsp. 209
Your Tomorrow: Requirements for Japanp. 211
Re-animating Old Agep. 216
Youth Looks at Old Agep. 220
Appendixp. 223
Indexp. 241
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