Social Structures: Demographic Changes and the Well-being of Older Persons

by Schaie, K. Warner

• ISBN13: 9780826124074
• ISBN10: 0826124070
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780826101099
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Older immigrants	p. 1
Older immigrants : cultural issues in access to health care (commentary)	p. 25
Immigration and an aging America : downward spiral or virtuous circle? : (commentary)	p. 37
Population aging and benefit sustainability : the impact of baby boomer aging on the health care system	p. 52
What havoc will the boomers wreak? : (commentary)	p. 71
Demographic reflections on the aging of the baby boom and its implications for health care (commentary)	p. 80
Perspectives on the economic implications of the aging of baby boomers	p. 91
Futures for the baby boom : described, inscribed, and prescribed	p. 115
Immigration effects on health care for older people	p. 123
Migration and health care for older people : developing a global perspective (commentary)	p. 158
Immigration, race/ethnicity, and health care (commentary)	p. 170
The aging of the second demographic transition	p. 179
The second demographic transition, aging families, and the aging of the institutionalized life course (commentary)	p. 212
Some thoughts on aging, marriage, and well-being in later life (commentary)	p. 230
The impact of demographic changes on relations between age groups and generations : a comparative perspective	p. 239
The future of intergenerational relationships-variability and vulnerabilities (commentary)	p. 262
Demographic transitions, age, and culture (commentary)	p. 283
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