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The sixth edition of this student friendy textbook provides both a thorough explanation of the issues, as well as current research and controversies, exploring health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course.

This thoroughly revised new edition contains nine new readings, over 35 new photographs and an instructor′sresource CD.



Table of Contents:
About the Author/Editor Preface Prologue Note to Students BASIC CONCEPTS I: A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON AGING Age Identification The Stages of Life The Life Course and Aging Life Transitions Theories of Aging Modernization Theory Disengagement Theory Activity Theory Influences on the Life Course Social Class and Life History Social Institutions and Policies Aging in the 21st Century Time and the Life Course The Moral Economy of the Life Course The Biology of Aging The New Science of Longevity Mechanisms of Physical Aging Wear and Tear Free Radicals The Immune System Aging and Psychological Functioning Self-concept and Social Relationships Social Roles Cognitive Functioning Conclusion Toward a New Map of Life CONTROVERSY 1: DOES OLD AGE HAVE MEANING? The Meaning of Age Leisure Activities in Later Life Changing Leisure Participation Patterns Explaining Patterns of Leisure Religion and Spirituality Spiritual Practice and Religious Participation Over the Life Course Spiritual Belief, Religious Participation, and Well-Being Spirituality and the Search for Meaning Social Gerontology and the Meaning of Age The Meaning of Aging in the 21st Century Activity or Reflection? Focus on Practice: Reminiscence and Life Review Readings The Coming of Age by Simone de Beauvoir Vital Involvement in Old Age by Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson, and Helen Q. Kivnick Successful Aging by John Rowe and Robert Kahn The Measure of My Days by Florida Scott-Maxwell CONTROVERSY 2: WHY DO OUR BODIES AGE? The Process of Biological Aging Biological Theories of Aging Wear-and-Tear Theory Autoimmune Theory Aging-Clock Theory Cross-Linkage Theory Free Radicals Cellular Theory Is Aging Inevitable? Ways to Prolong the Life Span Environmental Approach Genetic Approach Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity? Focus on Practice: Health Promotion Readings Why Do We Live As Long As We Do? by Leonard Hayflick Vitality and Aging: Implications of the Rectangular Curve by James F. Fries and Lawrence Crapo We Will Be Able to Live to 1,000 by Aubrey de Grey Don′t Fall for the Cult of Immortality by S. Jay Olshansky The Compression of Morbidity Hypothesis: A Review of Research and Prospects for the Furure by Vincent Mor Health Trends in the Elderly Population: Getting Better and Getting Worse by Marti G. Parker and Mats Thorslund Focus on the Future: "I Dated a Cyborg!" Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 3: DOES INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING CHANGE WITH AGE? Elements of Cognitive Functioning The Classic Aging Pattern Measures of Intelligence in Later Life Studies of Age and Cognitive Function Memory and Aging Correlates of Cognitive Stability Mature Cognition Focus on Practice: Older-Adult Education Readings Age and Achievement by Harvey Lehman Age and Achievement: A Critique by Wayne Dennis Growing Old or Living Long: Take Your Pick by Laura L. Cartensen The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain by Gene Cohen Aging by Becca Levy and Ellen Langer Focus on the Future: Late-life Learning in the Information Society Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate BASIC CONCEPTS II: AGING, HEALTH CARE, AND SOCIETY The Challenge of Longevity The Case of the Struldbruggs Normal Aging Longevity and Disease Epidemiology of Aging Major Diseases in Old Age Responses to the Geriatric Diseases Economics of Health Care Reimbursement Systems Prospects for the Future Long-term Care Housing for Older Adults Chronic Care in Old Age Functional Assessment The Continuum of Care Paying for Long-term Care: An American Dilemma Self-Determined Death Late-Life Suicide Conclusion CONTROVERSY 4: SHOULD WE RATION HEALTH CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE? Precedents for Health Care Rationing The Justification for Age-Based Rationing Rationing as a Cost-Savings Plan The Impetus for Rationing Cost Versus Age Alternative Approaches to Rationing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide The Debate Over Age-Based Rationing Focus on Practice: Managed Care Readings Why We Must Set Limits by Daniel Callahan Pricing Life: Why It′s Time for Health Care Rationing by Peter Ubel The Pied Piper Returns for the Old Folks by Nat Hentoff Letting Individuals Decide by Terrie Wetle and Richard W. Besdine Aim Not Just for Longer Life, but Expanded "Health Span" by Daniel Perry and Robert Butler Focus on the Future: Scenarios for Rationing: Fiction or Forecast? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 5: SHOULD FAMILIES PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN? Aging and the American Family Abandonment or Independence? Family Responsibility Medicaid and Long-Term Care Financing Long-Term Care Medicaid Planning Focus on Practice: Long-Term Care Insurance Readings Medicaid and Long-Term Care by Peter J. Strauss and Nancy M. Lederman Shame of the Rich: Making Themselves Poor by Jane Bryant Quinn The Fallacy of Impoverishment by Stephen Moses The Case Against Paying Family Caregivers: Ethical and Practical Issues by C. Jean Blaser For Love and Money: Paying Family Caregivers by Suzanne R. Kunkel, Robert A. Applebaum, and Ian M. Nelson Focus on the Future: Genetic Screening for Alzheimer’s Disease? Questions to Ponder Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 6: SHOULD OLDER PEOPLE BE PROTECTED FROM BAD CHOICES? The Vulnerabilities of Older People Interfering When People Make Bad Choices Elder Abuse and Neglect Perceptions of Quality of Life Sexuality in Later Life Crime and Older Adults Intervention in the Lives of Vulnerable Older People Focus on Practice: Adult Protective Services Readings The Right to Freedom From Restraints by Robert N. Brown Ethical Dilemmas in Elder Abuse by Terrie T. Wetle and Terry T. Fulmer A Legal Perspective on Elder Abuse by Candace J. Heisler and Mary Joy Quinn Elder Self-Neglect: A Blurred Concept by Dorothy R. Fabian and Eloise Rathbone-McCuan Focus on the Future: Inheritance in an Aging Society Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 7: SHOULD OLDER PEOPLE HAVE THE CHOICE TO END THEIR LIVES? Depression and Suicide The “Right to Die” Outlook on the Future Focus on Practice: Advanced Directives Readings Why Do People Seek Physician-Assisted Death? by Robert A. Pearlman and Helene Starks A Time to Die: The Place for Physican Assistance by Charles F. McKhann Last Rights: Aunty′s Story by Sue Woodman Neither for Love or Money: Why Doctors Must Not Kill by Leon Kass Focus on the Future: Neighborhood Suicide Clinics? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate BASIC CONCEPTS III: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR AN AGING SOCIETY The Varieties of Aging Experience Social Class Race and Ethnicity Gender and Aging Multiple Jeopardy Economic Well-Being The Economic Status of Older Americans Sources of Retirement Income Changing Financial Outlook Public Policy on Aging The Aging Network Aging Interest Groups Trends in Public Policy and Aging Conclusion CONTROVERSY 8: SHOULD AGE OR NEED BE THE BASIS FOR ENTITLEMENT? A Tale of Two Generations Generational Equity Poverty Among the Old Poverty Among Children and Young People The Dependency Ratio Taxation and Generational Accounting Power and Competition for Scarce Resources The Least-Advantaged in the Older Population Help for Those Most in Need The Targeting Debate Focus on Practice: Intergenerational Programs Readings Growing Older by Lester Thurow Gray Dawn: Target Benefits on the Basis of Need by Peter G. Peterson "Generational Equity" and the New Victim Blaming by Meredith Minkler The Generational Equity Debate by John B. Williamson, Diane M. Watts-Ray, and Eric R. Kingson Focus on the Future: Walled Retirement Villages? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 9: WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY? Main Features of Social Security Success—and Doubts Pay as You Go Social Security Trust Fund Eligibility Privatization Women and Social Security Debate Over Security Focus on Practice: Investment Decisions For Retirement Income Readings How to Save Social Security: A Balanced Approach by Peter Diamond and Peter Orszag The Necessity and Desirability of Social Security Reform by Ramesh Ponnuru Social Security Reform and Benefit Adequacy by Lawrence H. Thompson Social Security for Yesterday′s Family? by C. Eugene Steuerle and Melissa Favreault Focus on the Future: Two Scenarios for the Future of Social Security Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 10: IS RETIREMENT OBSOLETE? History of Retirement Origins of Late-Life Leisure Changes in the American Economy A New View of Retirement Productive Aging Debate Over Retirement Policy Focus on Practice: Pre-retirement Planning Readings Achieving a Productive Aging Society by Francis G. Caro, Scott A. Bass, and Yung-Ping Chen Prime Time by Marc Freedman The Busy Ethic: Moral Continuity Between Work and Retirement by David J. Ekerdt Moving Toward a Creative Retirement by Ronald J. Manheimer Focus on the Future: The U.S. Wisdom Corps? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate CONTROVERSY 11: AGING BOOMERS: BOOM OR BUST? Who are the Boomers? What is a Generation? Social Constructions of the Boomer Phenomenon Boomers in the Years Ahead Focus on Practice: Marketing to Aging Boomers Readings Boomsday by Christopher Buckley No Country for Young Men by Megan McArdle The Longevity Revolution: As Boomers Become Elders by Theodore Roszak The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation by Jeff Goldsmith Focus on the Future Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Epilogue Appendices A: How to Research a Term Paper in Gerontology B: Internet Resources on Aging C: Bibliography Glossary/Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781412969666
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 536
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Concepts and Controversies
  • Width: 187 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1412969662
  • Publisher Date: 12 May 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 910 gr


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