Description
| Product ID: | 9780520301290 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Sociology in the Twenty-First Century |
| Title: | Aging in America |
| Authors: | Author: Deborah Carr |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Age groups: adults, Age groups: adults, Age groups: the elderly, Sociology, Population and demography, Sociology: family and relationships, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychology of ageing, Coping with / advice about ageing, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Age groups: the elderly, Sociology, Population & demography, Sociology: family & relationships, Child & developmental psychology, Psychology of ageing, Coping with old age, Family & relationships |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The aging of America will reshape how we live and will transform nearly every aspect of contemporary society. Renowned life course sociologist Deborah Carr provides a lively, nuanced, and timely portrait of aging in the United States. The US population is older than ever before, raising new challenges for families, caregivers, health care systems, and social programs like Social Security and Medicare. Organized in seven chapters, Aging in America covers these topics: the history of aging and the development of theoretical approacheshow cultural changes shape our views on agingthe demographic characteristics of older adults todayolder adults' family lives and social relationshipsthe health of older adults and social disparities in who gets sickhow public policies affect the well-being of older adults and their familieshow baby boomers, Gen Xers, and millennials will experience old age Drawing on state-of-the-art data, current events, and pop culture, this portrait of an aging population challenges outdated myths and vividly shows how future cohorts of older adults will differ from the generations before them. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-14 |
