Aging In America A To Z; Author: Bettelheim, Adriel; Hardback; Book

Author: Bettelheim, Adriel
Hardback; Book
300 pages
Published: May 2001
CQ Press
ISBN: 156802584X
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America's rapidly expanding population of older citizens is becoming the dominant political and policy issue of the new century. Thorny issues are driving decisions made in Washington, D.C.and state capitols, in corporations, and around the family dining table, such as: -- The future of Social Security-- Eldercare-- The cost of Medicare and drugs-- Retirement and pensionsAging in America A to Z is an encyclopedic roadmap to the challenging questions and potential answers facing today's seniors and their children. Important to both seniors and younger Americans who must care directly for parents or share indirectly in the economic and social costs of an aging population, Aging in America A to Z is a fundamental resource for all academic, public, and high schoolThis volume is an encyclopedic roadmap to the challenging questions and potential answers facing today's seniors and their children. It aims to be important to both seniors and younger Americans who must care directly for parents or share indirectly in the costs of an ageing population.