Older Americans, Vital Communities

Author: W. Andrew Achenbaum
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0801887682
Category: Medical

Older Americans, Vital Communities: A Bold Vision for Societal Aging

This thought-provoking work grapples with the vast range of issues associated with the aging population and challenges people of all ages to think more boldly and more creatively about the relationship between older Americans and their communities. Download Older Americans, Vital Communities medical books for free.
W. Andrew Achenbaum begins by exploring the demographics of our aging society and its effect on employment and markets, education, health care, religion, and political action. Drawing on history, literature, and philosophy, Achenbaum focuses on the way health care and increases in life expectancy have transformed late life from a phase characterized by illness, frailty, and debility to one of vitality, productivity, and spirituality. He shows how this transformation of aging is beginning to be fel Get Older Americans, Vital Communities our bestseller medical books.

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