Aging : concepts and controversies /: concepts and controversies. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harry R. Moody and Jennifer S. Sasser.
• Authors: Moody, Harry R; Sasser, Jennifer R
• Contents: Part 1: Basic Concepts I. A Life Course Perspective on Aging; Age Identification; The Stages of Life; The Life Course and Aging; Traditional Theories of Aging; Influences on the Life Course; Aging in the 21st Century; The Biology of Aging; Aging and Psychological Functioning; Conclusion; Chapter 1: Controversy 1. Does Old Age Have Meaning?; The Meaning of Age; Leisure Activities in Later Life; Religion and Spirituality; Gerontology and the Meaning of Age; Activity or Reflection?; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 2: Controversy 2. Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old?; The Process of Biological Aging; Biological Theories of Aging; Is Aging Inevitable?; Ways to Prolong the Life Span; Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity?; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 3: Controversy 3. Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With Age?; Elements of Cognitive Function; The Classic Aging Pattern; Measures of Late-Life Intelligence; Studies of Age and Cognitive Function; Correlates of Cognitive Stability; Creativity in an Aging Population; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Part 2: Basic Concepts II. Aging, Health Care, and Society; The Challenge of Longevity; Epidemiology of Aging; Economics of Health Care; Long-Term Care; Self-Determined Death; Conclusion; Chapter 4: 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-Saving Plan; The Impetus for Rationing; Cost Versus Age; Alternative Approaches to Rationing; Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide; The Debate Over Age-Based Rationing; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 5: 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; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 6: 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 Adults; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 7: Controversy 7. Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?; Depression and Suicide; The “Right to Die”; Outlook for the Future; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Part 3: Basic Concepts III. Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society; The Varieties of Aging Experience; The Economic Status of Older Americans; Public Policy on Aging; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Controversy 8. Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?; A Tale of Two Generations; Justice Between Generations; The Least-Advantaged Older Adults; Help for Those Most in Need; The Targeting Debate; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 9: Controversy 9. What Is the Future for Social Security?; Main Features of Social Security; Success—and Doubt; Pay as You Go; Social Security Trust Fund; Eligibility; Privatization; Women and Social Security; Debate Over Social Security; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 10: Controversy 10. Is Retirement Obsolete?; History of Retirement; Origins of Late-Life Leisure; Changes in the American Economy; A New View of Retirement; Debate Over Retirement Policy; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 11: Controversy 11. Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?; Who Are the Boomers?; What Is a Generation? Age-Period-Cohort Analysis; Social Construction of the Boomer Phenomenon; Boomers in the Years Ahead; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate; Chapter 12: Controversy 12. The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype?; The New Customer Majority; Market Sectors Likely to Grow; What Do Older Consumers Want?; Limits of the Marketplace Model; Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.260973; Gerontology; Aging -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544371702
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