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New directions in old-age policies / Janie S. Steckenrider and Tonya M. Parrott.
Van Pelt Library HQ1064.U5 S699 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steckenrider, Janie S., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Old age--Government policy--United States.
- Old age.
- Old age assistance--Government policy--United States.
- Old age assistance.
- Older people--United States--Social conditions.
- Older people.
- Old age assistance--Government policy.
- Old age--Government policy.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Older people--United States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- New directions in old age policies
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- This book explores the changed political environment in the United States and what it means for the policies and programs benefiting the elderly and their families. It includes chapters written by distinguished contributors, such as Fernando Torres-Gil, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Clinton Administration, and discusses specific, realistic policy options for the future. New Directions in Old-Age Policies suggests that old-age policy in the changed political environment is a paradox of competing agendas: individual versus fiscal responsibility in policy choices, doing more for the elderly and their families with fewer public resources, and prioritizing the status quo or change in policy decisions for the elderly.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Political Environment and the New Face of Aging Policy / Janie S. Steckenrider, Tonya M. Parrott 1
- I. Distinct Policy Domains: A Fresh Look at Old-Age Policies
- Chapter 2. Health Care Policies and Older Americans / Robert H. Binstock 13
- Chapter 3. Economic Security: Strengthening Social Security / Yung-Ping Chen 37
- Chapter 4. Housing and Supportive Services for the Elderly: Intergenerational Perspectives and Options / Phoebe S. Liebig 51
- II. Politics and Aging Policy
- Chapter 5. Policy, Politics, Aging: Crossroads in the 1990s / Fernando M. Torres-Gil 75
- Chapter 6. The 1995 White House Conference on Aging: A Tradition Confronts a Revolution / Robert B. Blancato, Brian W. Lindberg 89
- Chapter 7. The Changing Political Activism Patterns of Older Americans: "Don't Throw the Dirt Over Us Yet" / Susan MacManus, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas 111
- Chapter 8. Old Age Interest Groups in the 1990s: Coalitions, Competition, and Strategy / Christine L. Day 131
- Chapter 9. Competing Problems, Budget Constraints, and Claims for Intergenerational Equity / Laurie A. Rhodebeck 151
- III. The Family, Ethnicity, and Older Women: Aging Policy Dilemmas
- Chapter 10. Changing Family Demographics, Caregiving Demands, and the Policy Environment / Tonya M. Parrott 185
- Chapter 11. Aging Policy and the Experience of Older Minorities / Valentine M. Villa 211
- Chapter 12. Aging as a Female Phenomenon: The Plight of Older Women / Janie S. Steckenrider 235
- Chapter 13. The Paradox of Old-Age Policy in a Changed Political Environment / Tonya M. Parrott, Janie S. Tteckenrider 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0791439135
- 0791439143
- OCLC:
- 37947341
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