Issues in global aging / Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahearn, Frederick L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Aging.

Older people--Religious life.

Physical Description:

xii, 165 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Press, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Global Dimensions of Aging 1

The Future Is Aging / Jeanette C. Takamura 3

Social Security Benefits for the Family: An Issue in Social Protection / Yung-Ping Chen 17

Retirement Patterns and Pension Policy: An International Perspective / M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad, Lennarth Johansson 25

Who Is Responsible for the Care of the Elderly? A Comparison of Policies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel / Carole Cox 33

Pakistan's Zakat System: A Policy Model for Developing Countries as a Means of Redistributing Income to the Elderly Poor / Grace Clark 47

Part II Religion, Spirituality, and Aging 77

Religiosity as a Factor Affecting Adjustment of Minority Elderly to a Nursing Home / Sassy Sasson 79

Physical Dysfunction and Social Participation Among Racial/Ethnic Groups of Older Americans: Implications for Social Work / Elizabeth M. Bertera, Barbara Bailey-Etta 97

A Logotherapeutic Approach to the Quest for Meaningful Old Age / David Guttmann 117

Aging, Religion, and Spirituality: Advancing Meaning in Later Life / Gerson David 129

Examining Role Change: A Qualitative Study of Catholic Sisters Who Became Family Caregivers / JoAnn Meyer Burke 141.

Notes:

"Co-published simultaneously as Social thought, volume 20, numbers 3/4 2001."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0789014408

OCLC:

49031803