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Growing older in world cities : New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo / Victor G. Rodwin, and Michael K. Gusmano, editors.
Van Pelt Library RA564.8 .G765 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Long-term care.
- Older people.
- Urban health.
- Long-Term Care.
- London.
- New York.
- Paris.
- Tokyo.
- Geriatric Assessment.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Urban Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Long-Term Care.
- London.
- New York.
- Paris.
- Tokyo.
- Geriatric Assessment.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Urban Health.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- How are four major world cities coping with the challenges posed by increasing human longevity and population aging? Top researchers, scholars and policymakers compare what it is like to grow older in these cities with respect to health and quality of life, living arrangements and housing, and the provision of long-term care to older persons when they eventually become frail.
- Contents:
- Growing older in world cities: implications for health and long-term care policy / Victor G. Rodwin, Michael K. Gusmano and Robert N. Butler
- How can we compare New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo? defining spatial units of analysis / Victor G Rodwin and Michael K. Gusmano
- Growing old in the city that never sleeps: aging in New York / Emanuel Tobier
- The health of older New Yorkers / Daniel Weisz and Michael K. Gusmano
- Organizing care for older persons in New York: the social class vulnerabilities of a world city / David Barton Smith
- The housing of older New Yorkers / Kenneth Knapp
- Lifestyle patterns, social networks, and use of formal services in New York: the impact of ethnicity, class, and culture on older people / Marjorie H. Cantor
- Aging, health, and social services in London / Anthony M. Warnes
- Inequalities among older people in London: the challenge of diversity / Maria Evandrou
- Long-term care facilities in London / Inge Strüder and Tony M. Warnes
- Living arrangements and housing among older people in London / Tony M. Warnes and Inge Strüder
- Growing older in the city of light / Victor G. Rodwin
- The health of older Parisians / Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli, Philippe Pépin and François Tonnellier
- Inequalities and quality of life among older persons in Paris / Marie-Eve Joël and Robert Haas
- Living arrangements and long-term care for older persons in Paris / Florence de Maria, Victor G. Rodwin, and Marc Esponda
- Tokyo: a pathbreaker in long-term care? / Naoki Ikegami
- Aging, socioeconomic status, and neighborhood differences in Tokyo / Yukiko Kudo
- The challenge of aging in a global city: Tokyo / Yasuo Takagi
- Growing old with Tokyo / John C. Campbell and Ruth Campbell
- Creativity under uniformity: implementation of Japan's new long-term care insurance in central Tokyo / Etsuji Okamoto
- Long-term care in Tokyo: home or institutional care? / Keiko Honda
- The continuum of long-term care in world cities: from institutionalization to home care / Gabriel Montero, Michael K. Gusmano, and Victor G. Rodwin
- Growing older in world cities: themes, interpretations and future research / Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0826514898
- 0826514901
- OCLC:
- 57965853
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