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Older Americans, vital communities : a bold vision for societal aging / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Achenbaum, W. Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Older people.
- Longevity--Social aspects--United States.
- Longevity.
- Social change--United States.
- Social change.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age--United States.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age.
- Older people--Government policy--United States.
- Social prediction--United States.
- Social prediction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- Paperback ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, MD ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- He calls on baby boomers to create institutional structures that promote productive, vital growth for the common good, and he invites people of all ages to think more boldly about what they will do with the long lives ahead of them.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A new demographic revolution demands novel structural responses
- The new faces of individual aging
- The new age of production and consumption
- (Re)creating networks for lifelong learning and sharing talents
- Reforming the U.S. health system to care for an aging population
- Renewing religious experiences and spiritual practices for a new age
- Extending the civic engagement of senior citizens
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-193) and index.
- Originally published: 2005.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9602-9
- OCLC:
- 647868511
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