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Baby boomers : can my eighties be like my fifties? / M. Joanna Mellor, Helen Rehr, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
- Lifestyles and issues in aging series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baby boom generation--Health and hygiene--United States--Congresses.
- Baby boom generation.
- Baby boom generation--United States--Psychology--Congresses.
- Baby boom generation--Retirement--United States--Congresses.
- Baby boom generation--United States--Social conditions--21st century--Congresses.
- Health attitudes--Age factors--United States--Congresses.
- Health attitudes.
- Health behavior--Age factors--United States--Congresses.
- Health behavior.
- Medical care--Needs assessment--United States--Congresses.
- Medical care.
- Medical care--United States--Forecasting--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Can my eighties be like my fifties?
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Springer, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Based on a conference funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this book brings together baby boomers and health care professionals to explore baby boomers' perceptions of their future social-health care expectations and needs"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: an unsuspecting future / Helen Rehr
- Overviews: current seniors, baby boomers, minorities, and health disparities
- A baby boomer's perception of the baby boom era / Sue Woodman
- Income security
- Health care security
- Long term care
- End-of-life-care / Karen O. Kaplan
- Retirement, lifestyle, and roles
- Living arrangement
- Aging in place / Fredda Vladeck
- Health care professionals and their education
- Community collaboration and advocacy
- Can my eighties be like my fifties?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-81157-2
- 9786611811570
- 0-8261-9756-6
- OCLC:
- 476262875
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