Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 693 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-509757-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Those aged 85 and over are currently the fastest growing age group in the U.S. population. This is so new a phenomenon that there is little in historical experience to help in interpreting it. Not only are the old living longer, but they are also growing older in markedly different ways from their predecessors. Since the burden of morbidity and the corresponding use of health services is exceedingly high for this age group, the potential demographic transition will have profound effects on health and social security systems.
This book represents the first thorough analysis of the qualitative, as well as the quantitative, changes in our ageing society. Contributions from diverse fields of population studies, biomedical sciences, health services research, and public policy are combined to illuminate our understanding of ageing as a complex and dynamic process. This book is a comprehensive compendium of current knowledge and a methodologic guide to assessing future findings.
The Oldest Old advocates only that good science, from a range of basic and applied disciplines, must inform our research and policy agendas to critically integrate the results of continuing research.
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INTRODUCTION: R.M. Suzman, K.G. Manton, and D.P. Willis: Introducing the oldest old; C.M. Taeuber and I. Rosenwaike: A demographic portrait; S.H. Preston: Cohort succession; G.C. Myers, B.B. Torrey, and K. Kinsella: An international comparison; PART II: PROBLEMS IN STUDYING THE OLDEST OLD: K.G. Manton and R.M. Suzman: Conceptual issues in the design and analysis of national longitudinal surveys; W.L. Rodgers and A.R. Herzog: Collecting data: problems and procedures; R.B. Wallace, F.J. Kohout, and P.L. Coulsher: Interview surveys; K.G. Manton: Mortality and life expectancy changes; E.C. Hadley: Causes of death among the oldest old; PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF BECOMING THE OLDEST OLD: K.G. Manton and B.J. Soldo: Disability and mortality: implications for current and future health and long term service needs; P. Doty: Institutional long-term care from an international perspective; J.C. Cornoni-Huntley et al: Epidemiology of physical and cogitive disability; D.A. Evans et al: The impact of Alzheimer's disease in the United States population; PART IV: A SOCIAL PORTRAIT OF THE OLDEST OLD: M.G. Kovar and R.S. Stone: Living arrangements; R.C. Gibson and J.S. Jackson: The black oldest old: health, functioning and informal support; R.M. Suzman et al: The robust oldest old: optimistic perspectives for increasing healthy life expectancy; G.L. Atkins: Making it last: Economic resources; PART V: SOCIAL AND MEDICAL POLICY TOWARD THE OLDEST OLD: B.B. Torrey: Sharing increasing costs on declining income: the visible dilemma of the invisible aged; R.H. Binstock: Intergenerational equity.
