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  Title

  Growing old in America

  Author

  Wexler, Barbara.  

  Publisher:

  Gale Cengage Learning,

  Pub date:

  c2012.

  Pages:

  viii, 211 p. :

  ISBN:

  9781414481425

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HQ1060 .W49 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HQ1060 .W49 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9781414481425

  ISBN:

  141448142X

  Personal Author:

  Wexler, Barbara.

  Title:

  Growing old in America / Barbara Wexler.

  Publication info:

  Detroit, Mich. : Gale Cengage Learning, c2012.

  Physical description:

  viii, 211 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (Information Plus reference series)

  Contents:

  Ch 1. Older Americans : a diverse and growing population -- ch 2. The economics of growing old in the United States -- ch 3. Living arrangements of the older population -- ch 4. Working and retirement : new options for older adults -- ch 5. Education, voting, and political behavior -- ch 6. On the road : older adult drivers -- ch 7. The health and medical problems of older adults -- ch 8. Mental health and mental illness -- ch 9. Caring for older adults : caregivers -- ch 10. Health care use, expenditures, and financing -- ch 11. Crime and abuse of older adults

  Summary:

  Explores the current condition of growing old in the United States. Includes the economic status of older people; Medicare and Medicaid; the living arrangements of older adults; working and retirement; and the education levels, voting trends, and political behavior of older Americans. Physical and mental health problems; drug and alcohol abuse; care for seniors; crime; and death and dying are also covered.

  Held by:

  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Older people--United States--Statistics.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Economic conditions.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Medical care--United States.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Mental health--United States.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Political activity--United States.

  Subject term:

  Retirement--United States.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Employment--United States.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Education--United States.

  Subject term:

  Older people--Crimes against--United States.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Information Plus (Firm : Wylie, Tex.)

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