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Author Mellor, M. Joanna.

Title Baby boomers : can my eighties be like my fifties? / M. Joanna Mellor and Helen Rehr
Edition First edition
Published New York, NY : Springer, [2005]
©2005

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 MELB  613.0438 Mel/Bbc  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Springer series on lifestyles and issues in aging
Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
Contents Foreword / Jeanette Takamura -- Preface / Rose Dobrof -- 1. Introduction : an unsuspecting future / Helen Rehr -- 2. Overview : current seniors, baby boomers, minorities, and health disparities -- 3. A baby boomer's perception of the baby boom era / Sue Woodman -- 4. Income security : social security, work, pensions, and savings -- 5. Health care security : Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance, and health care delivery -- 6. Long-term care : who will care for us? -- 7. End-of-life-care / Karen O. Kaplan -- 8. Retirement, lifestyles, and roles : leisure, volunteering, and work -- 9. Living arrangements -- 10. Aging in place : shaping communities for tomorrow's baby boomers - naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) / Fredda Vladeck -- 11. Health care professionals and their education -- 12. Community collaboration and advocacy -- 13. Can my eighties be like my fifties?: conclusions and recommendations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Health attitudes -- United States -- Congresses.
Health behavior -- United States -- Congresses.
Baby boom generation -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Congresses.
Baby boom generation -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses.
Health attitudes -- Age factors -- United States -- Congresses.
Baby boom generation -- United States -- Psychology -- Congresses.
Health behavior -- Age factors -- United States -- Congresses.
Baby boom generation -- Retirement -- United States -- Congresses.
Medical care -- Needs assessment -- United States -- Congresses.
Medical care -- United States -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
Aged.
Middle Aged.
Needs Assessment -- trends.
Attitude to Health.
Needs Assessment.
Aged.
Genre/Form Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Rehr, Helen.
LC no. 2005005889
ISBN 0826126154 soft cover
Other Titles Can my eighties be like my fifties?