Baby boomers [electronic resource] : can my eighties be like my fifties? / M. Joanna Mellor, Helen Rehr, editors.
Series: Springer series on life styles and issues in agingPublication details: New York, NY : Springer, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 190 pISBN:- 0826126154 (soft cover)
- Can my eighties be like my fifties?
- Baby boom generation -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses
- Baby boom generation -- Retirement -- United States -- Congresses
- Baby boom generation -- United States -- Psychology -- Congresses
- Baby boom generation -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Congresses
- Health attitudes -- Age factors -- United States -- Congresses
- Health behavior -- Age factors -- United States -- Congresses
- Medical care -- Needs assessment -- United States -- Congresses
- Medical care -- United States -- Forecasting -- Congresses
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- RA408.B33 M455 2005eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references.
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?
"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.
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