Aging 2000 a challenge for society

Aging 2000 a challenge for society / by P. Selby, M. Schecter.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus We live in a society that remorselessly casts off those who are too weak, mentally or physi...

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Main Authors: Selby, P. (Author), Schecter, M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Public health.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface—Sadruddin
  • Overall summary
  • Core Issue from Round One (replies by country)
  • Maintaining an active and independent life for as long as possible
  • Round One (replies by topic)
  • 1. Coping wlth chronic physical and mental problems
  • 2. Ensuring suitable housing
  • 3. Provision of services
  • 4. Payment for services
  • 5. Optimal utilization of human resources
  • 6. The individual and the family
  • 7. The individual and the community
  • 8. Leisure activities and the use of time
  • 9. Employment
  • 10. Preparation for retirement
  • 11. Assuring retirement income
  • 12. Retirement policies
  • Round Two Introduction
  • 1. Diversity and policy-making
  • 2. Jobs and policy problems
  • 3. Political contexts and policy-making
  • 4. Research and policy-making needs
  • 5. Beacons for policy-makers
  • Economic commentary
  • A statement from WHO
  • A view from the UN
  • Statistics
  • List of Experts
  • Biographies.

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