The Oldest Old

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ISBN: 9780195097573

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Those aged 85 and more are currently the fastest growing age group in the US population. This is so new a phenomenon that there is little 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.This book represents the first thorough analysis of the qualitative, as well as the quantitative changes in our ageing society. This book is a comprehensive compendium of current knowledge and a methodologic guide to assessing future findings.

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Brand OUP USA

Reference 83649

EAN13 9780195097573

ISBN 9780195097573

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Publication date: 1996
Issue number: 1
Cover: paperback
Pages count: 456
Dimensions (mm): 156 x 235
Weight (g): 771

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 futurehealth 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 Alzheimers 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 etal:: 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.