Diversity & aging in the 21st century : let the dialogue begin / edited by E. Percil Stanford and Thomas C. Nelson.

Date:
[2010?]
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Also known as

Diversity and aging in the 21st century.
Let the dialogue begin.

Publication/Creation

Washington, DC : AARP, [2010?]

Physical description

176 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm

Notes

Cover title.
"D19087(309)" -- Cover.
Copy 1. Purchased from Gerard Koskovich, May 2015.

Contents

Introduction -- Understanding crosscurrents in aging / Leo F. Estrada -- Preparing for change, the implications of the "agequake" / James E. Birrin -- The economic status of older people of color in the new millennium / Alejandro Garcia -- Community based services for older ethnic populations in the twenty-first century / Donna Yee -- Redefining health care disparities for the LGBT older adults (and all seniors) / Kimberley D. Acquaviva -- There is nothing so unequal / George T. Rowan -- Health policy and program implications that will enhance the way rural Native Americans will age in the twenty-first century / Leander R. McDonald -- Two, four, six, eight, who says that your grandmother's straight? / Amber Hollibaugh -- Aging and diversity, the situation of older women / Carroll L. Estes -- Global aging, transitional and immigrant populations / Sheba George -- The visually impaired older minority in the twenty-first century / Aries Arditi -- Aging and disability in the twenty-first century / Jonathan J. Kaufman -- What society needs to do to ensure seniors with disabilities age well / Eve L. Hill & Shawna L. Parks -- Quality of life for ethnic and racial minority elder in the 21st century / James S. Jackson & Ishtar O. Govia -- Epilogue -- List of contributors.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WT104 2010S78d
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ISBN

  • 9780615289823
  • 0615289827