Issues in global aging
By: Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr., editor.
Contributors: Ahearn, Frederick L.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Older people; Aging; Older people -- Religious life
Other titles: Social thought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Co-published simultaneously as Social thought, volume 20, numbers 3/4 2001."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF AGING; title: The Future Is Aging; title: Jeanette C. Takamura; title: Social Security Benefits for the Family: An Issue in Social Protection; title: Yung-Ping Chen; title: Retirement Patterns and Pension Policy: An International Perspective; title: M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad; title: Lennarth Johansson; title: Who Is Responsible for the Care of the Elderly? A Comparison of Policies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel; title: Carole Cox; title: Pakistan's Zakat System: A Policy Model for Developing Countries as a Means; title: of Redistributing Income to the Elderly Poor; title: Grace Clark; title: PART II: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND AGING; title: Religiosity as a Factor Affecting Adjustment of Minority Elderly to a Nursing Home; title: Sassy Sasson; title: Physical Dysfunction and Social Participation Among Racial/Ethnic Groups of Older Americans: Implications for Social Work; title: Elizabeth M. Bertera; title: Barbara Bailey-Etta; title: A Logotherapeutic Approach to the Quest for Meaningful Old Age; title: David Guttmann; title: Aging, Religion, and Spirituality: Advancing Meaning in Later Life; title: Gerson David; title: Examining Role Change: A Qualitative Study of Catholic Sisters Who Became Family Caregivers; title: JoAnn Meyer Burke.