How should society address the needs of the elderly?
By: Tamara Thompson, book editor.
Contributors: Thompson, Tamara.
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Thomson/Gale
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Older people -- Services for -- United States.; Older people -- Government policy -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107) and index.
Table of contents: title: Society must prepare for a wave of aging baby boomers / Ken Dychtwald; title: Medicare reforms will benefit older Americans / George W. Bush; title: Medicare reforms should go much further / Jacob S. Hacker and Mark Schlesinger; title: Social Security should be privatized / Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Richard Parsons; title: Privatizing social security is a bad idea / Catherine Hill; title: Public policies should help the elderly live at home / National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; title: The government must increase funding for Alzheimer's research and care / Stephen McConnell; title: The government must provide transportation programs for seniors who cannot drive / Larry Lipman; title: Society must confront ageism and discrimination / David Crary; title: The elderly must be protected from abuse / Robert B. Blancato; title: Dying seniors need better care / Diane E. Meier and R. Sean Morrison; title: The system of elderly care needs to accommodate gay and lesbian seniors