Author : Edgar Borgatta
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780803928961
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Critical Issues in Aging Policy by : Edgar Borgatta
Download or read book Critical Issues in Aging Policy written by Edgar Borgatta and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1987-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giving a comprehensive overview of the discipline, this book is designed as a supplementary text for students of social gerontology and ageing policy. @3Highlighting policy implications, specialists consider issues such as: long term care; ways of measuring well-being; social relationships of the elderly; attitudes to retirement; health and crime. @ 'the book does a good job in prompting deeper consideration of day-to-day issues about elderly people and points up many unexplored areas worthy of research.......This is a useful book, combining much of general interst for staff working with older people with clear and important messages for its target audience of researchers and policy theorists' @ GPS 3:2