Aging Across the United States

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780271037561

Matching Needs to States' Differing Opportunities and Services

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By Charles Lockhart, Jean Giles-Sims
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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HARDBACK
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224

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Compares services and opportunities for older Americans by region and state. Examines the criteria of recreational lifestyle, meaningful contributions and supportive communities, affordability and safety, health and high-quality medical care, and accessible, high-quality long-term care.


Contents

List of Figures/Maps

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

1. Finding Active Fun and Companionship in a Warm Climate

2. Making Meaningful Contributions and Finding Supportive Communities

3. Finding Affordability and Safety

4. Sustaining Health and Obtaining High-Quality Medical Care

5. Finding Accessible and High-Quality Long-Term Care

6. Putting It All Together: Explaining State Variation in Senior Friendliness

Epilogue

Appendix: State Rankings

Notes

Selected Readings

Index


“Lockhart and Giles-Sims provide a sophisticated road map for the changing terrain of retirement and aging. Their book combines scholarship with very useful information for a general audience and deserves wide notice.”

—Frederick R. Lynch, Perspectives on Politics

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