Aging Across the United States

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