Ageing societies : myths, challenges and opportunities / Sarah Harper.
Demographic ageing is a reality ndash; within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion elderly people. Ageing Societies examines the myths, challenges and opportunities behind these figures. Ageing...
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London :
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Ageing societies
- The dynamics of population ageing
- Understanding age and ageing
- Retirement: from rest to reward to right
- Intergenerational contract and social security
- Changing families
- Intergenerational relationships and family care
- Late life economic security in developing countries
- Supporting families and elder care in developing
- Equal treatment, equal rights: ending age
- Mature societies: planning for our future selves
- 1. Ageing societies
- 2. The dynamics of population ageing
- 3. Understanding age and ageing
- 4. Retirement : from the rest to reward to right
- 5. Intergenerational contract and social security
- 6. Changing families
- 7. Intergenerational relationships and family care
- 8. Late life economic security in developing countries
- 9. Supporting families and elder care in developing countries
- 10. Equal treatment, equal rights : ending age discrimination
- 11. Mature societies : planning for our future selves.