Aging in America A to Z

by Adriel Bettelheim

Overview

America's rapidly expanding population of older citizens is becoming the dominant political and policy issue of the new century. Thorny issues are driving decisions made in Washington, D.C. and state capitols, in corporations, and around the family dining table, such as:

• The future of Social Security
• The cost of Medicare and drugs
• Eldercare
• Retirement and pensions

Aging in America A to Z is an encyclopedic roadmap to the challenging questions and potential answers facing today's seniors and their children. Important to both seniors and younger Americans who must care directly for parents or share indirectly in the economic and social costs of an aging population, Aging in America A to Z is a fundamental resource for all academic, public, and high school libraries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568025841
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Series:	A-Z Policy
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adriel Bettelheim is a reporter for Congressional Quarterly's CQ Weekly magazine, covering telecommunications, science, and technology. He has been a reporter for the Denver Post and the Syracuse Herald-Journal. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.

Editorial Reviews

A reporter for Congressional Quarterly's provides an encyclopedia of the questions and potential answers facing seniors and their children now. In over 250 articles, she looks at public policy issues, and real-world problems of seniors and younger Americans who must care directly for parents or share indirectly in the economic and social cost. The cross-referencing is extensive. There is no bibliography Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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