Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations / Edition 2

by Theodore H. Hoff, Richard W. Park

Overview

"Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations" is presented in three parts. Part One describes the policy process as a response to human needs through the laws of our country. Part Two explores the national policy development on behalf of older persons. Part Three describes the major public policies on behalf of the elderly that include Social Security, Medicare, The Older Americans Act, institutional care, employment and retirement policies. The final chapter discusses the advocacy process in the field of aging.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780895031969
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Series:	Society and Aging Series
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Theodore H.Hoff, Richard W. Park

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Part One: The Policy Process: Responding to Human Needs Through Laws
Chapter 1: Constitutional Foundations
Chapter 2: Making Policy in the United States
Chapter 3: Historical Background to Aging Policy

Part Two: Aging Policy Development
Chapter 4: The Aging Network
Chapter 5: Interest and Advisory Groups

Part Three: Major Public Policies on Behalf of the Elderly
Chapter 6: Social Security
Chapter 7: Health Care Policies
Chapter 8: Coordinated System of Chronic Care
Chapter 9: Employment and Retirement
Chapter 10: Housing and Social Services

Part Four: The Advocacy Process in The Field of Aging: Policies for the Future
Chapter 11: Bonding the Generations

Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: David O. Staats, MD (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Description: This book is a review of U.S. federal programs, legislation, and public policy for healthcare and social services for older persons.
Purpose: The purpose is to describe the federal policies for older persons and their background and evolution with time.
Audience: This book is aimed at gerontologists and public policy professionals.
Features: The clear organization of this book is one of its great strengths. The authors turn a morass of bureaucratic writings into understandable concepts, prose, and tables.
Assessment: This book is a felicitous marriage of civics and gerontology, laced with an intellectual history of healthcare policies. All angry young men and women wishing to change the world and improve healthcare and social services for older persons in the U.S. must first come to grips with the truths presented here and then ponder their inner meanings.

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