Table of Contents
About the AARP Foundation viii
Foreword x Robert N. Butler, M.D.
Preface xi Mary Robinson
The Editors xv
Contributors xvi
PART ONE: THE WORLD AND ITS AGING POPULATION
1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations 3 Alexandre Sidorenko
2. Population Aging: A Global Overview 15 Mary Beth Weinberger
3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging 31 Alex Kalache
4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and Aging 47 Derek Yach
5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures 58 Frank E. Eyetsemitan
PART TWO: COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF LONGEVITY
6. Healthy Aging in Denmark? 71 Bjarne Hastrup
7. Challenges of Longevity in France: The International Longevity Centre-France Perspective 85 Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu
8. Healthy Aging in Finland 96 Pekka Puska
9. Healthy Aging in Germany 106 Ulla Schmidt
10. Healthy Aging from Seventy to Over One Hundred in Germany: Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study 118 Jacqui Smith and Paul B. Baltes
11. Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan 128 Shigeo Morioka
12. Healthy Aging in the Netherlands 140 C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp
13. Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the Welfare State 149 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
14. Health and Aging in Sweden 157 Barbro Westerholm
15. Aging in the United Kingdom 168 Sally Greengross
16. Healthy Aging in the United States 177 Jeanette C. Takamura
PART THREE: COUNTRIES FACING RAPID POPULATION AGING IN THE NEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS
17. Health and Aging in Africa 187 Nana Araba Apt
18. Aging of Populations: Is China’s Pattern Unique? 197 Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang
19. Health and Aging in India 208 Sharad D. Gokhale
20. Health and Aging in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 215 Mohamed H. El-Banouby
21. Health and Aging in Russia 226 Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova
22. Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean 238 Enrique Vega
PART FOUR: LEADERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
23. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future Gains 249 George M. Martin and Joshua Lederberg
24. Exceptional Longevity 257 Thomas Perls and Dellara F. Terry
25. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy 275 Jaime Lerner
26. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations 281 Gloria M. Gutman
27. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can Finance Programs for the Aging 292 A. James Forbes, Jr.
28. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom 300 Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis
29. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs that Work 313 Julia Preece and Brian Findsen
30. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security 323 C. Robert Henrikson
31. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the Global Village 337 William D. Novelli
PART FIVE: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD
32. Epilogue: The Road Ahead 351 Erik Olsen