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This book raises an awareness of the basic issues associated with an increasingly older population in the United States and other economically advanced nations. Issues, policies, programs, and achievements positively impacting older people are examined for each country. It identifies important contributing factors to optimal aging and quality of life--including the individual role, social support, physical health, mental health, long term care, residential setting, economic status, and lifestyle. Other coverage includes a summary of the experience with, and effectiveness of, policies and programs to meet the needs of older people in Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and France. For anyone interested in social work, nursing, public health, medicine, psychology, health services administration, human development, and human ecology.
