Age Wave: How The Most Important Trend Of Our Time Will Change Your Future - Softcover

Dychtwald Ph.D., Ken; Flower, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055334806X ISBN 13: 9780553348064

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 1990

Synopsis

Based on fifteen years of research by a leading expert on aging, this is the first comprehensive analysis of the consequences of the aging baby-boomer population on society. Examining the choices and challenges for the future, Age Wave discusses topics such as the cyclic lifestyle, reinventing the family, elder power at the polls, and redesigning America.
 
Praise for Age Wave

“Provides a glimpse into the future like nothing we’re ever seen.”—USA Today
 
“Age Wave raises questions and consequences we never dreamed of. It will change your view of the future.”—John Naisbitt, author of Megatrends

About this title

From School Library Journal:

YA As the trend toward the aging of America continues, books on this topic will be in greater demand. This particular book gives current data on such topics as the rise in the average life expectancy, annual birth rate, and changing behavioral patterns. In addition, considerable space is spent on looking at trends in leisure, life styles, work, personal relationships, family, and the market place. Rather than dwelling on such statistics as frequency of abuse in nursing homes, Dychtwald looks at the changing ratio of grandparents to grandchildren and the increase in college attendance by people over 65. He profiles what may be major changes in retirement living and the design and look of America when we become a nation of elder boomers. Today's students may find particularly relevent the section about the shift in responsibility and focus that they will be required to make when their parents and grandparents turn to them for financial support and care giving. The lack of an index restricts the book's use for research on specific areas, but it does include many names of people and organizations within the text which could lead to further research. Carolyn Praytor Boyd, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, Tex.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

The author, president of Age Wave, Inc., an education and communications firm providing information on America's aging society, examines the outlook for America as our population becomes older and forecasts the changes this phenomenon will bring about. As many of our "old age" myths are dispelled, the older worker will no longer be seen as nonproductive, and some people may never retire, or may retire to take other jobs. The author predicts the demise of the child-centered nuclear family, to be replaced by an adult-centered "matrix" family. Marriage patterns will change, with older women marrying younger men and many people marrying more than once. Our physical environments will be adapted to meet the needs of older users in a society that is no longer youth oriented. Heavy media coverage is planned for this book, so public libraries will probably wish to purchase to meet patron demand. BOMC alternate.
- Ruth H. Dukelow, Lib . of Michigan, Lansing
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 055334806X
• ISBN 13: 9780553348064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400