Productive Roles in an Older Society (America's Aging) - Softcover

National Research Council; Institute Of Medicine; Committee On An Aging Society

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309036372 ISBN 13: 9780309036375

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1986

Synopsis

This second volume in the Institute of Medicine's series on America's Aging explores the various productive roles that the growing number of elderly individuals can play in society through volunteer work. Some of the issues addressed include the main incentives and impediments to elderly volunteerism, the various forms of unpaid productive work and how they affect the health and well-being of the volunteer, and the recruitment of elderly volunteers that is done by various organizations. For policymakers, economists, sociologists, gerontologists, and social services agencies, this is an indispensable resource for the future.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Summary
• The Economics of Volunteerism: A Review
• The Older Volunteer Resource
• Unpaid Productive Activity Over the Life Course
• Sociodemographic Aspects of Future Unpaid Productive Roles
• Index

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Committee on an Aging Society, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0309036372
• ISBN 13: 9780309036375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168