Aging: Demographics, Health, and Health Services - Hardcover

Vierck, Elizabeth; Hodges, Kris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573565474 ISBN 13: 9781573565479

Publisher: Greenwood, 2003

Synopsis

The graying of America is perhaps the most significant demographic event of recent times. Health care and nutrition have improved, and baby boomers reaching middle age and retirement will influence American society both now and in the years to come. Vierck and Hodges present vital statistics on aging Americans in a readable and interesting format, describing trends, offering insights, and providing a framework for understanding the data.

This book includes many previously unpublished data sources, and Vierck and Hodges offer analytical support to clarify the vast amount of information. Comprehensive analyses, for example, were conducted on newly available nursing home, home health care, and hospice care data, and an extensive interpretation of nutrition data by Kris Hodges provides new perspectives on the nutritional status of the elderly. The book, divided into 16 chapters on different aspects of aging and health, will be useful to gerontologists, geriatricians, health policy analysts, researchers, librarians and information specialists, marketing professionals, journalists, students, and others doing research on aging, health, and health services.

About this title

About the Author:

ELIZABETH VIERCK is an independent writer and information specialist in health and aging. She is a widely published author with ten books and numerous other publications to her credit.

KRIS HODGES is an independent market research professional.

Review:

"[e]nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries."-E-Streams

"From their excuses for not wearing hearing aids to the differences between Medicare and Medicaid, this guide provides considerable insight into the lives of the elderly and is highly recommended for academic and public libraries."-Lawrence Looks at Books

"For health professionals, researchers, journalists, and students."-SciTech Book News

"This book provides access to many topics relating to aging and health, making the information easily visible in charts and tables....This work is well documented with a selected bibliography, a list of useful Web sites, and a very comprehensive index. Highly recommended. All collections."-Choice

"İe¨nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries."-E-Streams

?[e]nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries.?-E-Streams

?For health professionals, researchers, journalists, and students.?-SciTech Book News

?[A]n easy-to-navigate compendium of stats about the elderly...a readable reference....If you're looking for a health-related statistic on the older population, you may want to turn to Aging Demographics, Health and Health Services.?-American Demographics

?This book provides access to many topics relating to aging and health, making the information easily visible in charts and tables....This work is well documented with a selected bibliography, a list of useful Web sites, and a very comprehensive index. Highly recommended. All collections.?-Choice

"[A]n easy-to-navigate compendium of stats about the elderly...a readable reference....If you're looking for a health-related statistic on the older population, you may want to turn to Aging Demographics, Health and Health Services."-American Demographics

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1573565474
• ISBN 13: 9781573565479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344