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| Special issue : Changing demographics, stagnant social policies | | Author(s) | Madonna Harrington Meyer, Janet M Wilmoth |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 28, no 3, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 265-422 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Demography ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Health [elderly] ; Poverty ; Social security benefits ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This special issue of Research on Aging is the result of a national conference, Changing Demographics, Stagnant Social Policies, hosted by the Syracuse University Gerontology Center and the Center for Policy Research in May 2004. Following an introductory article, three articles give overviews of the sociodemographic, economic and political trends that will shape US policy in the 21st century in relation to the fiscal context for Medicare, Medicaid and social security, and social welfare in general. The second section comprises three articles exploring the impacts of various sociodemographic changes in economic inequality in old age. While poverty rates among older people have declined (and so has use of Supplemental Security Income, SSI), questions will be asked about who will care for older people and at what cost, and if workplace policies on combining care work and paid work make a difference. The final section concerns the impact of demographic and policy changes on health inequalities in old age: the relationship between education and health over the life course; the difference that health care and insurance use makes to Mexicans living in Mexico and the US; and the impacts of the increasing rate of older people in prison and poor health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060922206 A |
| Classmark | S8: F:W: F:W6: CC: W6: JH: 3A:6KC: 7T |
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