North American Elders: United States and Canadian Perspectives

by Betty Havens, Eloise Rathborn- McCuan

Overview

This collection of essays provides an analysis of Canadian/U.S. social policy toward aging. The first chapter presents a continental view of demography. Subsequent chapters examine the Canadian and U.S. perspectives on social policy, long-term care, the chronic mentally ill, rural aging, aging veterans, native elders, and cross-national intergenerational families.
Current Literature on Aging

This volume represents a pioneering effort in Canadian-U.S. social policy analysis in the field of gerontology. Beginning with a continental viewpoint on demography, the book proceeds to deal with seven specific topics by means of a nation-to-nation analysis. Topics include social policy, long-term care, the chronic mentally ill, rural aging, aging veterans, native elders, and cross-national and intergenerational families. The last three topics are seldom addressed in books on aging; they are a vital new contribution to gerontological knowledge in both the U.S. and Canada.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313254840
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/20/1988
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Aging , #8
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

BETTY HAVENS is Provincial Gerontologist at the Department of Health of Manitoba and Professor of Social and preventive Medicine at the University of Manitoba.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Demography
Social Policy
Long-Term Care
The Chronic Mentally Ill
Rural Aging
Aging Veterans
Native Elders
Cross-National and Intergenerational Families
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index