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Older Americans, vital communities : a bold vision for societal aging

He calls on baby boomers to create institutional structures that promote productive, vital growth for the common good, and he invites people of all ages to think more boldly about what they will do with the long lives ahead of them.
Print Book, English, 2007
Johns Hopkins pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2007
xx, 202 pages ; 23 cm
9780801887680, 0801887682
1002359776
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A New Demographic Revolution Demands Novel Structural Responses1. The New Faces of Individual Aging2. The New Age of Production and Consumption3. (Re)Creating Networks for Lifelong Learning and Sharing Talents4. Reforming the U.S. Health System to Care for an Aging Population5. Renewing Religious Experiences and Spiritual Practices for a New Age6. Extending the Civic Engagement of Senior CitizensEpilogueReferencesIndex
Originally published: 2005