Aging in the Twenty-First Century
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Aging in the Twenty-First Century

An American Crisis

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 30 Mar |Learn more

Aging in the Twenty-First Century

An American Crisis

About this book

Are you a senior, 65 years or older?

Are you a family member of a senior?

Do you provide care for a senior?

Is your healthcare plan meeting your needs? The needs of the senior in your family?

Is your senior family member unhoused?

Are you without a life plan? A medical directive?

Is your retirement plan failing you?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, this book is for you.


Every day in our nation 12,000 people become 65 years old.  Ten thousand seniors per day retire. Only one third of our senior population have a life plan or medical directive.  Half of the homeless people in the United States are over 50 years old.  Every night in this country significant numbers of seniors go to sleep food deprived.  Elder abuse has been identified as the crime of the twenty-first century.  This book addresses these issues and more. It offers the reader information and challenges each of us to actively seek solutions for our aged population.  Today it is about the senior – tomorrow it may be about you.  The problems that seniors face affect us all.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction: A Call to Action
  9. 1. Aging in America: Information and Statistics
  10. 2. Belief Systems and Our Relationships with Others and our Environment
  11. 3. Communications
  12. 4. The Human Brain: Development and Memory
  13. 5. What Do You Need to Know about Dementia?
  14. 6. Older Adults and Mental Health
  15. 7. Discrimination
  16. 8. Elder Abuse
  17. 9. Seniors and Our Society Today
  18. 10. Educational Programs
  19. 11. Life Planning
  20. 12. How Do We Assess and Help a Loved One to Obtain Needed Resources?
  21. 13. How We’re Coping: Demographics Questionnaire Responses
  22. 14. Conclusion
  23. Appendix A
  24. Appendix B
  25. Endnotes