Many older people, indeed the majority, have many years of relatively good health after the usual retirement age. Contrary to widely accepted stereotypes, evidence indicates that those who wish to use their skills and abilities for productive contributions may encounter significant barriers. Bass, Caro, and Chen and the experts who contributed to the volume provide an original reassessment of the current options available to older people. The authors argue that polices, practices, and societal messages help determine what choices are realistically open to older individuals. The attitudes and policies of family, workplace, and government as well as those of educational and religious institutions all contribute to defining what opportunities really are available for older people. The authors show, too, that considerations of gender and ethnicity are powerful in their impact on what those in the later years of life may or may not do. Although leisure is attractive to many in their elder years, the authors stress that it is but one of the number of choices that should be available. Employment, volunteering, and other new productive roles should not be denied to those who want to continue them and who, in the process, enrich their own and society's well-being. The authors provide authoritative analysis and new perspectives on aging.
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SCOTT A. BASS is Director of the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston.
FRANCIS G. CARO is Director of the Frank J. Manning Research Division of the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston, and is a member of the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Gerontology.
YUNG-PING CHEN is the first holder of the Frank J. Manning Eminent Scholar's Chair in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and a member of the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Gerontology.
FRANCIS G. CARO is Director of the Frank J. Manning Research Division of the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston, and is a member of the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Gerontology.
YUNG-PING CHEN is the first holder of the Frank J. Manning Eminent Scholar's Chair in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and a member of the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Gerontology.
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This volume on productive aging builds upon the perspective that older people face a prolonged period in life in which they are relatively healthy and vigorous but lack a recognized role in the economic and social life of the society. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
regular economic network, productive aging movement, formal volunteer work, productive aging society, new workplace technologies, institutional ageism, retirement behavior, irregular economy, primary group relationships, spousal caregivers, axial values, caregiver satisfaction, older volunteers, older workers, partial retirement, pension coverage, nursing home use, retirement credit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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regular economic network, productive aging movement, formal volunteer work, productive aging society, new workplace technologies, institutional ageism, retirement behavior, irregular economy, primary group relationships, spousal caregivers, axial values, caregiver satisfaction, older volunteers, older workers, partial retirement, pension coverage, nursing home use, retirement credit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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