The Oldest old / edited by Richard M. Suzman, David P. Willis, Kenneth G. Manton.

Other author Suzman, Richard.
Other author Willis, David P.
Other author Manton, Kenneth G.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Descriptionxi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introducing the oldest old / Richard M. Suzman, Kenneth G. Manton, and David P. Willis -- A demographic portrait of America's oldest old / Cynthia M. Taeuber and Ira Rosenwaike -- Cohort succession and the future of the oldest old / Samuel H. Preston -- The paradox of the oldest old in the United States : an international comparison / George C. Myers, Barbara Boyle Torrey, and Kevin G. Kinsella -- Conceptual issues in the design and analysis of longitudinal surveys of the health and functioning of the oldest old / Kenneth G. Manton and Richard M. Suzman -- Observations on interview surveys of the oldest old / Robert B. Wallace, Frank J. Kohout, and Patricia L. Colsher -- Collecting data about the oldest old : problems and procedures / Willard L. Rodgers and A. Regula Herzog -- Mortality and life expectancy changes among the oldest old / Kenneth G. Manton.
Contents Causes of death among the oldest old / Evan C. Hadley -- Disability and mortality among the oldest old : implications for current and future health and long-term-care service needs / Kenneth G. Manton and Beth J. Soldo -- The oldest old and the use of institutional long-term care from an international perspective / Pamela J. Doty -- Epidemiology of disability in the oldest old / Joan C. Cornoni-Huntley ... [et al.] -- The impact of Alzheimer's disease in the United States population / Denis A. Evans ... [et al.] -- The social environment of the very old / Mary Grace Kovar and Robyn I. Stone -- The black oldest old : health, functioning, and informal support / Rose C. Gibson and James S. Jackson -- The robust oldest old : optimistic perspectives for increasing healthy life expectancy / Richard M. Suzman ... [et al.] -- Making it last : economic resources of the oldest old / G. Lawrence Atkins.
Contents Sharing increasing costs on declining income : the visible dilemma of the invisible aged / Barbara Boyle Torrey -- The oldest old and "intergenerational equity" / Robert H. Binstock.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 90014340
ISBN0195050606

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV1461 .O44 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold