Older Americans, Vital Communities: A Bold Vision for Societal Aging

This thought-provoking work grapples with the vast range of issues associated with the aging population and challenges people of all ages to think more boldly and more creatively about the relationship between older Americans and their communities. W. Andrew Achenbaum explores how the demographics of our aging society affect employment and markets, education, health care, religion, and political action. Drawing on history, literature, and philosophy, Achenbaum focuses on the way health care and increases in life expectancy have transformed late life from a phase characterized by illness, frailty, and debility to one of vitality, productivity, and spirituality.Achenbaum, W. Andrew is the author of 'Older Americans, Vital Communities: A Bold Vision for Societal Aging', published 2007 under ISBN 9780801887680 and ISBN 0801887682.