AGE WAVE : The Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging America

Dychtwald, Ken; & Flower, Joe

ISBN 10: 0874774411 / ISBN 13: 9780874774412

Published by Jeremy P Tarcher, Los Angeles, CA, 1989

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Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. First Edition, First Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Demographics. Psychologist, gerantologist Ken Dychtwald (1950 -) and freelance writer Joe Flower focus on the 76 million aging baby boomers, and the tidal "age wave" that will wash over America as they reach their senior years. Predictable changes such as rising numbers in the 85-plus group & a preponderance of single (usually widowed) women, for example, may well see the standard child-centered nuclear family change to a predominantly adult-centered extended families, a rise in the popularity of older women marrying younger men, and a society that is less youth oriented. A provocative book Assesses the implications of an aging population in American society with ensuing, unique social, financial, political, medical, economic, educational, and personal consequences.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AGE WAVE : The Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging America
• Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher, Los Angeles, CA
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874774411
• ISBN 13: 9780874774412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics
  • Government/Politics/Political Science
  • Society/Social Sciences/Cultural Studies

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Synopsis

Assesses the implications of an aging population on American society, addressing social, financial, political, medical, economic, educational, and personal factors