This most timely, authoritative, and insightful book provides a
new framework for understanding the circumstances currently
surrounding America's elderly. It establishes the important
foundation of three key forces which are changing the national
perspective on the aging. They are: generational claims on the
government to respond to social needs; diversity in aging
populations; and increasing longevity. Torres-Gil provides a
context, supported by informative background material, for
recognizing the significant demographic changes being experienced
in the United States. The work considers the policy issues,
decisions, controversies, and choices now associated with aging and
demonstrates how the perception of the elderly has changed from the
1960s and 1970s to today. It asks what is fair in the allocation of
public and private resources to the elderly. How does the nation
pay for services? How do we make and implement the political and
economic decisions with which a government and a society are now
faced?
Torres-Gil examines the ability of the government and the active
labor force to support a large elderly population and urges a
change in the current delivery of services and benefits. He
addresses all the essential issues necessary to avoid
inter-generational conflict--including comprehensive planning, the
building of social consensus, and inter-generational
coalitions.
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