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Author:   Suzman ,  Willis ,  Manton
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.764kg
ISBN:  

9780195097573

ISBN 10:   0195097572
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   18 April 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: Introduction 1: R.M. Suzman, K.G. Manton and D.P. Willis: Introducing the Oldest Old 2: C.M. Taeuber and I. Rosenwaike: A Demographic Portrait 3: S.H. Preston: Cohort Succession 4: G.C. Myers, B.B. Torrey and K. Kinsella: An International Comparison PART II: Problems in Studying the Oldest Old 5: K.G. Manton and R.M. Suzman: Conceptual Issues in the Design and Analysis of National Longitudinal Surveys 6: W.L. Rodgers and A.R. Herzog: Collecting Data: Problems and Procedures 7: R.B. Wallace, F.J. Kohout and P.L. Coulsher: Interview Surveys 8: K.G. Manton: Mortality and Life Expectancy Changes 9: E.C. Hadley: Causes of Death Among the Oldest Old PART III: The Dynamics of Becoming the Oldest Old 10: K.G. Manton and B.J. Soldo: Disability and Mortality: Implications for Current and Future Health and Long-term Care Service Needs 11: P. Doty: Institutional Long-term Care from an International Perspective 12: J.C. Cornoni-Huntley, et al.: Epidemiology of Physical and Cognitive Disability 13: D.A. Evans, et al.: The Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in the United States Population PART IV: A Social Portrait of the Oldest Old 14: M.G. Kovar and R.S. Stone: Living Arrangements 15: R.C. Gibson and J.S. Jackson: The Black Oldest Old: Health, Functioning and Informal Support 16: R.M. Suzman, et al.: The Robust Oldest Old: Optimistic Perspectives for Increasing Healthy Life Expectancy 17: G.L. Atkins: Making It Last: Economic Resources PART V: Social and Medical Policy Toward the Oldest Old 18: B.B. Torrey: Sharing Increasing Costs on Declining Income: The Visible Dilemma of the Invisible Aged 19: R.H. Binstock: Intergenerational Equity

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<br>Praise for The Oldest Old<br> This is an outstanding contribution to the growing body of literature on the oldest old. --Dorothy P. Rice, Professor, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco University of California<br> It is clearly nothing short of superb. It will be our key reference book in this area for years to come. --Knight Steel, M.D.<br> A thoughtful and timely volume that addresses major policy and programmatic issues raised by the unprecedented growth in this very old population group. Highly readable with clearly understandable charts and tables, the collection is an important contribution to both demography and gerontology. --Choice<br> Serves a very useful purpose in drawing together a large store of information from national and focused studies. The careful reader can find much here of interest and much to puzzle over. . . . an excellent resource for those who want to understand more about this age group and about the way researchers a

Praise for The Oldest Old<br> This is an outstanding contribution to the growing body of literature on the oldest old. --Dorothy P. Rice, Professor, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco University of California<br> It is clearly nothing short of superb. It will be our key reference book in this area for years to come. --Knight Steel, M.D.<br> A thoughtful and timely volume that addresses major policy and programmatic issues raised by the unprecedented growth in this very old population group. Highly readable with clearly understandable charts and tables, the collection is an important contribution to both demography and gerontology. --Choice<br> Serves a very useful purpose in drawing together a large store of information from national and focused studies. The careful reader can find much here of interest and much to puzzle over. . . . an excellent resource for those who want to understand more about this age group and about the way researchers and analysts approach such a subject. . . . greatly expanded and updated . . . . Serious scholars . . . will find this a book worth owning. Those responsible for teaching material about the epidemiology and/or demography of the elderly will be doubly blessed. --Journal of the American Geriatrics Society<br>

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