It is not news that each of us grows old. What is relatively new, however, is that the average age of the American population is increasing. More and better inf

Population ageing - a growth in the proportion of a population that is in older age - is now occurring in every region and nearly every country of the world. In

The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of

This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is on

Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later lif