Aging: Demographics, Health, and Health Services - Tapa dura

"[e]nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries."-E-Streams

"For health professionals, researchers, journalists, and students."-SciTech Book News

"From their excuses for not wearing hearing aids to the differences between Medicare and Medicaid, this guide provides considerable insight into the lives of the elderly and is highly recommended for academic and public libraries."-Lawrence Looks at Books

"This book provides access to many topics relating to aging and health, making the information easily visible in charts and tables....This work is well documented with a selected bibliography, a list of useful Web sites, and a very comprehensive index. Highly recommended. All collections."-Choice

"Ýe¨nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries."-E-Streams

?For health professionals, researchers, journalists, and students.?-SciTech Book News

?[A]n easy-to-navigate compendium of stats about the elderly...a readable reference....If you're looking for a health-related statistic on the older population, you may want to turn to Aging Demographics, Health and Health Services.?-American Demographics

?This book provides access to many topics relating to aging and health, making the information easily visible in charts and tables....This work is well documented with a selected bibliography, a list of useful Web sites, and a very comprehensive index. Highly recommended. All collections.?-Choice

?[e]nables the reader to locate relevant data and information quickly and easily. It can be used forbrowsing or for locating a specific piece of information. Hence, it also serves as a statistical handbook and a ready reference on aging and health....Aging: Demographics, Health and Health Services is recommended for collections of public health and reference in public libraries, undergraduate, and research libraries.?-E-Streams

"[A]n easy-to-navigate compendium of stats about the elderly...a readable reference....If you're looking for a health-related statistic on the older population, you may want to turn to Aging Demographics, Health and Health Services."-American Demographics

The "graying of America" is perhaps the most significant demographic event of recent times. Health care and nutrition have improved, and baby boomers reaching middle age and retirement will influence American society both now and in the years to come. Vierck and Hodges present vital statistics on aging Americans in a readable and interesting format, describing trends, offering insights, and providing a framework for understanding the data.