Overview

Winner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association′s The McGuffey Longevity Award Aging: Concepts and Controversies is structured to encourage a style of teaching and learning that goes beyond conveying facts and methods. This innovative text focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or creating a single ""correct"" view about aging or older people. Drawing on their extensive expertise, authors Harry R. Moody and Jennifer R. Sasser first provide an overview of aging in three domains: aging over the life course, health care, and socioeconomic trends. Each section then includes data and conceptual frameworks, helping students to make sense of the controversies and understand their origin, engage in critical thinking, and develop their own views. The Tenth Edition of this hallmark textbook includes amplified discussions focused on differences, diversity, structural inequalities, and inclusion, as well as contemporary issues, including climate change and immigration.   Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

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Author:   Harry R. Moody ,  Jennifer R. Sasser
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   10th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9781544371719

ISBN 10:   1544371713
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   14 November 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part 1: Basic Concepts I. A Life Course Perspective on Aging Age Identification The Stages of Life The Life Course and Aging Traditional Theories of Aging Influences on the Life Course Aging in the 21st Century The Biology of Aging Aging and Psychological Functioning Conclusion Chapter 1: Controversy 1. Does Old Age Have Meaning? The Meaning of Age Leisure Activities in Later Life Religion and Spirituality Gerontology and the Meaning of Age Activity or Reflection? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 2: Controversy 2. Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old? The Process of Biological Aging Biological Theories of Aging Is Aging Inevitable? Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity? Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 3: Controversy 3. Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With Age? Elements of Cognitive Function The Classic Aging Pattern Measures of Late-Life Intelligence Studies of Age and Cognitive Function Correlates of Cognitive Stability Creativity in an Aging Population Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Part 2: Basic Concepts II. Aging, Health Care, and Society The Challenge of Longevity Epidemiology of Aging Economics of Health Care Long-Term Care Self-Determined Death Conclusion Chapter 4: Controversy 4. Should We Ration Health Care for Older People? Precedents for Health Care Rationing The Justification for Age-Based Rationing Rationing as a Cost-Saving Plan The Impetus for Rationing Cost Versus Age Alternative Approaches to Rationing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide The Debate Over Age-Based Rationing Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 5: Controversy 5. Should Families Provide for Their Own? Aging and the American Family Abandonment or Independence? Family Responsibility Medicaid and Long-Term Care Financing Long-Term Care Medicaid Planning Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 6: Controversy 6. Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices? The Vulnerabilities of Older People Interfering When People Make Bad Choices Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Perceptions of Quality of Life Sexuality in Later Life Crime and Older Adults Intervention in the Lives of Vulnerable Older Adults Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 7: Controversy 7. Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives? Depression and Suicide The “Right to Die” Outlook for the Future Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Part 3: Basic Concepts III. Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society The Varieties of Aging Experience The Economic Status of Older Americans Public Policy on Aging Conclusion Chapter 8: Controversy 8. Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement? A Tale of Two Generations Justice Between Generations The Least-Advantaged Older Adults Help for Those Most in Need The Targeting Debate Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 9: Controversy 9. What Is the Future for Social Security? Main Features of Social Security Success—and Doubt Pay as You Go Social Security Trust Fund Eligibility Privatization Women and Social Security Debate Over Social Security Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 10: Controversy 10. Is Retirement Obsolete? History of Retirement Origins of Late-Life Leisure Changes in the American Economy A New View of Retirement Debate Over Retirement Policy Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 11: Controversy 11. Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust? Who Are the Boomers? What Is a Generation? Age-Period-Cohort Analysis Social Construction of the Boomer Phenomenon Boomers in the Years Ahead Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Chapter 12: Controversy 12. The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype? The New Customer Majority Market Sectors Likely to Grow What Do Older Consumers Want? Limits of the Marketplace Model Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate Epilogue: Finding Your Place in an Aging Society Appendix: Tips for Conducting Your Own Research in Gerontology Glossary Bibliography Index

Reviews

[Moody and Sasser] is very relevant and relatable for the graduate students. They appreciate the diverse perspectives on various issues affecting the aging population. --Tamara Wolske I believe this book contains the best information for students who are new to aging concepts. This text is the most comprehensive in relation to course objectives and outcomes. --Angela Johnson I have used this text for years and love it! --Linda J. Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP Completely relatable as it discusses concepts broadly and offers a critical approach. --Elizabeth Edson Chapleski, MSW, PhD One of the [book's] greatest strengths is the emphasis that there is no one right answer to some of these problems, that it is possible for smart people to come up with different solutions. --Twyla Hill

[Moody and Sasser] is very relevant and relatable for the graduate students. They appreciate the diverse perspectives on various issues affecting the aging population. --Tamara Wolske I believe this book contains the best information for students who are new to aging concepts. This text is the most comprehensive in relation to course objectives and outcomes. --Angela Johnson I have used this text for years and love it! --Linda J. Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP One of the [book's] greatest strengths is the emphasis that there is no one right answer to some of these problems, that it is possible for smart people to come up with different solutions. --Twyla Hill Completely relatable as it discusses concepts broadly and offers a critical approach. --Elizabeth Edson Chapleski, MSW, PhD

"""[Moody and Sasser] is very relevant and relatable for the graduate students. They appreciate the diverse perspectives on various issues affecting the aging population."" --Tamara Wolske ""I believe this book contains the best information for students who are new to aging concepts. This text is the most comprehensive in relation to course objectives and outcomes."" --Angela Johnson ""I have used this text for years and love it!"" --Linda J. Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP ""One of the [book's] greatest strengths is the emphasis that there is no one right answer to some of these problems, that it is possible for smart people to come up with different solutions."" --Twyla Hill ""Completely relatable as it discusses concepts broadly and offers a critical approach."" --Elizabeth Edson Chapleski, MSW, PhD"

Author Information

Harry R. Moody is a graduate of Yale University and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He has taught philosophy at Columbia University, Hunter College, New York University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz.  He recently retired as Vice President and Director of Academic Affairs for AARP in Washington, DC.  He is currently Visiting Professor at Tohoku University in Japan, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Fielding Graduate University.  Dr. Moody previously served as Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College and Chairman of the Board of Elderhostel (now Road Scholar). Moody is the author of over 100 scholarly articles, as well as a number of books including: Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society (Columbia University Press, 1988) and Ethics in an Aging Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992). His most recent book, The Five Stages of the Soul, was published by Doubleday Anchor Books and has been translated into seven languages worldwide.  He is the editor of a newsletter, ""Human Values in Aging,"" reaching 10,000 subscribers each month. In 2011 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society on Aging and in 2008 he was named by Utne Reader Magazine as one of  “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Jennifer R. Sasser is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon, where she coordinates the gerontology program. She joined the Marylhurst faculty in 1997 and since that time has been involved in the design and implementation of many on-campus and Web-based courses and programs for adult learners, including the graduate and undergraduate certificate programs in gerontology. While conducting her doctoral work at Oregon State University, she was a graduate teaching and research fellow, as well as the first recipient of the AARP/Andrus Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Gerontology. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Sasser has studied and written about creativity in later life; older women’s embodiment; critical gerontological theory; and transformational adult learning practices. She served on the Oregon Gerontological Association Board of Directors starting in 2005 and was President of the Board for three years. In 2012, she received a Distinguished Teacher award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

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