Aging: Demographics, Health, and Health Services

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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. This book includes many previously unpublished data sources, and Vierck and Hodges offer analytical support to clarify the vast amount of information. Comprehensive analyses, for example, were conducted on newly available nursing home, home health care, and hospice care data, and an extensive interpretation of nutrition data by Kris Hodges provides new perspectives on the nutritional status of the elderly. The book, divided into 16 chapters on different aspects of aging and health, will be useful to gerontologists, geriatricians, health policy analysts, researchers, librarians and information specialists, marketing professionals, journalists, students, and others doing research on aging, health, and health services.

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"Aging by Vierck and Hodges captures the critical aspects of health and aging. This extremely well-documented resource is an important state-of-the-art overview of the issues. Aging is an excellent required text for health and aging courses, as well as an important resource for general gerontological classes."-Enid Opal Cox, DSW Director, University of Denver Institute of Gerontology
"Aging is a timely, comprehensive, and indispensable resource for anyone planning to serve the elderly."-The Hon. Martha Farnsworth Riche, Ph.D. Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 1994-98
"Aging is a treasure trove of new and useful information and analysis. I recommend it to social services professionals, advocates, and those who just want a deeper understanding of the changes taking place due to the aging of America."-John Rother Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP
"Aging is a valuable resource for anyone interested in planning and providing goods or services to older adults in today's society."-Steve Griffin Executive Director, Meals on Wheels and Senior Nutrition Program, Ithaca, New York
"Aging is a very useful resource for planning and benchmarking services for an elderly population."-Nina Miller Executive Director, Hospicare and Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County, New York
"Aging is the only reference book on my desktop. It is a quick, easy to use, well organized resource that puts important data instantly at my fingertips. It is a must for anyone working in or writing about the field of aging."-Linda Krogh Harootyan Deputy Director, The Gerontological Society of America
"Aging provides clear and concise pictures of changes in our aged population, health status, how well our society has been taking care of them, and much more. Vierck and Hodges summarize available but sometimes hard-to-find data, as well as new data summarized for the first time. This very readable book is an up-to-date and timely reference source for professionals, policy makers, and the general public on the aged and aging issues. I am glad to have a copy on my bookshelf."-Leonard W. Poon, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology; Chair, Faculty of Gerontology; Director, University of Georgia Gerontology Center
"I find myself using Aging often for any important fact or figure about the field of aging and health. It's a rich resource not only for the statistics, but the insight Vierck and Hodges provide."-Ann Gillespie Vice-President for Excellence, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aged
"The authors have done a great job of melding up-to-date statistics on the [senior] market with a captivating, readable format that reveals trends and insights on what is means to be a "senior" in this century."-Gail Fudemberg GRF Marketing, Ltd. Specialist in Marketing to Seniors and the Baby Boom
"This is the book I've been waiting for--a well-researched, well-written, interesting compendium of critical facts about aging. A valuable research reference and companion book for any course in gerontology."-Gregory A. Hinrichsen, Ph.D. Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"Vierck and Hodges' book is an invaluable resource for all professionals working in the field of aging. It is full of authoritative information that is clearly written, interesting and easily accessible. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the extraordinary aging revolution."-Ed Pittock, CSA President, Society of Certified Senior Advisors
"[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
[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
For health professionals, researchers, journalists, and students.-SciTech Book News
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
"enables 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
"[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

Author Bio

ELIZABETH VIERCK is an independent writer and information specialist in health and aging. She is a widely published author with ten books and numerous other publications to her credit. KRIS HODGES is an independent market research professional.