Aging : : Canadian Perspectives / / ed. by Victor Marshall, Barry McPherson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aronson, Jane,; Béland, François,; Chappell, Neena,; Chen, Mervin Y. T.,; Chen, Mervin Y.T.,; Connidis, Ingrid Arnet,; Dobbs, Allen R.,; Foot, David K.,; Gee, Ellen M.,; Gibson, Kevin J.,; Gladstone, James,; Haldemann, Verena,; Joseph, Alun E.,; Marshall, Victor W.,; Martin Matthews, Anne,; McDaniel, Susan A.,; McDonald, Lynn,; McPherson, Barry D.,; Milke, Doris L.,; Moore, Eric G.,; Ouellette, Pierre,; Rosenberg, Mark W.,; Rosenthal, Carolyn J.,; Rule, Brendan Gail,; Shapiro, Evelyn,; Wister, Andrew,; Zhou, Nan,
• HerausgeberIn: Marshall, Victor,; McPherson, Barry,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)

This volume combines ten papers on various aspects of aging in Canada (which together have been published in a special issue of the Journal of Canadian Studies) with several of the most important and interesting relevant essays from other sources. The result is a wide-ranging overview of the subject...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction. Aging: Canadian Perspectives
• Growing Old in Aging Communities
• Environment and Aging
• Residential Mobility and Migration Among Canada's Elderly
• Design of Institutions: Cognitive Functioning and Social Interactions of the Aged Resident
• Technology and Aging
• Population Aging in the Canadian Labour Force: Changes and Challenges
• The Youth Freeze and the Retirement Bulge: Older Workers and the Impending Labour Shortage
• The Leisure Activities of the Elderly in New Brunswick
• Family Relationships and Support in Later Life
• Women's Sense of Responsibility for the Care of old People: "But Who Else Is Going to Do It?"
• Growing Up And Old Together: Some Observations on Families in Later Life
• The Portrayal of Older People in Canadian Advertisements: Regular vs. Specialized Magazines
• Social Policy for an Aging Society
• A Critique of Canadian Aging and Health Policy
• Ten Provinces in Search of a Long Term Care Policy
• References
• Appendix: The Documents