Aging : : Canadian Perspectives / / ed. by Victor Marshall, Barry McPherson.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
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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