Aging and Social Policy in the United States guides students through an exploration of social policies and policymaking that address the needs of older adults a

Offers insights into the way in which social policies and welfare state arrangements interact with family and gender models. This title presents the research in

Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an old

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As people age, they are at increased risk of having their basic human rights threatened or violated. When age is perceived as incompetence, it can easily lead t