Grand challenges of our aging society : workshop summary / Amy Smith, rapporteur ; Center for Economic, Governance, and International Studies, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Grand challenges of our aging society / Ronald Lee
- Biological research, medical advances, and ethical considerations
- Extending the life span / Richard A. Miller
- The biology of frailty / Linda P. Fried
- Allocating scarce health care resources / David B. Reuben
- Enhancing healthy aging
- Strategies for health promotion / Robert N. Butler
- Obesity among older people / Gordon L. Jensen
- Exercise and cognition / Arthur Kramer
- Racial disparities and communication / M. Chris Gibbons
- Macroeconomic and financial impacts
- General Macroeconomic overview / Axel H. Börsch-Supan
- Macroeconomic and financial impacts of aging / Robin Brooks
- An international perspective / David Canning
- Income security and health care financing programs
- Income security for an aging population / Alicia Munnell
- Health care financing / Kenneth M. Langa
- An international perspective / Andrew Mason
- Social institutions and policies
- Will institutions and policies permit sufficient flexibility? / Phyllis Moen
- The growing imperative for structural change / Richard V. Burkhauser
- Community Responses
- transportation / Sandra Rosenbloom
- Technology, aging, and innovation / JOseph F. Coughlin
- Summary discussion
- Reaction of discussants
- General audience discussion
- Appendixes
- Agenda
- Selected recent national academies publications on aging issues
- biographical sketches of planning committee members and presenters.