Aging in America Coping with old age Sha’Carri Richardson

Sha’Carri Richardson

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Aging in America Coping with old age Sha’Carri RichardsonThe aging of America will reshape how we live and will transform nearly every aspect of contemporary society. Renowned life course sociologist Deborah Carr provides a lively, nuanced, and timely portrait of aging in the United States. The US population is older than ever before, raising new challenges for families, caregivers, health care systems, and social programs like Social Security and Medicare. Organized in seven chapters, Aging in America