Global ageing in the twenty-first century : challenges, opportunities and implications / edited by Susan A. McDaniel, Zachary Zimmer.

xvii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.Global ageing in the twenty first century: an introduction -- The population ageing process in global perspective. pt. 1. Healthy ageing and health care. Ageing, functional disabilities and its gender dimensions: results based on a study in Delhi -- A gendered perspective on well-being in later life: Algeria, Lebanon amd Palestine -- A global perspective on physiological change with age -- Religious activity and transition in functional health and mortality among middle aged and older adults in Taiwan -- Addressing health challanges of ageing in sub-Saharan Africa: policy perspectives and evidence needs -- New myths about ageing: the growth of medical knowledge and its societal consequences. pt. 2. Ageing workforce, retirement and the provision of pensions. Population ageing and its global challanges -- Reimaging old age in Europe: effects of changing work and retirement patterns -- Risky business: ageing as an information technology worker. pt. 3. Shifting intergeneration relations. Gender, marital status amd intergenerational relations in a changing world -- The cultural context of social cohesion and social capital: exploring filial caregiving -- Generational differences in caregiving and its consequences -- Family relations and the experience of loneliness among older adults in Eastern Europe -- Levels of welfarism and intergenerational transfers withim the family: evidence from the global ageing survey (GLAS). Conclusion. Global ageing in the twenty-first century - where to from here?.

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