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African region / Isabella Aboderin and Monica Ferreira -- Asia-Pacific region / Sheung-Tak Cheng, David R. Phillips, and Alfred C.M. Chan -- European region / Marja Aartsen -- Latin American region / Nelida Redondo -- International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) related to aging / Samuel M. Wangi -- Argentina / José R. Jauregui and Isidoro Fainstein -- Australia / Laurie Buys, Evonne Miller, and Karen Robinson -- Austria / Kathrin Komp -- Botswana / Akpovire Oduaran and Keneilwe Molosi -- Brazil / Renato Maia Guimarães -- Canada / Neena L. Chappell -- China / Du Peng and Yang Hui -- Costa Rica / Jim Mitchell, Don E. Bradley, and Alejandro Gutierrez Delgado -- Cuba / James T. Sykes and Enrique Vega -- Czech Republic / Eva Topinková and Lucie Vidovicová -- Denmark / Karen Munk -- Egypt / Abdel Moneim Ashour -- Estonia / Kai Saks -- Germany / Andreas Kruse and Eric Schmitt -- Great Britain / Kate Davidson -- Greece / Efstathios S. Gonos, Ioannis P. Trougakos, and Niki Chondrogianni -- Hungary / Bálint Boga -- India / P.V. Ramaurti and D. Jamuna -- Ireland / Desmond O'Neill, Cillian Twomey, and Eamon O'Shea -- Israel / Howard Litwin and Jenny Brodsky -- Italy / Antonio Cherubini ... [et al.] -- Japan / Daisaku Maeda -- Kenya / Samuel M. Mwangi -- Luxembourg / Dieter Ferring -- Malaysia / Tey Nai Peng and Ng Sor Tho -- Malta / Joseph Troisi -- Mexico / Armnado F. Pichardo -- The Netherlands / Marja Aartsen -- New Zealand / Judith A. Davey -- Norway / Kirsten Thorsen -- Pakistan / Ra ̓ana Mahmood -- The Philippines / Grace Trinidad-Cruz and Anna Melissa C. Lavares -- Romania / Luiza Spiru and Ileanna Turcu -- Singapore / Kalyani K. Mehta -- Slovakia / Ladislav Hegyi and S̆tefan Krajc̆ík -- Slovenia / Valentina Hlebec and Masa Filipovic Hrast -- South Africa / Jaco Hoffman -- South Korea / Sung-Jae Choi -- Spain / Belén Bueno and M. Teresa Sancho -- Sweden / Torbjörn Svensson and Susanne Iwarsson -- Switzerland / Jean-Pierre Michel ... [et al.] -- Taiwan / Ching-Yu Chen -- Thailand / Rossarin Soottipong Gray and Aphichat Chamratrithirong -- Turkey / Yesim Gökçe-Kutsal -- Uganda / James Kabooza -- United States / Erdman B. Palmore -- Zimbabwe / Sitawa R. Kimuna -- Afterword : aging in the global century / Jon Hendricks

"Global Aging is distinguished by its unique perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. Fully revised, updated, and reorganized, the second edition presents-comprehensive coverage of major topics in social gerontology, expands its treatment of health behavior, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement. It delivers new information on living environments, religious beliefs and practices; environmental threats; cross-cultural views of dementia; ageism in advertising; age-friendly communities; global immigration and cultural assimilation, and end-of-life caregiving, to name a few. The second edition also offers additional case studies, first-person narratives and focused essays to enhance core material and a greater number of non-Western contributors. The topical essays reflect changing mores and current issues affecting societies and the aging experience. Discussion questions conclude each chapter"--

Our aging world -- The study of global aging -- The welfare state and global aging -- Demographic perspectives on an aging world -- Disability and active life expectancy -- Health and health care -- Long-term services and supports / Robert Applebaum, Emily Robbins, and Anthony Bardo -- Work and retirement / Phyllis Cummins, J. Scott Brown, and Philip E. Sauer -- Families, caregiving, and community support systems / Jennifer Kinney, Suzanne R. Kunkel, Jasleen Chahal, and Frank J. Whittington -- Global aging and global leadership

There is no dearth of speculation about the use and misuse of drugs among older persons in American society. Scattered reports have indicated that the elderly increasingly use and misuse a wide variety of drugs, and in very recent years much public attention and concern has been directed toward this problem in the older population. Factual information, however, particularly incidence of use and factors related to elderly drug misuse, is scarce. This paper presents both a review of the relevant literature and a summation of available research evidence with particular reference to patterns of use of legal drugs, the types and extent of misuse of legal drugs, and the issue of illegal drug abuse by the elderly. Conclusions are provided as to what is known at this time regarding elderly drug use and misuse as well as some suggestions regarding future research that might contribute to an understanding of drug-using behavior among the elderly.