Editors:
- Examines diversity in rural aging among Latino, African, Asian, and Indian Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites.
- Examines impacts of internal migration (within the U.S.) and immigration from abroad on the experience of aging in rural places.
- Estimates the impacts the aging of the baby boom generation will have on economic, community and other structures in the rural United States.
- Compares rural and urban elderly on factors such as poverty and income, labor force participation and health status.
- Compares and contrasts places with relatively old age structures resulting from in-migration of older people versus aging in place and natural decrease.
Part of the book series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTA, volume 7)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of the Rural Elderly Population
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Front Matter
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Rural Institutional and Community Structures
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Older Rural Migration and Aging-in-Place
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About this book
This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is one of the most important trends of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it is occurring worldwide, especially in more developed countries such as the United States. Population aging is more rapid in rural than urban areas of the U.S. In 2010, 15 percent of the nonmetropolitan compared to 12 percent of the metropolitan population were 65 years of age and older. By definition rural communities have smaller sized populations, and more limited healthcare, transportation and other aging-relevant services than do urban areas. It is thus especially important to study and understand aging in rural environments. Rural Aging in 21st Century America contributes evidence-based, policy-relevant information on rural aging in the U.S. A primary objective of the book is to improve understanding of what makes the experience of rural aging different from aging in urban areas and to increase understanding of the aged change the nature of rural places. The book addresses unique features of rural aging across economic, racial/ethnic, migration and other structures and patterns, all with a focus on debunking myths about rural aging and to emphasize opportunities and challenges that rural places and older people experience.        Â
Keywords
- Aging and economic well-being
- Aging relevant services
- Baby boomers
- Demography of rural aging
- Health/healthcare
- Informal caregiving
- Older rural in-migration
- Population aging in the U.S.
- Rural aging in place
- Rural and nonmetropolitan areas
- Rural long-term care
- Rural minority aging
- Rural return migration
- Social change
- Urban population
- Volunteerism and social entrepreneurship
Editors and Affiliations
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, Dept of Development Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Nina Glasgow
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, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, Logan, USA
E. Helen Berry
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rural Aging in 21st Century America
Editors: Nina Glasgow, E. Helen Berry
Series Title: Understanding Population Trends and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5567-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5566-6Published: 14 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8175-6Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5567-3Published: 14 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 384
Topics: Aging, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Sociology, general, Migration, Demography, Human Geography