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Title

Growing older in world cities : New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo / Victor G. Rodwin, and Michael K. Gusmano, editors.

Publication

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Rodwin, Victor.
• Gusmano, Michael K.

Description

xix, 396 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Summary

"New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo are the four largest cities among some of the wealthiest nations in the world. The essays commissioned for this volume compare what it is like to grow older in these cities with respect to health and quality of life, living arrangements and housing, and the provision of long-term care to older persons when they eventually become frail."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Urban Health
• Older people > Long-term care
• New York
• London
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Health Services for the Aged
• Urban health
• Paris
• Long-Term Care
• Tokyo
• Geriatric Assessment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Growing older in world cities : implications for health and long-term care policy / Victor G. Rodwin, Michael K. Gusmano and Robert N. Butler -- 2. How can we compare New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo? : defining spatial units of analysis / Victor G. Rodwin and Michael K. Gusmano -- 3. Growing old in the city that never sleeps : aging in New York / Emanuel Tobier -- 4. The health of older New Yorkers / Daniel Weisz and Michael K. Gusmano -- 5. Organizing care for older persons in New York : the social class vulnerabilities of a world city / David Barton Smith -- 6. The housing of older New Yorkers / Kenneth Knapp -- 7. Lifestyle patterns, social networks, and use of formal services in New York : the impact of ethnicity, class, and culture on older people / Marjorie H. Cantor -- 8. Aging, health, and social services in London / Anthony M. Warnes -- 9. Inequalities among older people in London : the challenge of diversity / Maria Evandrou -- 10. Long-term care facilities in London / Inge Struder and Tony Warnes -- 11. Living arrangements and housing among older people in London / Tony Warnes and Inge Struder -- 12. Growing older in the city of light / Victor G. Rodwin -- 13. The health of older Parisians / Veronique Lucas-Gabrielli, Philippe Pepin and Francois Tonnellier -- 14. Inequalities and quality of life among older persons in Paris / Marie-Eve Joel and Robert Haas -- 15. Living arrangements and long-term care for older persons in Paris / Florence de Maria, Victor G. Rodwin and Marc Esponda -- 16. Tokyo : a pathbreaker in long-term care? / Naoki Ikegami -- 17. Aging : socioeconomic status, and neighborhood differences in Tokyo / Yukiko Kudo -- 18. The challenge of aging in a global city : Tokyo / Yasuo Takagi -- 19. Growing old with Tokyo / John Creighton Campbell and Ruth Campbell -- 20. Creativity under uniformity : implementation of Japan's new long-term care insurance in central Tokyo / Etsuji Okamoto -- 21. Long-term care in Tokyo : home or institutional care? / Keiko Honda -- 22. The continuum of long-term care in world cities : from institutionalization to home care / Gabriel Montero, Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin -- 23. Growing older in world cities : themes, interpretations, and future research / Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin.

ISBN

• 0826514898 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0826514901 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005005460

OCLC

• ocm57965853
• SCSB-5241107

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries