Margret Baltes provides insights into the social foundation of dependency with a blend of theoretical and empirical argument.

K. Warner Schaie I am pleased to write a foreword for this interesting volume, particularly as over many years, I have had the privilege of interacting with the

NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender through

This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several

Older people are entering nursing homes later and sicker than ever before, thus presenting as more physically fragile and complex residents and requiring more a