This highly accessible and concise text about such resources provides students and practitioners of gerontology--along with all professionals whose work concerns the well-being of older adults--with a current, detailed description and analysis of federal, state, local, and global programs and services for older people with or without cognitive, physical, and social needs.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• SECTION I: OLDER AMERICANS AND THE CONSUMERS OF THE AGING NETWORKS
• Preface
• 1. The Demographics of Aging Today
• SECTION II: OLDER AMERICANS ACT LEGISLATION AND THE AGING NETWORKS
• Preface
• 2. Older Americans Act Legislation and the Evolution of a Network
• SECTION III: COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, AGING IN PLACE, INCOME SECURITY, AND WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE
• Preface
• 3. Community-Based Services
• 4. Community Supports for Aging in Place
• 5. Income Security in Old Age
• 6. Protecting the Rights and Well-Being of Older Americans: Elder Justice and Disaster Preparedness
• SECTION IV: OUR AGING FUTURE: COLLABORATION, CHANGE, AND A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
• Preface
• 7. Workforce Issues of the Aging Networks
• 8. Global Aging
• 9. Our Aging Future—Persistent and Emerging Issues for the Aging Network: A Call to Action
• Appendix A: State Units on Aging
• Appendix B: Administration on Aging Regional Support Centers
• Appendix C: National Aging Network Organizations and Resources
• Appendix D: Model and Evidence-Based Programs
• Appendix E: Classroom Assignments