From the Press Release:
According to Housing America’s Older Adults—Meeting the Needs of An Aging Population, the number of adults in the U.S. aged 50 and over is expected to grow to 133 million by 2030, an increase of more than 70 percent since 2000 (see interactive map). But housing that is affordable, physically accessible, well-located, and coordinated with supports and services is in too short supply.
Source:
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and AARP Foundation
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The Future of the Sociology of Aging: An Agenda for Action
evaluates the recent contributions of social demography, social
epidemiology and sociology to the study of aging and identifies
promising new research directions in these sub-fields. Included in this
study are nine papers prepared by experts in sociology, demography,
social genomics, public health, and other fields, that highlight the
broad array of tools and perspectives that can provide the basis for
further advancing the understanding of aging processes in ways that can
inform policy. This report discusses the role of sociology in what is a
wide-ranging and diverse field of study; a proposed three-dimensional
conceptual model for studying social processes in aging over the life
cycle; a review of existing databases, data needs and opportunities,
primarily in the area of measurement of interhousehold and
intergenerational transmission of resources, biomarkers and biosocial
interactions; and a summary of roadblocks and bridges to
transdisciplinary research that will affect the future directions of the
field of sociology of aging.
Source: The National Academies Press
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