Aging: Canadian Perspectives

Christine Hughes is a policy analyst at the Ontario Native Affairs
Secretariat.

This volume draws together 15 articles written by a number of well-known
authorities on aging. The editors, both eminent scholars in the field,
suggest that the book should provide the reader with “a reasonably
complete and up-to-date inventory of current aging topics and issues
facing Canadians and Canadian society.” Their primary focus is on the
demographic aspects of aging and on the impact of population aging on
social institutions, including the community, work, leisure, and the
family. Individual chapters consider such subjects as housing in the
urban environment, geographical mobility of the elderly, technology and
aging, the impact of population aging on family life, women’s roles in
caring for elderly family members, the unmarried and childless elderly,
marketing for an older population, and long-term care. The articles can
be grouped under the following themes: living environments for the aged;
the domain of work and leisure; the family; the seniors’ market and
the senior as a consumer; and policy issues.

This book is particularly well suited for use in an undergraduate
gerontology, sociology, or social policy course.