Aging Across the United States: Matching Needs to States' Differing Opportunities and Services

by Jean Giles-Sims and Charles Lockhart

Older Americans experience stages of aging with distinct priorities. For younger retirees, climate can be most important; for older retirees, quality of health care. Various states support these and other priorities to sharply different degrees. While many Americans know which states offer mild climates for outdoor recreation, they rarely know which states offer the best medical care to Medicare patients. This book tells them and suggests sequential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271037571
• ISBN13: 9780271037578
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"