Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly: Summary of a Workshop

by National Research Council, Steering Committee on the Challenges of, Committee On Population, et al.

The economic crisis that began in 2008 has had a significant impact on the well-being of certain segments of the population and its disruptive effects can be expected to last well into the future. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), which is concerned with this issue as it affects the older population in the United States, asked the National Research Council to review existing and ongoing research and to delineate the nature and dimensions of potential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309209692
• ISBN13: 9780309209694
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"