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A Retirement Index?
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Shelley, Edwin F.; Shelley, Florence D. – Social Policy, 1976
A retirement index can be used by an individual or group to determine the most desirable time to retire from a particular employment or from employment in general. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Change, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Employment Projections
On Volunteerism
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Gotbaum, Victor; Barr, Elinor – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests that volunteerism must supplement and not be a substitute for what should be a gainfully employed work force. (Author)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Economic Climate, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Older Persons as Provider of Services: Three Federal Programs
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Bowles, Elinor – Social Policy, 1976
Reviews and describes three programs in which older adults provide their services: foster grandparents, senior companions, and retired senior volunteers. (AM)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Federal Programs, Geriatrics
Is 65 + Red?
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Johnson, J. Myron – Social Policy, 1976
Although the use of date of birth is a method of classifying people has certain legal advantages because it provides a convenient dividing line, it results in misclassification of people into inappropriate categories. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Economic Climate, Employment Opportunities
The Elderly as Their Planners See Them
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Kasshaw, Patricia L. – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that programs to insure the elderly's community or social participation in the later years must be designed with the input of elderly and retired citizens. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Decision Making, Employment Opportunities, Geriatrics
Old Age Around the World
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Pendrell, Nan – Social Policy, 1976
Despite the world wide absolute and relative increase in the size and longevity of the aging population, there is a virtually universal trend toward earlier retirement from industry and even from agriculture. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics
Staffing an Agency with Older People
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Scott, Patricia Reed – Social Policy, 1976
Describes some of the programs that employ older adults and notes the elderly's considerable skills and dependable work habits. (AM)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Geriatrics, Gerontology