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Peer reviewedBalten, Michael D.; Kestenbaum, Sara – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests that the current approach to older workers on the part of government policy makers appears to be a nonpolicy, that is, they hope that by not looking at the problems it will go away. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Career Change, Career Planning, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedScott, 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
Download full textMullins, Larry C., Ed.; Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1987
This document contains papers delivered at a conference designed to highlight similarities and differences in the situation of the elderly in Sweden and in the United States. The papers are: (1) "Aging and Work" (Sheppard, Berglind); (2) "Services to the Elderly: An Emphasis on the United States" (Hokenstad); (3) "Notes on…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Comparative Analysis
Ward, Betty Arnett – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Since aging has become a field of increasing interest, many requests for information on the educational aspects of the subject have been received in the Office of Education. Because of the growing number of these requests, and because so few items bearing on education are included in the reference lists in the general field of aging, this…
Descriptors: Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Older Adults, Adult Education
