Rural Aging in 21st Century America

1. Introduction to Rural Aging in Twenty-First Century America
Nina Glasgow, E. Helen Berry

2. Demography of Rural Aging
E. Helen Berry, Annabel Kirschner

3. The Geography of Rural Aging in a Regional Context, 1990–2008
Peter B. Nelson

4. Aging and Economic Well-Being in Rural America: Exploring Income and Employment Challenges
Tim Slack, Tracey E. Rizzuto

5. Baby Boomers’ Impact on Work Force and Tax Issues in the Great Plains
Richard Rathge, Justin Garosi, Karen Olson

6. Place and Race: Health of African Americans in Nonmetropolitan Areas
Marlene Lee, Joachim Singelmann

7. Latino Elderly in Nonmetropolitan America
Rogelio Sáenz, Amber Fox, San Juanita García

8. Elderly Asian Americans in the Nonmetropolitan and Rural United States
Dudley L. Poston, Yu-Ting Chang, Lei He

9. Aging on Indian Reservations: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
Gundars Rudzitis, Nicolas Barbier, Diane Mallickan

10. Health and Healthcare Among the Rural Aging
Lois Wright Morton, Chih-Yuan Weng

11. Rural Long-Term Care and Informal Caregiving
Nan E. Johnson

12. Aging Populations and Rural Places: Impacts on and Innovations in Land Use Planning
Kathryn J. Brasier, Anouk Patel-Campillo, Jill Findeis

13. Volunteerism and Social Entrepreneurship Among Older In-migrants to Rural Areas
Nina Glasgow, Hosik Min, David L. Brown

14. Intergenerational Relationships and Rural Return Migration
Christiane Reichert, John B. Cromartie, Ryan O. Arthun

15. Rural Retirement Destinations: Natural Decrease and the Shared Demographic Destinies of Elderly and Hispanics
Kenneth M. Johnson, Daniel T. Lichter

16. Comparisons Across Three Race/Ethnic Groups in Rural Retirement Counties
Glenn V. Fuguitt

17. Retirement Migration to Unconventional Places
Benjamin C. Bolender, László J. Kulcsár

18. Elderly Immigrants in Rural America: Trends and Characteristics
Douglas T. Gurak, Mary M. Kritz

19. Conclusions and Policy Implications for Aging in Rural Places
E. Helen Berry, Nina Glasgow

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Aging, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Sociology, general, Migration, Demography, Human Geography