...Kavita Sivaramakrishnan Many countries in the global South have rapidly aging populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on older adults in these countries, who mainly depend on kin for care. The pandemic has shown that a recommitment to public investment in their well-being...

... a semblance of dignity and comfort, and perhaps even some joy in their last days. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 COVID-19 pandemic health care nursing aging social policy More Than Medicine: Nurse Practitioners and the Problems They Solve for Patients, Health...

... formal conversations regarding end-of-life care may help Americans to age and die with dignity. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 Media coverage of the pandemic has underscored its tragic impacts on older adults. Televised images of frail octogenarians slumped over...

...Sarah Harper It appears likely that the twentieth-century approach of many aging European societies—relying on migrant workers from a younger, poorer South to prop up their economies—will no longer be a viable option in the coming decades.… © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011...

... demographics China aging Japan United States population France developed world Germany developing world 20 The risk of social and political upheaval could grow throughout the develop- ing world even as the developed world s capacity to deal with such threats declines. Global Aging...

...Wang Feng China's population is likely to peak less than 15 years from now, below a maximum of 1.4 billion. After that will come a prolonged, even indefinite, population decline and a period of accelerated aging. © 2010 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please...