Older and Active

This book focuses on the contributions that many older people can and do make and the policy changes that are necessary to harness this productive capacity-for the good of the country and for the good of the individuals involved. The contributors to this book-experts in economics, sociology, political science, social welfare, and policy studies-have drawn on new data from a survey of 2,999 Americans aged 55 and older conducted by Louis Harris and Associates for The Commonwealth Fund.

Scott A. Bass is director of the Gerontology Institute, director of the Ph.D. Program in Gerontology, and professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.