Glasgow, Brown and Gurak, Rural Aging

In 2010, 41 million Americans were 65 years of age or older. By current estimates, that number will reach over 72 million by 2030, representing 19% of the total population. Rural populations of the United States are aging more rapidly than urban areas, yet rural places face particular challenges in securing elements of their local infrastructure of important significance to older citizens. Increasingly, realizing a thriving future for both aging populations and the communities in which they live will depend on gaining a better understanding of the characteristics of rural elders, including their family status and living conditions. In a "Chats in the Stacks" book talk given at Cornell's Mann Library in March 2013, contributing authors and Cornell professors of development sociology Nina Glasgow, David L. Brown, and Douglas T. Gurak discuss their new book "Rural Aging In 21st Century America," co-edited by Glasgow and E. Helen Berry, to highlight some of the sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural places.
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