UNDERSTANDING AGING
1 INTRODUCTION TO RURAL AGING IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA PART I OVERVIEW OF THE RURAL ELDERLY POPULATION 2 DEMOGRAPHY OF RURAL AGING 3 THE GEOGRAPHY OF RURAL AGING IN A REGIONAL CONTEXT, 1990–2008 PART II ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES 4 AGING AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IN RURAL AMERICA: EXPLORING INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES 5 BABY BOOMERS’ IMPACT ON WORK FORCE AND TAX ISSUES IN THE GREAT PLAINS PART III RACE/ETHNIC INEQUALITIES 6 PLACE AND RACE: HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS 7 LATINO ELDERLY IN NONMETROPOLITAN AMERICA CONTENTS 8 ELDERLY ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE NONMETROPOLITAN AND RURAL UNITED STATES 9 AGING ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS: THE UGLY, THE BAD, AND THE GOOD PART IV RURAL INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURES 10 HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE AMONG THE RURAL AGING 11 RURAL LONG-TERM CARE AND INFORMAL CAREGIVING 12 AGING POPULATIONS AND RURAL PLACES: IMPACTS ON AND INNOVATIONS IN LAND USE PLANNING 13 VOLUNTEERISM AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG OLDER IN-MIGRANTS TO RURAL AREAS 14 INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND RURAL RETURN MIGRATION PART V OLDER RURAL MIGRATION AND AGING-IN-PLACE 15 RURAL RETIREMENT DESTINATIONS: NATURAL DECREASE AND THE SHARED DEMOGRAPHIC DESTINIES OF ELDERLY AND HISPANICS 16 COMPARISONS ACROSS THREE RACE/ETHNIC GROUPS IN RURAL RETIREMENT COUNTIES 17 RETIREMENT MIGRATION TO UNCONVENTIONAL PLACES 18 ELDERLY IMMIGRANTS IN RURAL AMERICA: TRENDS AND CHARACTERISTICS PART VI CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 19 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR AGING IN RURAL PLACES