Table of Contents:
  • 1. Theories of ageing and old age / Peggy G. Koopman-Boyden
  • 2. Older New Zealanders / Brian Heenan
  • 3. Physiology and health status of the elderly / John Campbell
  • 4. The state and the social construction of ageing / Kay Saville-Smith
  • 5. Tenure and wealth accumulation / David C. Thorns
  • 6. Income support for an ageing society / Susan St John
  • 7. Institutional care, community services and the family / Terri Green
  • 8. Older women / Ruth Bonita
  • 9. Te ao te pakeketanga / Roger Maaka
  • 10. Elderly people and the political process / Stephen Levine and Nigel S. Roberts.