TY - BOOK AU - Butler, Robert N., AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : being old in America SN - 0060105917;9780060105914;0060908726;9780060908720;0060105666 (pbk.);9780060105662 (pbk.) SN - 2 PY - 1975///46 CY - New York PB - Harper & Row KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Government policy KW - Older people;Old age assistance;Geriatrics KW - United States.;United States.;United States N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [471]-482; Tragedy of old age in America -- How to grow old and poor in an affluent society -- What about my pension -- The right to work -- No place to live -- No time to wait -- The unfulfilled prescription -- They are only senile -- Houses of death are a lively business -- Victimization of the elderly -- Pacification and the politics of aging -- The gift of life -- Loosening up life -- Growing old absurd -- Appendixes : -- Sources of gerontological and geriatric literature -- Organizations pertaining to the elderly -- Government programs for the elderly -- Pther national organizations with programs in the field of aging; 5; Also issued online ER -