Juan Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD, is professor of social welfare and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), adjunct professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC), and director of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging.Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD (Rutgers University), is professor of public affairs and sociology and a faculty affiliate at the Population Research Center and LBJ School Center for Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Praise for the First Edition: ""This excellent career guide will be valuable for students, young professionals, and those interested in a second career in counseling""—Choice

• ContentsForeword Julián CastroForeword Paul IrvingForeword Lucille Roybal-AllardPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Momentous Changes2. Demography of the Next America3. Why It Matters: Tensions, Conflicts, and Consequences4. Who Will Care for Us? Caregiving, Retirement, and Old Age5. The Insecurities of an Aging Nation and Our Collective Fate6. America in a Global World: Population Aging, Foreign Workers, and National Security7. We Are in This Together: Envisioning a Unified and Diverse SocietyPostscriptIndex

Juan Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD, is professor of social welfare and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), adjunct professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC), and director of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging.Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD (Rutgers University), is professor of public affairs and sociology and a faculty affiliate at the Population Research Center and LBJ School Center for Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Praise for the First Edition: ""This excellent career guide will be valuable for students, young professionals, and those interested in a second career in counseling""—Choice

• ContentsForeword Julián CastroForeword Paul IrvingForeword Lucille Roybal-AllardPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Momentous Changes2. Demography of the Next America3. Why It Matters: Tensions, Conflicts, and Consequences4. Who Will Care for Us? Caregiving, Retirement, and Old Age5. The Insecurities of an Aging Nation and Our Collective Fate6. America in a Global World: Population Aging, Foreign Workers, and National Security7. We Are in This Together: Envisioning a Unified and Diverse SocietyPostscriptIndex

Juan Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD, is professor of social welfare and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), adjunct professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC), and director of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging.Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD (Rutgers University), is professor of public affairs and sociology and a faculty affiliate at the Population Research Center and LBJ School Center for Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Praise for the First Edition: ""This excellent career guide will be valuable for students, young professionals, and those interested in a second career in counseling""—Choice

• ContentsForeword Julián CastroForeword Paul IrvingForeword Lucille Roybal-AllardPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Momentous Changes2. Demography of the Next America3. Why It Matters: Tensions, Conflicts, and Consequences4. Who Will Care for Us? Caregiving, Retirement, and Old Age5. The Insecurities of an Aging Nation and Our Collective Fate6. America in a Global World: Population Aging, Foreign Workers, and National Security7. We Are in This Together: Envisioning a Unified and Diverse SocietyPostscriptIndex