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Another baby boomer turns fifty every seven-and-a-half seconds. At this rate, by 2030, one quarter of the United States population will be over sixty-five, and by mid-century, the senior citizen population is expected to reach eighty million, outnumbering the population of young people for the first time in history. Aging in America chronicles the immense and unprecedented changes confronting America as advanced age goes mainstream. Photographer Ed Kashi and writer Julie Winokur first began this project as an award-winning story published by The New York Times Magazine. They then began documenting in greater detail a broad range of issues relating to aging, from the upsurge of elderly immigrants following their children to America to a tornados exacting toll on a rural elderly community. They traveled with the Loners of America, an RV club for mature singles, and delved into a retirement community where Alzheimers patients work in a child daycare facility. They tracked the campaign of a seventy-six year old running for office for the first time, documented a woman launching her modeling career in her sixties, and celebrated the wedding of an octogenarian couple. The reality of agin

Author

Ed Winokur; Julie Winokur

Publisher

POWER HOUSE BOOKS

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781576871935

Subjects

Gender Studies, Sociology, Social_sciences

Rating

5 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14