Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Fifth Edition
Harry R. Moody, Director of Academic Affairs, AARP

Welcome to the Online Resources to accompany Moody’s Aging: Concepts and Controversies, 5^th Edition!

The controversies presented in your textbook are in a constant state of change as a result of new information and new events coming to the fore. To keep pace with this change, we have prepared this annotated list of online resources in aging to help you develop paper topics and conduct additional research.

Directions:

Click on the chapter choices on this page. Each chapter’s web resources have two parts:

• Websites that take a stand on the controversy presented.
• Websites that present date or information related to the controversy
  
  

Controversy 1: Why Do We Grow Old?

Controversy 2: Does Creativity Decline With Age?

Controversy 3: Does Old Age Have Meaning?

Controversy 4: Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?

Controversy 5: What Is the Future of Social Security?

Controversy 6: Is Retirement Obsolete?

Controversy 7: Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?

Controversy 8: Should Families Provide for Their Own?

Controversy 9: Should Older People Be Protected from Bad Choices?

Controversy 10: Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?

Do you know of a good website?

We are always looking for additional links to add!   If you know of one, please email us!

Users of AGING: Concepts and Controversies will find it helpful to subscribe to the monthly electronic newsletter “TEACHING GERONTOLOGY,” published by the AARP Office of Academic Affairs and edited by Harry R. Moody.  Back issues of the newsletter are included with the Instructor’s Resource CD. Instructors who wish to receive a free copy of the Instructor’s Resource CD can contact Customer Care from the Sage website www.sagepub.com or by phone at 1-800-818-7243. To request a free subscription to the Teaching Gerontology newsletter or to submit ideas or pedagogical resources for publication, simply send a message to hrmoody@yahoo.com

Disclaimer:

Neither Pine Forge nor any of the authors endorse any of the viewpoints expressed herein. No representation is made to the truth or accuracy of data presented. The links on this website are solely intended for instructional purposes.

About this webpage:

This webpage was created under contract with Pine Forge Press. All of the referenced websites were provided by Harry R. Moody, with help from various outside sources.

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