Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The gerontological imagination / Kenneth F. Ferraro -- The biology of successful aging : watchful progress at biogerontology's Known-unknown interface / David J. Waters and Naomi N. Kariuki -- Perspectives on cognitive aging / Jacqueline Mogle and Martin Sliwinski -- Communication disorders and aging / Susan Kemper and Ellen Rozek -- Exercise, nutrition, and aging / Michael G. Flynn and Laura K. Stewart -- Social and emotional development in adulthood / Karen L. Fingerman ... [et al.] -- Age structures, aging, and the life course / Linda George -- Retirement and financial security / Joseph T. Marchand and Tim Smeeding -- Demographic perspectives on aging / Janet M. Wilmoth and Natalee M. Simpson -- Cross-cultural and global perspectives on aging and the life course / Dena Shenk and Jay Sokolovsky -- Politics and policy in the lives of older Americans / Robert B. Hudson -- The role of public policy in meeting the needs of diverse aging populations / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Chantell Frazier -- Gerontological social work : meeting the needs of elders and their families / Deborah J. Monahan and Maria T. Brown -- Geriatric medicine and gerontological nursing / Sharon A. Brangman and Barbara Resnick -- Legal gerontology : how a legal perspective can contribute to the gerontological imagination / Nina A. Kohn.