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The Changing Face of the Elderly

Talk of the Nation broadcasts live from Marks Street Senior Recreation Complex in Orlando. Host Juan Williams talks with guests about issues facing the elderly. Being old in America is different today than it was even 25 years ago. Not only are people living longer, they're living more active lives. How is living a longer, more vigorous life affecting the American family? What happens when one spouse remains active, while the other is debilitated?

In hour two, Williams explores cross-generational conflicts. Demographers say Florida, and the rest of the nation, is seeing the beginnings of a conflict between two large demographic groups: older, predominantly white people who are living longer, and America's younger minority population.

Mary Casey, Senior Advisory Committee David Colburn, University of Florida Susan MacManus, University of Southern Florida

Guests:

Robert N. Butler, President and CEO, International Longevity Center

Mary Casey, Vice-Chairman Senior Citizen Advisory Committee, Office of the Mayor

Donna Cohen, PHD, professor at the Department of Aging & Mental Health, University of South Florida

David Colburn is a professor of history at the University of Florida. He's the author of Government in the Sunshine State: Florida Since Statehood

Susan MacManus is a professor of political science at the University of Southern Florida. She's the author of Young Versus Old: Generational Combat in the 21st Century
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Changing Face of America is an 18-month-long NPR series that tells the stories of regular, everyday Americans and the issues they face at a time of rapid and dramatic change in the U.S. This special series can be heard on NPR's Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered and Morning Edition.

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