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Tuckmann, J. and Lorge, I., "Retirement and the Industrial Worker." New York: Columbia University Press, 1953. A study of retirement attitudes among members of a union in New York City.

Williams, R. H., Tibbitts, C., and Donahue, Wilma (eds.), "Processes of Aging." Vol. I, "Psychological and Psychosocial Processes: Normal and Pathological." Vol. II, "Social and Economic Processes: Sources of Strength and Sources of Problems." New York: Atherton Press, 1963. Report of an international seminar in which more than 60 scholars reported research and discussed methodological problems on psychological, personality, mental health, roles and adjustments, and economic aspects of aging.

SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY

Albrecht, Ruth (ed.), “Aging in a Changing Society." A report of the Eleventh Annual Southern Conference on Gerontology. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Gerontology, 1962. A review of current knowledge in research and social action with special reference to income, employment, migration, rehabilitation. Nine preceding volumes from the University of Florida's Institute of Gerontology contain many useful papers.

Burgess, E. W. (ed.), "Aging and Retirement." Entire issue of the American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 59, No. 4, January 1954. Papers on theoretical communities.

Burgess, E. W. (ed), “Aging in Western Societies." Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1960. A comparative survey of aging trends, and of distinctive and pioneering welfare programs in various European countries representative of Western society. Emphasis is placed upon the significance of these developments for American policies and programs for the aged. This is the third volume in the trilogy developed by the Inter-University Council on Social Gerontology.

Friedmann, E. A., and Havighurst, R. J., "The Meaning of Work and Retirement." Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1954. Studies of the significance of work in the lives of people in several different occupations, and of the relationship between the meaning of work and attitudes toward retirement. Havighurst, R. J., and Albrecht, Ruth, "Older People." New York: Longmans Green, 1953. An analysis of personal and social attitudes toward aging and of the activities and interests of older people in a midwestern town, with some data from other studies.

Kleemeier, R. W. (ed.), "Aging and Leisure." New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. A compilation of essays by sociologists, psychologists, economists, and psychiatrists on the significance of leisure to the older individual and to society. Produced under the auspices of the Gerontological Society to conceptualize the field for research workers and students. Kutner, B., Fanshel, D., Togo, Alice M., and Lancer, T. S., "Five Hundred Over Sixty: A Community Survey of Aging." New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1956. A study of the needs of the aged, based on personal interviews in New York City. Considers the patterns of adjustment in old age, factors affecting and affected by health, the use of community health resources, and attitudes toward health and social centers. Introduces a scale for measuring morale in old age. Examines the programs and trends in services for the aged in New York City. Simmons, Leo, "The Role of the Aged in Primitive Society." New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1945. A study of social practices with reference to older people and of the position and roles of older people in 71 preliterate societies.

Tibbitts, C. (ed.), "Handbook of Social Gerontology." Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1960. An attempt to systematize the field of social gerontology with reference to the aging individual as a member of society and to the interrelationships of older people and the social, economic, and political aspects of aging. Produced under the auspices of the Inter-University Council on Social Gerontology as a basic handbook for students, teachers, and research workers.

Tibbitts, C., and Donahue, Wilma (eds.), "Social and Psychological Aspects of Aging." Vol. I of "Aging Around the World," proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Gerontology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. One of the reports on the Fifth International Congress of Gerontology.

The contents range from psychological studies of the aging individual to broad matters of group behavior and societal action. The book embraces seven areas: population and social organization; economics and employment; family relationships and environmental aspects of living; personal and social attitudes and adjustment; personality changes and mental health; changes in psychological capacities and performance; and meaningful uses of free time. Townsend, Peter, "Family Life of Old People: An Inquiry in East London," Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1957. An intensive survey of older persons and their family relationships in a workingman's borough of London. Has special significance for its development of the concepts of isolation and desolation.

APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY

Cohen, W. J., "Retirement Policies Under Social Security." California: The University of California Press, 1957. A review of the development of policy and program in the Social Security System by one of its principal and sustaining architects.

Donahue, Wilma, "Education for Later Maturity." New York: Whiteside, 1955. · A collection of papers dealing with the interests and capacities of older adults for learning, educational programing and training for work with older people. Kaplan, J., and Aldridge, G. (eds.), “Social Welfare of the Aging." Vol. II of "Aging Around the World," proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Gerontology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. Devoted to social welfare gerontology and concerned with the application of social welfare art and science to gerontology. The book covers institutional care and planning; income maintenance and public assistance; leisure time activities; community organization; social aspects of medicine; counseling, casework, and social services.

Musson, N., and Heusinkveld, Helen, "Buildings for the Elderly." New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1963. An intensive treatment of housing with chapters on planning for various types of people, sponsorship and steps in planning, characteristics of buildings, and problems of administration and budgeting. More than 100 pages of photographs and floor plans. Schorr, A. L., "Filial Responsibility in the Modern American Family." U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960. A historical discussion of filial responsibility toward older parents, evaluation of current practices in the United States, and their relationship to social security programs. Shenfield, Barbara E., "Social Policies for Old Age: A Review of Social Provision for Old Age in Great Britain." London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1957. Considers the employment of the older worker, reasons for retiring or continuing to work, pensions, housing, residential and welfare services, and medical care.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Shock, N. W., "A Classified Bibliography of Gerontology and Geriatrics." Vol. I: 1900-48. Vol. II, Supplement 1: 1949-55. Vol. III, Supplement 2: 1956-61. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1951, 1957, and 1963, respectively. A comprehensive bibliography of scientific, professional, and lay literature in the field. Kept current in the "Index of Current Periodical Literature," published in each issue of the Journal of Gerontology. Special Staff on Aging, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, "Selected References on Aging." Washington: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. An annotated bibliography compiled from books and articles to reflect basic thinking and research conclusions in all of the major aspects of aging. Contains materials to 1958. Office of Aging, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, "Aging in the Modern World." Washington: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 19—. (In press; not yet available.) An annotated bibliography, complementary to the earlier "Seelcted References on Aging," issued in 1959. The new volume will include books published between 1900 and 1963, and articles from 1958 to 1962.

JOURNALS

"Aging." Office of Aging, Welfare Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20401. $1 per year. A monthly news magazine reporting on action, research, training programs, news of Federal and State agencies, and current literature.

"Geriatrics." Lancet Publications, Inc., 84 South Tenth Street, Minneapolis, Minn. $6 per year ($1 per issue). A monthly periodical devoted to research and program development mainly in clinical medicine and social gerontology. "The Gerontologist." The Gerontological Society, 660 South Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. $5 per year ($1.25 per issue). A quarterly journal reporting research, opinion, action, and news in the field of aging. An official publication of the Gerontological Society.

"Journal of the American Geriatrics Society." Williams and Wilkins Co., 428 East Preston St., Baltimore, Md. $10 per year ($1.50 per issue). Monthly official publication of the American Geriatrics Society reporting clinical studies and research in gerontology.

"Journal of Gerontology." The Gerontological Society, 660 South Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. $15 per year ($3.75 per issue). A quarterly scientific journal reporting current research findings over the entire field of gerontology. An official publication of the Gerontological Society.

Mr. DENT. Mr. Secretary, another question before we proceed further, Will it be possible for you, or someone in authority in your office, to come back to a later meeting in case we need you?

Secretary CELEBREZZE. Yes; Dr. Winston or Dr. Kent. Whatever the committee wishes, we will cooperate.

Mr. DENT. Thank you.

Mr. Daniels.

Mr. DANIELS. Mr. Secretary, you made mention of the fact that more than half of all the Federal programs concerning the aged are in your Department.

May we have a list from you of all the other agencies involved in problems concerning the aged which are separate and apart from your Department and also the authority under which they are operated and whether or not they have any connection or association or responsibility or report to your Department?

Secretary CELEBREZZE. Yes.

Mr. DANIELS. I think that information would be very helpful to this committee in its studies.

Secretary CELEBREZZE. The programs are included in here and we will furnish it.

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