Description: The traditional informal care of/by family has faced increasing geographic and economic challenges from changing family households and sources of family income. Financial planning and risk protection tools provide important resource in the changing retirement landscape toward optimal family support and crisis management, that is, with less duress and financial burden to affected family caregivers. Ultimately, maintaining family values and close communications through evolving family structures are key to a healthy society and economic welfare of the people.

Description: Discusses the book, Demography in Early America, Beginnings of the Statistical Mind, by James Cassedy. This book is an inquiry into the introduction and growth of statistical methods and ideas in early America, mainly insofar as they were applied to human vital events and population movements.