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• catalog abstract "In 1900, one in 25 Americans was elderly. In 1990, it was one in eight, and by 2030, more than one in five Americans will be aged 65 or over. Women are 60 percent of the elderly population, and they are a much larger majority of the elderly poor, the elderly in nursing homes, and the elderly who live alone. Because they usually live longer, women outnumber men by nearly three to one past the age of 85. In fact, the recent phenomenal growth of the oldest age group is primarily due to the unprecedented numbers of women who are surviving into very old age. But it is not only elderly women whose lives are affected by the aging of the U.S. population. Women of all ages are "on the front lines" of the aging trend because they provide most of the care to growing numbers of disabled elderly Americans. The book's expert authors explore a network of issues confronting women in our aging society, including middle-aged women's struggles to combine eldercare with paid work outside the home, women's prospects in an aging labor force, the causes of widespread poverty among elderly women of color and women who live alone, inequities in our pension system, and continued marginalization of aging women. The chapters lay out a number of steps needed to ensure that increases in longevity will mean more years of healthy, productive life and not merely a longer period of chronic ill health and economic dependency. Within the next two decades, the United States will have a much larger, more diverse older population. It will happen whether we plan for it or not. This book examines the issues that individual women, policy makers, and all of us as a society must face in order to respond to the changing needs of an aging America.".
• catalog contributor b3904458.
• catalog contributor b3904459.
• catalog contributor b3904460.
• catalog contributor b3904461.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "In 1900, one in 25 Americans was elderly. In 1990, it was one in eight, and by 2030, more than one in five Americans will be aged 65 or over. Women are 60 percent of the elderly population, and they are a much larger majority of the elderly poor, the elderly in nursing homes, and the elderly who live alone. Because they usually live longer, women outnumber men by nearly three to one past the age of 85. In fact, the recent phenomenal growth of the oldest age group is primarily due to the unprecedented numbers of women who are surviving into very old age. But it is not only elderly women whose lives are affected by the aging of the U.S. population. Women of all ages are "on the front lines" of the aging trend because they provide most of the care to growing numbers of disabled elderly Americans. The book's expert authors explore a network of issues confronting women in our aging society, including middle-aged women's struggles to combine eldercare with paid work outside the home, women's prospects in an aging labor force, the causes of widespread poverty among elderly women of color and women who live alone, inequities in our pension system, and continued marginalization of aging women. The chapters lay out a number of steps needed to ensure that increases in longevity will mean more years of healthy, productive life and not merely a longer period of chronic ill health and economic dependency. Within the next two decades, the United States will have a much larger, more diverse older population. It will happen whether we plan for it or not. This book examines the issues that individual women, policy makers, and all of us as a society must face in order to respond to the changing needs of an aging America.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "The front lines / Jessie Allen -- Women in our aging society: The demographic outlook / Cynthia M. Taeuber and Jessie Allen -- Caring too much? American women and the nation's caregiving crisis / Susan E. Foster and Jack A. Brizius -- Years gained and opportunities lost: Women and healthcare in an aging America / Jo-Ann Lamphere-Thorpe and Robert J. Blendon -- Preventive medical care: Targeting elderly women in an aging society / Marianne C. Fahs -- Resiliency amidst inequity: Older women workers in an aging United States / Paula Rayman, Kimberly Allshouse, and Jessie Allen -- Race, poverty, and women's aging / Julianne Malveaux -- Expanding social roles for older women / Ruth Harriet Jacobs -- Caring work and gender equity in an aging society / Jessie Allen -- Meeting the challenge: Implications for policy and practice / Alan Pifer.".
• catalog extent "xv, 270 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Women on the front lines.".
• catalog identifier "0877665745 (cloth : alk. paper) :".
• catalog identifier "0877665753 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Women on the front lines.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by National Book Network,".
• catalog relation "Women on the front lines.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "305.42 20".
• catalog subject "Aging.".
• catalog subject "Caregivers United States.".
• catalog subject "HQ1064.U5 W617 1993".
• catalog subject "Older women Government policy United States.".
• catalog subject "Older women United States Economic conditions.".
• catalog subject "Older women United States Social conditions.".
• catalog subject "Women's Health.".
• catalog subject "Women.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The front lines / Jessie Allen -- Women in our aging society: The demographic outlook / Cynthia M. Taeuber and Jessie Allen -- Caring too much? American women and the nation's caregiving crisis / Susan E. Foster and Jack A. Brizius -- Years gained and opportunities lost: Women and healthcare in an aging America / Jo-Ann Lamphere-Thorpe and Robert J. Blendon -- Preventive medical care: Targeting elderly women in an aging society / Marianne C. Fahs -- Resiliency amidst inequity: Older women workers in an aging United States / Paula Rayman, Kimberly Allshouse, and Jessie Allen -- Race, poverty, and women's aging / Julianne Malveaux -- Expanding social roles for older women / Ruth Harriet Jacobs -- Caring work and gender equity in an aging society / Jessie Allen -- Meeting the challenge: Implications for policy and practice / Alan Pifer.".
• catalog title "Women on the front lines : meeting the challenge of an aging America / Jessie Allen and Alan Pifer, editors ; preface by Gail Sheehy.".
• catalog type "text".