SYG-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ageism, Old Age, Social Inequality
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Social isolation: causes, retirement from work, declining health and limited mobility, death of family member and friends, affects women more than men, families, especially adult children, are the main support system. Retirement: in times of economic uncertainty, people retire later or in stages, this trend will continue in all high-income nations, forced retirement is the most difficult, requires planning for income and continuing activities and social ties. The growing need for caregiving: caregiving is informal and unpaid care provided to a dependent person by family member, other relatives, or friends, more than 1/3 of adults provide some care to older people, most caregivers are women. About 10% of people in the u. s age 65 and older live below the poverty line; in 1965, elderly poverty rate was almost 30% Housing: most elders prefer to (cid:862)age i(cid:374) pla(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:271)ut ho(cid:373)es are ofte(cid:374) older a(cid:374)d need repairs and modifications, cost of retirement communities can be prohibitive.
