Differing Prospects for Women and Men: Young Old-Age, Old Old-Age, and Eldercare

Lois B. Shaw and Rania Antonopoulos

Chapter 5 in Government Spending on the Elderly, 2007, pp 123-138 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter addresses the question of government spending on the elderly from a woman’s perspective. The point of view I bring is that of an old woman, a semi-retired feminist economist, who is a participant observer of the process of growing old. I live in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) and so am well situated to observe the aging of my neighbors and friends as well as myself. In this chapter, I will comment on some of the policies being advocated or adopted that may affect women and men in different ways.

Keywords: Nursing Home; Nursing Home Care; Baby Boom Generation; Unpaid Care; Reverse Mortgage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230591448_5

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