The emotional significance of affective inequalities and why they are important to women in old age [0.03%]
情感不平等的意义及其为何对老年女性重要
Loretta Crawley,Kathleen Lynch
Loretta Crawley
Affective inequality is neglected in the study of old age. Using an egalitarian analysis, this article shows how affective inequalities matter to older women. Findings from the first author's PhD study explain the emotional significance of ...
Grandmothers offering regular auxiliary care for their grandchildren: an expression of generativity in later life? [0.03%]
经常性地给予孙辈辅助照料：晚年生活中的代际支持还是人生任务？
Feliciano Villar,Montserrat Celdrán,Carme Triadó
Feliciano Villar
The study explores the meaning that grandmothers who offer regular childcare attach to that experience and the extent to which the notion of generativity might explain the meaning of the experience of caring for a grandchild. Twenty-four Sp...
Deborah H Charbonneau
Deborah H Charbonneau
More women are frequently referring to the Internet for health information, yet the readability of information about menopause on the Internet has not been widely studied. To address this gap, this study examined the readability of informat...
Common factors that enhance the quality of life for women living in their own homes or in aged care facilities [0.03%]
提高居家和养老院女性生活质量的共同因素
Lee Chin,Susan Quine
Lee Chin
A qualitative study of older women living in their own homes and older women living in aged care facilities found that the concerns of the women living in their own homes were the realities of life for the residents in the aged care facilit...
From the editor [0.03%]
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J Dianne Garner
J Dianne Garner
Natalie D Pope,Stacey Kolomer,Anne P Glass
Natalie D Pope
Approximately 52 million Americans provide informal (unpaid) care to a family member or friend who is disabled or ill. The most common informal caregiving relationship is that of an adult child providing assistance to an aging parent. This ...
Still penalized? Parity, age at first birth and women's income in later life [0.03%]
仍然受惩罚吗？ 平等、初育年龄与晚年收入问题研究
Hanna Jokinen-Gordon
Hanna Jokinen-Gordon
Despite policies aimed at decreasing old-age income inequality, such as Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, research consistently finds that later-life poverty is highly concentrated among women. While the early-life economic ...
"Take me to the water"--community and renewal among aging women: a case study of social interaction and exercise among the "Polar Bears" of Martha's Vineyard [0.03%]
“带我去水边”——老年女性社群中的社区感与新生：“玛莎葡萄园岛屿”的老年游泳者群像研究案例
Donna-Marie Peters
Donna-Marie Peters
This article describes the values and practices of a water exercise group of middle-class, middle-aged and senior female predominantly African American vacationing members of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It focuses o...
Older women caring for older women: the rewards and challenges of the home care aide job [0.03%]
老年妇女照顾老年妇女：家庭护理员的工作利与弊
Sandra S Butler,Sara Wardamasky,Mark Brennan-Ing
Sandra S Butler
As our population ages, the need for personal assistance services increases. Paid personal care is predominantly provided by women, often older women, and has been considered low-status, low-wage work. This article reports on a mixed-method...
Brandyn-Dior McKinley,Edna Brown,Cleopatra Howard Caldwell
Brandyn-Dior McKinley
This study examined the association between relationship quality, personal mastery, and psychological well-being among 83 young Black and White American grandmothers in families with teenage mothers. Interviews were conducted during the ear...