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Older Women.
LOOKING BACK: LIFE COURSE PATTERNS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE OLDER WOMEN'S ECONOMIC PRECARIOUSNESS; The Male Breadwinner Model and Family and Civil Law; Women as Workers; Women as Caretakers; Women and Unemployment Insurance; Women and Social Security; Women and Welfare; SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sharjah :
Bentham Science Publishers,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; List of Contributors ; Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Balancing Burdens and Blessings ; GRANDPARENT CAREGIVING; Introduction; Older Grandmothers as Caregivers; CAREGIVING IN CONTEXT; How Caregiving Alters Traditional Grandparenthood; Cultural Facets to Grandparent Caregiving; How Grandmothers Fare Compared to Grandfathers; Reasons, Pathways and Motivations to Care; A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF CAREGIVING; Physical Well-Being; Psychological Well-Being and Social Support; Economic Well-Being.
- Legal StatusSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH CAREGIVING GRANDMOTHERS; Supportive Interventions; Practice Implications; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Child Welfare; Aging Related Programs; Back-Up Planning; SUMMARY; ONLINE RESOURCES FOR CAREGIVERS AND PRACTITIONERS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Caregiving Responsibilities of Older Women for Chronically Ill and Disabled Family Members ; LITERATURE REVIEW AND DEMOGRAPHICS; CAREGIVER RESPONSIBILITIES OF OLDER WOMEN; UNMET NEEDS; INTERVENTIONS/BEST PRACTICES; PRACTICE TRENDS/ISSUES; DIVERSITY IMPLICATIONS; POLICY TRENDS AND ISSUES.
- RESEARCH IMPLICATIONSCONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST PRACTICES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Older Women at the Edge: Economic Disparities of Older Women ; AGING IS A WOMEN'S ISSUE: THE ECONOMICS OF OLDER WOMEN; A Profile of Older Women; Race and Ethnicity; Living Status; Grand-parenting
- Older Adults Raising Children; Health and Disability; Housing Instability; The Economic Resources of Older Women; Poverty; Income Distribution; Sources of Income; Social Security and SSI; Assets/Savings; Pensions; EMPLOYMENT INCOME; Employment Patterns; Employment Wage Gap.
- Differences between Younger and Older WomenRacial/Ethnic Disparities among the Health Care of Older Women; Socio-Cultural Issues; Health Insurance; Geographic Considerations; PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS FOR ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES AMONG OLDER WOMEN; Changes within the Practice of Medicine; Programmatic Changes within Communities and in the Delivery of Healthcare; Policy Changes that Address Socio-cultural Issues on a Macro Level; Social Work's Involvement in Reducing Healthcare Disparities; SUMMARY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES.