This study explored the experience of nine White women born in 1944–48 and raised in the
United States, who were aged 68 to 72. Even though 20% of the US population is expected …

The youth orientation of Swedish society makes older women invisible. Current norms of
youth and beauty exclude and misrepresent the elderly and ageing, and pose a challenge …

The “Third Age” offers a conceptualization of the lives of those who are retired and beyond
middle age but not facing any disability stereotypically associated with the “old.” …

The present cohort of older women has constructed its own culture and defined its own
collective gendered-age identity (Muhlbauer & Chrisler, 2007). They have done this in a …

According to the life course perspective (Settersten, 2003), major life transitions are
embedded in contexts shaped by personal history and social circumstances “as natural as …

Elderly women have been largely ignored in the psychological literature on aging thus far,
despite the fact that they will comprise 25% of the US population by 2010. Existing theories …

Despite the increasing number of people living beyond age 70, the experience and meaning
of old age remains shrouded in myth, mystery and misperception. This project emerged from …

The middle years for women are often described as being a time of increased risks for
emotional, physical, and financial problems. Al-though some of these problems are realistic …

3. Conceptualize the experiences and challenges of middle and older adult women, taking
into account the multiple and varied demographic and experiential factors (including …

This study explored role changes, resilience, social, and health challenges encountered by
older women who transitioned to a retirement community that provided social, health, and …