The “activities of daily living,” or ADLS, are the basic tasks of everyday life, such as eating,
bathing, dressing, toileting, and transferring. Reported estimates of the size of the elderly …

Although caregiving is predominantly women's work, care for the elderly is largely absent
from the feminist agenda in this country. Emily K. Abel presents a compelling and sensitive …

1 I will use the term 'living arrangement'or 'coresidential arrangements' interchangeably to
refer to the household structure of the elderly. When living with at least one child (or other …

Older adults living alone present a vulnerable physical and mental health group with public
health and service needs. This situation has risen and is therefore expected to increase calls …

In recent years the field of family demography has developed rapidly. These developments
include theoretical and methodological advancements and an especially rapid growth of …

Measures of disability in activities of daily living (ADL) have become important indicators of
the health of older persons. One fundamental decision in disability research is constructing …

This paper describes the rationale for and the measures of family structure and inter-vivos
giving in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Of particular interest to the HRS is the …

The driving concern of policy thinking in regard to both the elderly and AIDS patients has
been cost containment. It has been presumed that the best way to cut costs, as well as to …

Subjects with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease who live alone are more likely to be
women, and more likely to be poor than those living with others. They are also older and …

El artículo analiza la evolución de la vida en solitario de las personas de 65 a 84 años no
casadas y que no cohabitan en pareja entre 1991 y 2001 en siete países europeos …