Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and
contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an …

This article examines the intersection between gender and marital status, focusing on
inequalities associated with three sets of resources: An older person's material resources …

Extending working life beyond the state pension age is a key European Union policy. In the
UK, women are more likely to extend paid work than men, indicating that factors other than …

Theoretical accounts have offered a general understanding of the social significance and
importance of dignity and suggest that older age may threaten dignity by structuring and …

This chapter discusses the developments, opportunities and challenges for the elderly in
light of major recent or forecast trends in family structures and living arrangements …

Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work
education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth …

Although one can assume the work values within nonprofit organizations promote gender
equality in promotion decisions, there is preliminary evidence that in the nonprofit sector …

Over the last 30 years, the field of aging has been the site of an exceptional growth of
research interest, yet it is only really within more recent social gerontology that the many …

There has been considerable debate about the future sustainability of pension provision
and, in particular, the precarious position of many female pensioners. The reasons for …

This article investigates the prevalence of two forms of income poverty among older adults in
Finland and Sweden from a gendered perspective. It examines differences in both objective …