...common relationship of caregiver to elderly care recipient 1s that of daughter or wife. Studies indicate that the average woman today can expect to spend as...years caring for a dependent parent or spouse as she does in caring for a dependent child. We expect them to adjust their work schedules, their social and...

...increasingly affected. As our population ages, long term care and home health care is a vital component. The average woman today can expect to spend as many years caring for a dependent parent as she does for a dependent child. One third of the women providing such care are in poor to fair health...

...these clinics open only once a week. In some there can be up to a month's wait to see a physician. The average woman today can expect to spend as many years caring for a dependent parent as she does for a dependent child. One-third of the women providing such care are in poor to fair health...

...the informal care system is composed in part of young-old individuals caring for old-old individuals. The average woman today can expect to spend as many years caring for a dependent parent as she does in caring for a dependent child (Older Women's League, 1989). There are formal community-based...