| United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - 1988 - 150 pages
...common relationship of caregiver to elderly care recipient is 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... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1992 - 688 pages
...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... | |
| Judith A. Lewis, Judith Bernstein - 1996 - 356 pages
...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... | |
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