Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 31(1/2), 1999, pp.3-39.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
As the ageing of the population accelerates in the coming decades, the use of formal services by elderly persons will become an important issue. This article presents the findings of a study on the pattern of utilization of out-of-home services and in-home services among a cohort of American social security beneficiaries in the 10 years after their retirement. The study found
As the ageing of the population accelerates in the coming decades, the use of formal services by elderly persons will become an important issue. This article presents the findings of a study on the pattern of utilization of out-of-home services and in-home services among a cohort of American social security beneficiaries in the 10 years after their retirement. The study found that the determinants of the use of these two types of services are distinctly different. The implications of these findings for social work practice are discussed.
Subject terms:
income, needs, older people, retirement, social care provision, benefits;
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 47(3/4), 2006, pp.63-82.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
... retirement age. This article presents the results of a study that investigated the postretirement earnings, relative to the preretirement earnings, of women and minorities in the United States, and compared the results with those for men and whites. The major finding, based on regression analyses, was that women's postretirement earnings, relative to their preretirement earnings, were greater than those
As the social security program in the United States comes under increasing financial pressure in the coming decades, the federal government will encourage elderly people to continue to work. There is public concern about how women and minorities will fare economically in this changing policy environment, and whether women and minorities will be able to keep earning money after they reach retirement age. This article presents the results of a study that investigated the postretirement earnings, relative to the preretirement earnings, of women and minorities in the United States, and compared the results with those for men and whites. The major finding, based on regression analyses, was that women's postretirement earnings, relative to their preretirement earnings, were greater than those of men. Furthermore, the regression results indicate that nonwhites' postretirement earnings could not be predicted by their preretirement earnings or by any of the independent variables used in the study, including age, gender, education, marital status, number of children, occupation, and preretirement earnings. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Subject terms:
older people, retirement, wages, women, black and minority ethnic people, employment, ethnicity, gender;