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Area of Expertise: Caregiving and the Care Economy
Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 40: The Demography of Dementia and Dementia Caregiving
Dementia is one of the nation’s most expensive old-age health conditions and the most time consuming for family caregivers.
The Demography of Dementia and Dementia Caregiving
Dementia is one of the nation’s most expensive old-age health conditions and the most time consuming for family caregivers.
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By Julia Greene
Counting Women’s Work: Time Use, Policy, and Economic Growth
Women’s time spent performing unpaid care work provides the foundation for healthy market economies. However, economic measures of national income only account for paid work and do not account for time women spend performing unpaid care and household services.
The U.S. Population Is Growing Older, and the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy Is Narrowing
The current growth of the population ages 65 and older is unprecedented in U.S. history and has important implications for policymakers.
Aging and Health in China: What Can We Learn From the World’s Largest Population of Older People?
The United Nations projects that there will be 366 million older Chinese adults by 2050, which is substantially larger than the current total U.S. population of 331 million.
Rien n’est tabou!
Elle souligne comment les leaders religieux peuvent se servir de leur influence de manière positive pour condamner les pratiques de mariage d’enfants et de mutilations génitales féminines.
Childhood Trauma Has Lifelong Health Consequences for Women
Women who experienced childhood adversity are more likely to have their first child early or outside of marriage, face a greater risk of cancer than men, and are particularly vulnerable to health impacts when they are lower income.
Which Country Has the Oldest Population? It Depends on How You Define ‘Old.’
(2019) Japan, Italy, and Germany top the list of the world’s oldest countries—if the data are based on the share of the population ages 65 and older.