Washington Post series on aging
Posted January 31st, 2008 by Tara Murray in Aging, Crime, Law, and Justice, Families, Labor ForceThe January 27 Washington Post featured a 3-part series on aging. (Free registration is required to view the WP articles.)
In No Country for Old People? Marc Freedman discusses “encore careers” for baby boomers. Freedman has also written a book, Encore: Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life.
In The New Alone, Elizabeth Marquardt discusses how family configurations (divorce, remarriage, “re-divorce”, single-parent childbearing) affect care in old age. Also see Divorce Foretells Child’s Future Care For Elderly Parent (a news story about Adam Davey’s work) and Marquardt’s book about her work with sociologist Norval Glenn, Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce.
In A Hidden Crime, Marie Therese-Connelly sheds light on elder abuse and our lengthening life spans.
