1st Edition

Risking Old Age In America

By Richard J. Margolis Copyright 1990
    202 Pages
    by Routledge

    202 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1990. Research into the provison made for the 30 million Americans, aged sixty-five and up, whom society calls "old."

    Prologue -- Introduction The Civic Heart -- The Search for Security -- Income: A Tale of Two Programs -- Health: The Gift Repossessed -- Shelter: Bring Us to This Hovel -- The Struggle for Independence -- Home Care: The Dream Deferred -- A Personal History -- Exile: The Perils of Institutionalization -- Epilogue

    Biography

    R. J Margolis