1st Edition

Risking Old Age In America

By Richard J. Margolis Copyright 1990
202 Pages
by Routledge

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