Golden Years?: Social Inequality in Later Life

by Deborah Carr

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling relationships. But there are also millions of people over 65 who struggle with poverty, chronic illness, unsafe housing, social isolation, and mistreatment by their caretakers. What accounts for these disparities among older adults? Sociologist Deborah Carr's Golden Years?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871540347
• ISBN13: 9780871540348
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"