Older Women in Poverty

Non-Fiction: Books
Written By Amanda Barusch

  • Title – Older Women in Poverty

  • Subtitle – Private Lives and Public Policies

  • Author – Amanda S. Barusch

  • Genre – Social Work

  • Type – Book

  • Publication Date – January 1, 1994

  • Publisher – Springer Pub Co

  • Medium – Hardcover

  • Available at – Amazon

  • Link – https://a.co/d/eznew0p

  • Synopsis – University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Gerontological study of the socioeconomic status of elderly women. Includes a chapter on health and health care. Based on interviews with sixty-two low-income older U.S. women. For gerontologists, public policy officials, or social workers.

  • Endorsements:

    • "Excellent illustrations of the impact of poverty on issues such as self-concept, coping skills, caregiving, and cognitive responses of women born or drawn into poverty ... the book extends the research toward an action agenda that is both informed and creative."

      —Rosario Torres Raines, Texas A&M, writing for the Journal of Applied Gerontology.

The cover of the book titled "Older Women in Poverty: Private Lives and Public Policies" by Amanda S. Barusch, available on Amazon, published by Springer Publishing Company.
Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this rapidly changing world.

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