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.