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| http://www2.asanet.org/journals/asr/abstracts.html
Beller argues that studies of how fathers influence their children’s future financial success tell only half the story. |
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| Financial experts comment, focusing on investment risk, but also emphasizing the importance of understanding the big picture concerning both family finances more broadly and also issues beyond just the financial ones in college planning. |
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| http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2009/00000050/00000003/art00007
Both the divorced and widowed who do not remarry show worse health than the currently married on all dimensions. Dimensions of health that seem to develop slowly show strong effects of past marital disruption, whereas others seem more sensitive to current marital status. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/231
This article presents an analysis of qualitative data from an exploratory study involving 20 married couples residing in assisted living facilities. Analysis considers couples' pathways and responses to assisted living. |
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| http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2008/00000049/00000003/art00001
The authors find that the old bromide that married people are healthier than unmarried people still tends to be true for women, and that divorced and separated women are particularly susceptible. But the health gap between married and unmarried men is closing. |
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| http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2009/00000050/00000004/art00006
Russell's study reveals that older people living with a spouse are less lonely than those living with children or extended family, and that this difference is magnified for elders with disabilities. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2009-13203-009&CFID=4680849&CFTOKEN=80919089
The authors discovered that in marital conversations, older couples used more “we” pronouns that younger couples, and that this phenomenon related to other positive aspects of the relationship as reflected in the conversation. This suggests a ready indicator of marital relationship quality. |
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| Stolz interviews several experienced planners concerning marital disagreements over financial issues. |
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| Vanarelli explains and promotes the concept of elder mediation. |
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| The authors find that, for women, being older, having fewer children, remarriage, and higher levels of education all help reduce the income gap between divorced spouses. |
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| Grote, along with several experienced financial planners, offers advice about starting the family conversation, coordinating care, providing long-term financing, advance directives, and how planners should be compensated for these services. |
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| http://www.aiflp.org/pdfs/IntegrativeAdviserNo0201.pdf
Nemzoff and Weiss discuss the potential problems and some useful approaches for older parents to use in dicussing their own finances, and potential financial legacies, with their adult children. |
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| Timmerman suggests that, with the economy in a meltdown and today’s parents confronting the high cost of day care, coupled with heightened concerns about bringing an unknown person into their homes to care for the children, the idea of Grandma moving in with the family may make a comeback. |
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| http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/64B/1/24, Free
Cicirelli measures the extent to which depressive feelings in old age relate to the death of siblings and the closeness of sibling relationships. |
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| The authors compare mixes of equities and bonds with different rebalancing strategies, but find that using an equity portfolio with a fixed annuity component provides the best chance of sustaining withdrawal rates. |
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| Neiser discusses the financial, mental, and cultural lack of preparation for retirement among “at-risk” Americans – i.e., households earning $30-100 thousand annually. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/1/21
The authors studied European workers to test causes and effects of workplace stress. Time pressure produced stress in workers of all ages, but only older workers were also notably sensitive to autonomy and schedule flexibility issues. |
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| Toolson and Craig analyze how this question can be answered in light of potential future increases in federal tax rates. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/6/816
The authors conclude that common assumptions about the links between religious identification, beliefs, practices, and communal solidarity need to be reassessed, based on their results. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2008-12151-002
The authors' study suggests that Asians and Asian-Americans are significantly less likely to use social support networks in dealing with problems. |
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| http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=52289
This special supplement presents nine articles dealing with issues relating to medical care for Hispanic-Americans |
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| http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/6/772
Rosario and DeRienzis find that although familism (relying on traditionally accepted family role as-signments) is culturally and socially popular, traditional beliefs in the care-giving role can lead to negative psychological consequences for African American women caregivers. |
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| http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/64B/1/87, Free
The authors confirm and expand on previous reports that African Americans tend to self-report distinctly lower quality of health than white people do, given the same levels of objective health and socio-economic status. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/5/568
This study examines satisfaction with care for African-American and white family caregivers of assisted living (adult care and family care homes) residents, finding that predictors of satisfaction differ by race. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/6/847
The authors suggest that a community-based physical activity program benefits sedentary, racially, and ethnically diverse older adults by coupling a behavioral change support group and fitness classes. |
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