Women's Financial Planning for Retirement: the Impact of Disruptive Life Events

Overview

Journal J Women Aging

Publisher Routledge

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2005 Mar 22

PMID 15778168

Citations 3

Authors

Nancy A Orel

Ruth A Ford

Charlene Brock

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Abstract

Providing care for an aged parent has immediate financial, emotional, psychological, and physical consequences for the primary caregiver. This pilot study of 138 middle aged and older females analyzes the long term financial consequences of providing care to aged relatives for female caregivers. The impact of this disruptive life event (e.g., caring for an aged relative) on retirement planning among middle aged and older adult women was analyzed using quantitative data collected from women residing in the Midwest region of the United States.

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