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Implications of welfare reform on the elderly
— a case study of provider, advocate, and consumer perspectives | | Author(s) | Carroll L Estes, Sheryl Goldberg, Chris Wellin |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 18, no 1, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 41-64 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Grandparents as carers ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Whereas many studies of welfare reform have focused on effects on children and families, little research has examined the implications of welfare reform for older people. This case study incorporates interviews with service providers for the ageing, members of advocacy organisations, and two focus groups of older consumers conducted in the multi-ethnic urban community of San Francisco. Study findings suggest that welfare reform has had both direct and indirect effects on older people and their services in the study community. Direct effects derive primarily from changes in the welfare reform legislation that had the effect of undermining both immigrants' eligibility for and claiming of public assistance benefits. Indirect effects on older people include increased child care demands on grandparents. The case study data bear on a significant policy change within the broader trend of devolution as a historical point when anti-immigrant sentiment in the US was running high. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413212 A |
| Classmark | TK: P6:SW: TY: TM2: 69P: 7T |
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