O'Grady-LeShane R
Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, McGuinn Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167.
Soc Work. 1990 Sep;35(5):422-4.
The popular perception of the financially secure economic status of elders, referred to as the "greening of the aged," does not reflect the reality faced by many older women. Older women's economic positions depend largely on marital status. Women who are widowed and other women living alone are among the most poor. Cuts in Social Security benefits, viewed by some policymakers as a possible solution to the problem of the federal budget deficit, would exacerbate the poverty of older women who rely on Social Security as their main source of income. Social workers concerned with poverty among older women must ensure that older women's interests are not sacrificed to resolve the federal deficit.
人们普遍认为老年人经济状况稳定，即所谓的“老年人口袋变鼓”，但这并未反映出许多老年女性所面临的现实情况。老年女性的经济地位很大程度上取决于婚姻状况。丧偶女性和其他独居女性是最贫困的群体之一。一些政策制定者认为削减社会保障福利是解决联邦预算赤字问题的一个可能办法，但这将加剧那些依靠社会保障作为主要收入来源的老年女性的贫困状况。关注老年女性贫困问题的社会工作者必须确保老年女性的利益不会为解决联邦赤字问题而被牺牲。
