Golden Years? Social Inequities in Old Age

A Talk by Deborah Carr

The Coronavirus crisis has cast light on the challenges of growing old, including social isolation, and vulnerability to illness. Yet not all older adults are equally vulnerable – old age poses particular challenges for those who have experienced financial insecurity throughout their lives. Professor Deborah Carr discusses how social and economic disadvantage undermines well-being throughout the life course, and especially in old age.

About our speaker:

Deborah Carr is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Boston University and Author of Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life. She has published widely on health and well-being over the life course, with an emphasis on old age. Her latest work focuses on end-of-life issues, disability-related discrimination, and grief and bereavement. She is editor-in-chief of Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and serves as principal investigator or advisor to large national studies of aging, including Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and chair of the Medical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.

Open to students, faculty and alumni.

This lecture and discussion will be hosted on Zoom, and can be launched by clicking the registration link. (If prompted, enter Meeting ID: 305 912 765, followed by Password: 1p5KWz.)

When 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Location https://zoom.us/j/305912765?pwd=REhRWnk5czlXMFpNRjhwSUdhcE1VUT09
Contact Email alumni@bu.edu