With the increased pressure on women to stay in the workforce until the age of 67 (pensionable age), whether they are in good health or not, means women have less time to spend with their families, that is of course if the families want to have anything to do with them! The other problem is that as they age, they become less "employable" - a conundrum of the highest order.
The pressure is even more intolerable when the 50 and 60 year olds have parents to look after as well as children and grand-children. And this is not so unusual, in this day and age. They are in the centre of a struggle and they are tossed from pillar to post in trying to be the best for everyone in the family. Something has to "give" for these women and it seems they will have far more problem during their growing older years, than just dealing with aging. They'll be worn out physically and emotionally before they even get to the stage of working out what they must do for their own "older" years.
© Rosemary Parry-Brock, "growing older and getting "old" - is it all "down hill"? - some of the anxieties and fears" (now available in a printed booklet - contact the author)
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