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Area 4 desperately needs a teen center, neighborhood activists testified. Quoting the 1980 census, they said it has the lowest family income in the city and the largest number of female-headed single-parent house-holds, with 28 percent of its population below the poverty level...
...supported by opinion polls, which reveal that most children are grateful for Social Security because it relieves them of some of the responsibility for taking care of their elders. Some, but not all. Financial responsibility is only one of several kinds, and perhaps not the most burdensome. An ailing parent, even in a distant city, can take an emotional toll on adult children. In many cases the parent may be living in the same town -- or the same house. Already, says Fordham's Marjorie Cantor, former president of the Gerontological Society, "the family is the major source of support...
...signs of interdependence and cooperation encourage policymakers, who agree that a family is a far better source of compassion than a federal agency, however well funded. With that in mind, some politicians are urging that Congress consider tax breaks for families responsible for the care of an elderly parent. Others are lobbying for a broader national health plan that would provide care for the young and old alike...
...valued employees who might otherwise quit. Travelers Corp. has offered lunchtime support groups, flextime hours and an information fair for employees to meet with social service experts. PepsiCo provides seminars and a handbook on care of the elderly. Remington Products Inc., of Bridgeport, Conn., pays half the cost of parent sitters who can take over for employees on evenings and weekends...
...long and how well one lives, of course, depend in part on heredity. The chances of blowing out 85 candles go up 5% with each parent or grandparent who has passed that milestone. A family history of certain ailments, such as breast or colon cancer, heart disease, depression or alcoholism, extends the risk of developing such problems. Increasingly, though, researchers believe personal habits and environmental influences may hold the key to why some people are more "successful" at aging than are others. "You find a tremendous variability between individuals," observes Rowe. "The older people become, the less alike they become...