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Editor's Introduction: Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Implications

This volume addresses challenges of aging on families in the United States. It begins with an overview of the economic status of aging families in the U.S., then focuses primarily on two different roles that elderly family members are likely to play should contemporary aspects of family life continue over the next several decades: the formidable demands they create on caregivers and the beneficent supply of parenting resources they make available for needy grandchildren. In the first article, Kutza examines factors that influence the economic status of families with aging household members. She pays particular attention to economic trends, public and private income maintenance policies, and marital and family relations. Although the impact of these factors on today’s retirees has been mostly positive, Kutza identifies current trends that signify a retreat from the strong economic gains made by the elderly over the past 50 years. She highlights how changes in family structure and composition are likely to affect the economic status of Baby Boomers in retirement. Kutza concludes concerns about contemporary efforts to shift more responsibility from public initiatives and programs designed to minimize the prospect of aging persons falling into poverty to individuals. The remaining articles fall