Word: timmermann
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...This now affects many more families," reports Donna Wagner, a professor of gerontology at Towson University in Maryland. "Being a caregiver is becoming normative in the work force." It is also becoming even more common among nonworking spouses, who have traditionally taken this role. Sandra Timmermann, a gerontologist at MetLife's Mature Market Institute, notes that 75% of caregivers are women: "Often just as women are ready to break out with their own careers, an elderly parent's needs intervene. It leaves the marriage in the lurch...