Most older adults who live at home want to age in place, but they arenβt entirely confident theyβll get to
Upper-income older adults are the most likely to say theyβd prefer to move to assisted living.
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Kim Parker is director of social trends research at Pew Research Center. She oversees research on emerging social and demographic trends, manages major survey projects, and writes and edits reports. Parker was previously the associate director of social and demographic trends researchΒ and the research director for the Center’s political unit.Β Prior to joining Pew Research Center, she worked as a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute. She holds a master’s degree in American government from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College. Parker is an author of studies on a variety of topics includingΒ gender and work, the changing American family, generational change, higher education,Β the Great Recession, the middle class, aging,Β military veteransΒ and Asian Americans. Parker frequently discusses social and demographic trends with journalists and has been interviewed by broadcast outlets such as NPR, NBC, MSNBC and C-SPAN.
