A long time coming : essays on old age
Joosten, Melanie2016
Book
A powerful collection of essays exploring what it means to grow old in our youth-obsessed world.To live a long life should be a joy; to be old should not be a burden.With improved health care and higher standards of living, each generation is living longer than the last. Governments see our ageing population as an imminent disaster, and old age as a medical problem. We are encouraged to remain active, stay healthy, and work longer - in short, to refuse becoming old. But if living longer is really about staying young, do we risk turning a blind eye to issues facing the elderly?Weaving interviews with research and memoir, Joosten undertakes a timely and clear-sighted investigation into the housing crisis as it affects older people, the politics of nursing-home care, the difficulties of dementia, support services for Indigenous Australians, and how the burden of caring for others can fall disproportionately on women.
Main title:
A long time coming : essays on old age / Melanie Joosten.
Author:
Joosten, Melanie, author
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xiii, 232 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230)
ISBN:
97819253213719781925307504 (invalid)
Dewey class:
305.26
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
312360