Nasty, Brutish and Long : Adventures in Eldercare

English

ISBN: 1583333770

EAN: 9781583333778

Category: Family & Relationships / Eldercare/Medical / Nursing Home Care/Medical / Long-Term Care/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 06/24/2011

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: Read Ira Rosofskys posts on the Penguin Blog A candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Life is a succession of pokes and prods, medications, TV, bingo, and, possibly, talking to Ira Rosofsky. With a compassionate eye but mordant wit, Rosofsky, a psychologist charged with gauging the mental health of his elders, reveals a culture based not in the empathy of caretaking, but rather in the coolly detached bureaucracy of Medicare and Medicaid. A portrayal of what is increasingly becoming the last slice of life for many, Nasty, Brutish, and Long is also a baby boomers poignant meditation on mortality, a reflection on his caregiving for his parents final days, and an examination of the choices that we, as a society, have made about health care for the elderly who are no longer of sound mind and body.

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Nasty, Brutish and Long : Adventures in Eldercare

Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 5.66 inches

Length: 8.32 inches

Weight: 6.88 oz

Pages: 224