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A Long Time Coming
Melanie Joosten
其他書名
Essays on Old Age
出版ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited, 2016-06-13
主題Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Later YearsLiterary Collections / EssaysPsychology / Developmental / Adulthood & AgingSocial Science / Discrimination
ISBN15252255539781525225550
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tqpMvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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. Moving, passionate, and urgent, A Long Time Coming is a call for empathy in a society that valorises youth and self-reliance-a profound reminder that everyone has the right to be old.