A Long Time Coming: Essays on Ageing
Author(s): Melanie Joosten
"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 Comingis a call for empathy in a society that valorises youth and self-reliance - a profound reminder that everyone has the right to be old."
Product Information
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General Fields
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- : Scribe Publications
- : Scribe Publications
- : 0.272
- : 01 February 2016
- : 210mm X 145mm X 20mm
- : Australia
- : 01 June 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : Melanie Joosten
- : Paperback
- : 616
- : 305.26
- : 256