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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787250603321

Autore

Poo Ai-jen

Titolo

The age of dignity : preparing for the elder boom in a changing America / / Ai-jen Poo ; with Ariane Conrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : The New Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-62097-046-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

361.60973

Soggetti

Older people - Care - United States

Older people - Nursing home care - United States

Older people - Services for - United States

Population aging - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; PART I; 1 THE ELDER BOOM; 2 THE SANDWICH GENERATION; 3 THE CARING PROFESSIONALS; PART II; 4 WAKING THE CARING MAJORITY; 5 A POLICY OF CARING; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; NOTES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sommario/riassunto

By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as Ai-Jen Poo convincingly argues, will generate millions of new jobs and breath new life into our national ideals of independence, justice, and dignity.This groundbreaking new book from the director of the