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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poo, Ai-jen, author.

Conrad, Ariane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care--United States.

Older people.

Older people--Nursing home care--United States.

Older people--Services for--United States.

Population aging--United States.

Population aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2015.

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781620970461

1620970465

OCLC:

897069638