Chasing Independence : Growing Old in the Shadow of an American Ideal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altomonte, Guillermina.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

How independence works as an unquestioned ideal for aging in America--and why it is never quite realized In twenty-first century America, as people live longer than ever before, it's taken for granted that older adults should be active and self-reliant.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

1. Introduction: A Good Old Age

2. From Nursing Home to Community

3. This Is Not the Place for You

4. Ways of Seeing

5. Independent Enough

6. An Independent Old Self

7. No Place Like Home?

8. Conclusion

Methodological Appendix

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780691253152

OCLC:

1591751920