Aging Out An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old
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Title: Aging Out An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old
Author: Lucy Schiller
Category: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gerontology, Family & Relationships, Aging, Eldercare, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
Language: English | 272 Pages | ISBN: 9781250344533
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A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America
"Schiller unpacks a complicated subject with curiosity and empathy...[A] deeply human portrayal of what it means to get older in a society unprepared to care for its most vulnerable."—Publishers Weekly
Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during the height of the COVID pandemic, when too many people saw elderly deaths not as tragedies but as foregone conclusions.
Like many of us, Lucy Schiller experienced this callousness firsthand when her grandmother passed away during the pandemic. In the wake of this trauma, propelled by equal parts grief and curiosity about her own fear of aging, Schiller embarked on an investigative journey to understand why the prospect of aging is so frightening and how...
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A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America
"Schiller unpacks a complicated subject with curiosity and empathy...[A] deeply human portrayal of what it means to get older in a society unprepared to care for its most vulnerable."—Publishers Weekly
Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during the height of the COVID pandemic, when too many people saw elderly deaths not as tragedies but as foregone conclusions.
Like many of us, Lucy Schiller experienced this callousness firsthand when her grandmother passed away during the pandemic. In the wake of this trauma, propelled by equal parts grief and curiosity about her own fear of aging, Schiller embarked on an investigative journey to understand why the prospect of aging is so frightening and how...
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