A Long Time Coming: Essays On Ageing

Author: Melanie Joosten

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  • : 27.99 AUD
  • : 9781925321371
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  • : February 2016
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  • : Australia
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"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."

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