Nasty, Brutish, and Long
Author: Rosofsky, Ira
ISBN: 9781583333778
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 02 Mar 2010
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Read Ira Rosofsky's posts on the Penguin Blog/b>br>br>b> A candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare /b> br>br> In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Life is a succession of pokes and prods, medications, TV, bingo, and, possibly, talking to Ira Rosofsky. With a compassionate eye but mordant wit, Rosofsky, a psychologist charged with gauging the mental health of his elders, reveals a culture based not in the empathy of caretaking, but rather in the coolly detached bureaucracy of Medicare and Medicaid. br>br> A portrayal of what is increasingly becoming the last slice of life for many, i>Nasty, Brutish, and Long/i> is also a baby boomer's poignant meditation on mortality, a reflection on his caregiving for his parents' final days, and an examination of the choices that we, as a society, have made about health care for the elderly who are no longer of sound mind and body.
ISBN: 9781583333778
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 02 Mar 2010
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Read Ira Rosofsky's posts on the Penguin Blog/b>br>br>b> A candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare /b> br>br> In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Life is a succession of pokes and prods, medications, TV, bingo, and, possibly, talking to Ira Rosofsky. With a compassionate eye but mordant wit, Rosofsky, a psychologist charged with gauging the mental health of his elders, reveals a culture based not in the empathy of caretaking, but rather in the coolly detached bureaucracy of Medicare and Medicaid. br>br> A portrayal of what is increasingly becoming the last slice of life for many, i>Nasty, Brutish, and Long/i> is also a baby boomer's poignant meditation on mortality, a reflection on his caregiving for his parents' final days, and an examination of the choices that we, as a society, have made about health care for the elderly who are no longer of sound mind and body.
