Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Old Age and the World of Eldercare
by Ira Rosofsky (9781583333365)

A coming of old-age story.
In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. No matter how exciting or mundane their lives, theyare now occupying a hospital-style roomaa public space where you canat lock your door and strangers come and go. Life is a succession of pokes and prods, medications, TV, bingo, and, possibly, talking to Ira Rosofsky.
"Nasty, Brutish, and Long" is a candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare. 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.
A portrayal of what is increasingly becoming the last slice of life for many, "Nasty, Brutish, and Long" is also a baby boomeras poignant meditation on mortality, a reflection on his caregiving for his parentsa final days, and an examination of the choices that we, as a society, have made about healthcare for the elderly who are no longer of sound mind and body.

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