Shortcuts
Please wait while page loads.
X
PageMenu- Searching:-
Page content

Catalogue Display

A long time coming: Essays on Ageing. Melanie Joosten.

A long time coming: Essays on Ageing. Melanie Joosten.
long time coming
A powerful collection of essays exploring what it means to grow old in our youth-obsessed worldTo 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 Coming is a call for empathy in a society that valorises youth and self-reliance—a profound reminder that everyone has the right to be old. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 374 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB).

Reserve Title Catalogue Record 543110
Catalogue Information
Field name Details
Record Number 543110
ISBN 9781925307504 (electronic bk)
Author Joosten, Melanie
Title A long time coming Essays on Ageing. Melanie Joosten.
Publication details Brunswick : Scribe Publications, 2016.
Pagination etc. 1 online resource
Summary Note A powerful collection of essays exploring what it means to grow old in our youth-obsessed worldTo 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 Coming is a call for empathy in a society that valorises youth and self-reliance—a profound reminder that everyone has the right to be old.
Subject Nonfiction
Literary Criticism
Electronic books
Internet Site Click to access digital title.
See Also http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/3268-1/%7BBC91298C-816B-4F61-9778-B6A4E0615D69%7DImg100.jpg
See Also http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-200/3268-1/%7BBC91298C-816B-4F61-9778-B6A4E0615D69%7DImg200.jpg
See Also http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bc91298c-816b-4f61-9778-b6a4e0615d69&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
Links to Related Works
Subject References:
Authors:
.
Add Title to Basket Catalogue Record 543110
.
Catalogue Information 543110 Beginning of record . Catalogue Information 543110 Top of page .

Reviews


This item has not been rated.    Add a Review and/or Rating543110