The age of dignity : preparing for the elder boom in a changing America

By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process...

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Auteurs principaux : Poo Ai-jen (Auteur), Conrad Ariane (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The age of dignity : preparing for the elder boom in a changing America / Ai-jen Poo, with Ariane Conrad
Publié : New York : The New Press , copyright 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (229 p.)
Contenu : Caring across generations. The elder boom. The sandwich generation. The caring professionals. Waking the caring majority. A policy of caring. Life in the care grid
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