The age of dignity
Subtitle: preparing for the elder boom in a changing America
By: Ai-jen Poo, with Ariane Conrad
Publisher: The New Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781620970386
Subjects: Older people; Services for; Nursing home care; Population aging; Care
Description: 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 of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as the author argues, will generate millions of new jobs and breath new life into our national ideals of independence, justice, and dignity. This groundbreaking new book from the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance offers bold solutions, such as long-term care insurance and cultural change to get all of us to value care, which is already at the heart of a movement transforming what it means to grow old in the United States. At the intersection of our aging population, the fraying safety net, and opportunities for women and immigrants in the workforce, this work maps an integrated set of solutions to address America's new demographic and economic realities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Caring across generations; title: A Changing America Needs Care. The elder boom ; The sandwich generation ; The caring professionals.; title: Care at the Crossroads. Waking the caring majority ; A policy of caring.; title: Life in the care grid; title: Government programs related to aging and care; title: Resources for families; title: Ways to get involved.