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The age of dignity : preparing for the elder boom in a changing America / Ai-jen Poo, with Ariane Conrad.

by Poo, Ai-jen.

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The New Press, [2014]

Older people -- Care.

Older people -- Nursing home care.

Older people -- Services for.

Aging parents -- Care.

Population aging.

9781620970386 (hc.)

1620970384 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Dignity : preparing for the elder boom in a changing America

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The elder boom -- The sandwich generation -- The caring professionals -- Waking the caring majority -- A policy of caring.

By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double todays 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 Ai-Jen Poo argues, will generate millions of new jobs and breath new life into our national ideals of independence, justice, and dignity. This 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.

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