The Denial of Aging : : Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life, and Other Dangerous Fantasies / / Muriel R. Gillick.
You've argued politics with your aunt since high school, but failing eyesight now prevents her from keeping current with the newspaper. Your mother fractured her hip last year and is confined to a wheelchair. Your father has Alzheimer's and only occasionally recognizes you. Someday, as Mur...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prelude
- 1. An Ounce of Prevention?
- 2. When Less Is More
- 3. Doing the Right Thing Near the End
- 4. The Trouble with Medicare
- 5. Is a Nursing Home in Your Future?
- 6. Assisted Living: Boon or Boondoggle?
- 7. The Lure of Immortality
- 8. Making the Most of the Retirement Years
- Finale
- Appendix: Resources and References
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index