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Never say die [sound recording] : [the myth and marketing of the new old age]
Jacoby, Susan
Adult Fiction HQ1064.U5 J324 2011b
From Publishers' Weekly:
"I am about to present a portrait of advanced old age," Jacoby (The Age of American Unreason) warns, "that some will find too pessimistic and negative." Her portrait of the emotional, physical, fiscal, and mental problems debunks popular myths about life in our 80s and 90s, "the worst years of [our] lives." Jacoby locates American youth culture from colonial days, when, in 1790, "only about 2 percent were over sixty-five." By 2000, those over 65 were 12.4%, thanks to modern medicine and the benefits to well-being coincident to the economic prosperity of the 1950s and '60s. Jacoby cautions that marketing has deceived the public by suggesting that "cures for mankind's most serious and frightening diseases are imminent and that medical reversal or significant retardation of aging itself may not be far behind." As she attends to the "genuine battles of growing old," Jacoby is both moving and informative about Alzheimer's costs to the psyche and the purse of sufferer and caretaker, and eye-opening as she reframes impoverished old women as "a women's issue." She raises timely and "uncomfortable questions about old age poverty, the likelihood of dementia, end-of-life care, living wills, and assisted suicide." (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal:
It has been said that old age is not for sissies. Independent scholar/best-selling author Jacoby (The Age of American Unreason) concurs, providing ample reasons why we should, too. Taking a social, economic, and historical view of longevity, she tackles issues including medical care, housing, death and dying, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, and the myth of the "greedy geezers," i.e., the elderly who are perceived to place demands on government and social services to the detriment of the next generation. This is not a cheerful book, but it is an important one, read with distinction and authority by Laurel Merlington; recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/10.-Ed.]-Nann Blaine -Hilyard, Zion-Benton P.L., IL (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Jacoby, Susan
Adult Fiction HQ1064.U5 J324 2011b
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From Publishers' Weekly:
"I am about to present a portrait of advanced old age," Jacoby (The Age of American Unreason) warns, "that some will find too pessimistic and negative." Her portrait of the emotional, physical, fiscal, and mental problems debunks popular myths about life in our 80s and 90s, "the worst years of [our] lives." Jacoby locates American youth culture from colonial days, when, in 1790, "only about 2 percent were over sixty-five." By 2000, those over 65 were 12.4%, thanks to modern medicine and the benefits to well-being coincident to the economic prosperity of the 1950s and '60s. Jacoby cautions that marketing has deceived the public by suggesting that "cures for mankind's most serious and frightening diseases are imminent and that medical reversal or significant retardation of aging itself may not be far behind." As she attends to the "genuine battles of growing old," Jacoby is both moving and informative about Alzheimer's costs to the psyche and the purse of sufferer and caretaker, and eye-opening as she reframes impoverished old women as "a women's issue." She raises timely and "uncomfortable questions about old age poverty, the likelihood of dementia, end-of-life care, living wills, and assisted suicide." (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal:
It has been said that old age is not for sissies. Independent scholar/best-selling author Jacoby (The Age of American Unreason) concurs, providing ample reasons why we should, too. Taking a social, economic, and historical view of longevity, she tackles issues including medical care, housing, death and dying, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, and the myth of the "greedy geezers," i.e., the elderly who are perceived to place demands on government and social services to the detriment of the next generation. This is not a cheerful book, but it is an important one, read with distinction and authority by Laurel Merlington; recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/10.-Ed.]-Nann Blaine -Hilyard, Zion-Benton P.L., IL (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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