Nasty, Brutish and Long

Read Ira Rosofsky's posts on the Penguin Blog

A candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare

In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Life is a succession of pokes and prods, medications, TV, bingo, and, possibly, talking to Ira Rosofsky. With a compassionate eye but mordant wit, Rosofsky, a psychologist charged with gauging the mental health of his elders, reveals a culture based not in the empathy of caretaking, but rather in the coolly detached bureaucracy of Medicare and Medicaid.

A portrayal of what is increasingly becoming the last slice of life for many, Nasty, Brutish, and Long is also a baby boomer's poignant meditation on mortality, a reflection on his caregiving for his parents' final days, and an examination of the choices that we, as a society, have made about health care for the elderly who are no longer of sound mind and body.

Cititi postarile lui Ira Rosofsky pe blogul Penguin O privire sincera, umana si improbabil plina de umor asupra lumii ingrijirii persoanelor varstnice In casele de ingrijire medicala din toata tara, membrii celei mai mari generatii isi traiesc ultimele zile. Viata este o succesiune de bataie, medicamente, televizor, bingo si, eventual, vorbind cu Ira Rosofsky.