Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

by John T. McFadden and Susan H. McFadden

Book Overview

Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age--roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population. Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorizing elders based on their cognitive consciousness,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801899869
• ISBN13: 9780801899867
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"