This is a book about nursing homes and aging. It is an attempt by this author to expose some of his observations and his personal experiences in a variety of assisted living home environments. Mr. Miller, as both a floor nurse and a teacher, has been an eager observer of the care that is disseminated in a variety of nursing homes. His book describes in information a number of vibrant accounts of inadequate, reckless, negligent, and abusive care he has witnessed in a few of those nursing houses. The author cites such examples as continuous staffing lacks, an inadequate pay scale, a high turn-over rate, mandated overtime, very high task stress, physically and mentally requiring work, and an intrinsic threat of disease transmission as the leading causes of an absence of appropriate care. Not only do numerous retirement home locals get sub-standard care, however countless members of our elderly population ended up being increasingly pushed away from the mainstream. The view of the senior is, to a great level, that they are much less efficient then the rest of us and for that reason, less important members of this society. Our popular culture glamorizes youth and demonizes aging. There is a cultural antipathy toward aging in this country and as an outcome, many folks feel pressured to do whatever they can to try to decrease the process. The author likewise broaches end of life issues. There are 2 opposing forces, he mentions. On the one hand is medical innovation and on the other is the view that the cessation of lifestyle is related with the end of life. Mr. Miller portrays and general societal dereliction of duty in caring for the elderly. Numerous elderly find themselves at the end of their lives dealing with solitude, no support system, and desertion by family and friends. The author questions who will look after any of us when our time of needs comes.
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