M t connolly, whos here to talk about her new book, the measure of our age navigating safety, money and meaning later in life in the prolog of her book, empty notes during the previous century, americans gained an average age of an extra 30 years of life. So 80 is the new 50, and there are many more octogenarians nonagenarians enjoying life than ever before are given and technological advance is empty rights. There has never been a better time to be old. This also means that millions more people than ever before need and will continue needing care. Yet current systems focused on caring for the elderly can be baffling and really do vary quite a bit in quality. Aging can be hard m. T observes. Its been made infinitely and unnecessarily harder by our failure to. Build the infrastructure we need to age well now empties. Ames in in the measure of our age she says was to provide a clearer sense for people of where the relevant systems are now and where might be headed in hopes of enabling us
M t connolly, whos here to talk about her new book, the measure of our age navigating safety, money and meaning later in life in the prolog of her book, empty notes during the previous century, americans gained an average age of an extra 30 years of life. So 80 is the new 50, and there are many more octogenarians nonagenarians enjoying life than ever before are given and technological advance is empty rights. There has never been a better time to be old. This also means that millions more people than ever before need and will continue needing care. Yet current systems focused on caring for the elderly can be baffling and really do vary quite a bit in quality. Aging can be hard m. T observes. Its been made infinitely and unnecessarily harder by our failure to. Build the infrastructure we need to age well now empties. Ames in in the measure of our age she says was to provide a clearer sense for people of where the relevant systems are now and where might be headed in hopes of enabling us
Notes during the previous century, americans gained an average age of an extra 30 years of life. So 80 is the new 50, and there are many more octogenarians nonagenarians enjoying life than ever before are given and technological advance is empty rights. There has never been a better time to be old. This also means that millions more people than ever before need and will continue needing care. Yet current systems focused on caring for the elderly can be baffling and really do vary quite a bit in quality. Aging can be hard m. T observes. Its been made infinitely and unnecessarily harder by our failure to. Build the infrastructure we need to age well now empties. Ames in in the measure of our age she says was to provide a clearer sense for people of where the relevant systems are now and where might be headed in hopes of enabling us to forge what she calls a more just gentle and joyful old age for ourselves and for those we care about an empty is herself, especially well qualified to writ
Notes during the previous century, americans gained an average age of an extra 30 years of life. So 80 is the new 50, and there are many more octogenarians nonagenarians enjoying life than ever before are given and technological advance is empty rights. There has never been a better time to be old. This also means that millions more people than ever before need and will continue needing care. Yet current systems focused on caring for the elderly can be baffling and really do vary quite a bit in quality. Aging can be hard m. T observes. Its been made infinitely and unnecessarily harder by our failure to. Build the infrastructure we need to age well now empties. Ames in in the measure of our age she says was to provide a clearer sense for people of where the relevant systems are now and where might be headed in hopes of enabling us to forge what she calls a more just gentle and joyful old age for ourselves and for those we care about an empty is herself, especially well qualified to writ
We’re not ready for old age. Not as individuals, not as a society. That’s the sobering news from lawyer M.T. Connolly, former coordinator of the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative at the U.S. Department of Justice. In her new book, The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life, she outlines how our institutions, laws, and cultural practices have failed to keep up with our amazing advances in longevity over the last century. As a result, many, if not