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old age than our generation is currently having. After all, we produced the Baby Boomers who are running our country but who, too, are beginning to grow old and sick.
It is time for today’s elders to describe publicly their personal experiences as they seek good health care, appropriate housing and social networks. Many caregivers do their best to advocate for us, but we need to speak for ourselves. We, the consumers, must push society to reform the eldercare system.
I am one old woman speaking up.
Working to make the world better for our children – isn’t that what loving mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts are supposed to do?
*Special thanks to Imogene Higbie for contributing to this chapter with these reflections on her own nursing home experience. The authors thank her for communicating her experience as a way to advocate for millions of others who share her story.
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