This book describes the current state of the healthcare system in the United States and nursing homes in particular. It talks in detail about how multitudes of elderly individuals are warehoused in many nursing homes. These victims are largely abandoned by their families as they try to cope with end of life issues including loneliness and oftentimes, neglect and abuse by their caregivers. The book also comments on how societies generally glorify youth and demonize old age. The overriding message is that life is fleeting and that those of us who achieve old age should be lauded and highly valued for our knowledge and experiences and treated with reverence, rather than being despised or discarded. Most of us who are young, strong, and vibrant now will, one day, become old and frail. How we want to be treated is how we need to treat others.
