Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care

by Timothy Diamond

Book Overview

This first hand report on the work of nurses and other caregivers in a nursing home is set powerfully in the context of wider political, economic, and cultural forces that shape and constrain the quality of care for America's elderly. Diamond demonstrates in a compelling way the price that business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for them.

In a society in which some two million people live...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226144739
• ISBN13: 9780226144733
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

More than a collection of stories

I was assigned this book as part of my college course curriculum (in an anthropology of aging class) and it's the only "textbook" I have held onto since graduating 4 years ago. Timothy Diamond blends a wonderful collage; weaving the life stories of the elderly and their caregivers along with proffering sage advice and caution about the state nursing homes in America. This is more than a book, it's a call to action.