{"product_id":"making-gray-gold-narratives-of-nursing-home-care-paperback","title":"Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a society in which some two million people live in 16,000 nursing homes, with their numbers escalating daily, this thought-provoking work demands immediate and widespread attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[An] unnerving portrait of what it's like to work and live in a nursing home. . . . By giving voice to so many unheard residents and workers Diamond has performed an important service for us all.\"-Diane Cole, \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With \u003ci\u003eMaking Gray Gold\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy Diamond describes the commodification of long-term care in the most vivid representation in a decade of round-the-clock institutional life. . . . A personal addition to the troublingly impersonal national debate over healthcare reform.\"-Madonna Harrington Meyer, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.94 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47707517780216,"sku":"9780226144740","price":61.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/WTNZOVRsTjdDNzVRam05cUlHZDRmdz09.webp?v=1766595335","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/making-gray-gold-narratives-of-nursing-home-care-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}