The Tragedy of Old Age in America

安居乐业

What is it like to be old in the United States?What will our own lives be like when we are old ?Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends.Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle. Though we  have begun to examine the socially taboo subjects of dying and death, we have leaped over that long period of time preceding death known as old age .In truth ,it is easier to manage the proble of death than the problem of living as and old  person. Death is a dramatic one-time crisis while old age is a day -by -day  and year -by -year confrontation with powerful external and internal forces ,a bittersweet coming to terms with ones own personality and ones life

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