Muriel R. Gillick

A specialist in elder care, Dr. Muriel Gillick examines the complications of lives lived far longer than ever before. This book aims to help the frail elderly and their families cope with the often unforeseen dilemmas of aging: the most common chronic ailments, the acute problems, and their impact on living options. Tracing the stories of four people, Dr. Gillick highlights the various challenges and decisions that arise when frailty develops and discusses the importance of prevention and show more social responsibility in assessing, treating, and living with frailty. show less

Nary a mention of Ray Kurzweil here, but there is quotation of Leon Kass, the religion-addled head of Shrubbish's Bioethics Council. Mostly it's an Americentric collection of long, dreary anecdotes about such things as nursing homes and Medicare.