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My book, Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Old Age and the World of Eldercare is a meditation on the intersection of my professional life as a psychologist in nursing homes and my own caregiving to my frail, elderly parents. I work both sides of the street with the personal meeting the professional, the health-care provider as health-care consumer.

In my book, I also move from the anecdotal to the general, and consider these questions.

• - Do our elderly need to be insitutionalized in places that look and feel like junior hospitals-hospital-lite?
• - Why does the government spend $70,000 to keep a patient in a nursing home while declining to spend only $30,000 for an often more appropriate, more home-like assisted living center?

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Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection, Podcast

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Penguin Is Celebrating All Things Irish

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all! Hooray Ireland & all things Irish.

The literature of Ireland has a long and fascinating history. But what's hot NOW in Irish lit? Here's a selection of new releases from Penguin related to Ireland!

With the limerick challenge in full swing and the office wearing green, we're really starting to feel the spirit. Stay tuned to the Penguin Blog for more of our week-long celebration of the Irish!

St. Patty's in the City

Some Irish folk have brown or red hair
Some poor Irish fellas have no hair
But come St. Patty's Day in the city
All types come together to sing a ditty
And drink Guinness until they don' care

Posted by: Julie Schaeffer, Online Content Coordinator