Contemporary old age is fraught with contradiction and complexity--Women portrayed either as incompetent and cuddly grandmothers or as young Women trapped in old bodies, images that rarely reflect how Women actually see themselves.
She has published widely in academic journals and books, is co-author of the recent work, Ethics, Aging, and Society: The Critical Turn, written with two Loyola colleagues and the co-editor of several books, including Ethics in Community-Based Elder Care..
For many years she was the associate director of the American Society on Aging and a Research Scholar at the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics.
She also works on long-term care policy at the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group in Chicago.
At Loyola University, she has taught health care ethics while at the University of Chicago she teaches aging and health policy.
Women in Late Life expl About the Author: Martha Holstein has spent forty-one years working in the field of aging both in the community and in academia.
Contemporary old age is fraught with contradiction and complexity--Women portrayed either as incompetent and cuddly grandmothers or as young Women trapped in old bodies, images that rarely reflect how Women actually see themselves
