memoir; aging; old age; feminist memoirs; gen x; baby boomers; gerontology; geriatrics; biographies and memoirs of women; women’s health; ageism; aging studies; nursing home; life at the end; health care providers; social services; physicians; nurses; Being Mortal; Atul Guwande; May Sarton; Joan Baez; Jane Hodgson; Arthur C. Parker; Gene Cohen; Isaac Bashevis Singer