Ales w/ Authors Featuring Judy Karofsky

Name: Ales w/ Authors Featuring Judy Karofsky
Start: 2025-09-30T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 2927 East Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53704

Schedule

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2927 East Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53704 | Madison, WI

Former Middleton mayor and mother of State Supreme Court Justice, Jill, Judy Karofsky, will join us to talk about her new book, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice.
Karofsky's memoir and call to action is a personal account of the unmet needs of America's aging population which aims to spark discussion about new approaches for family decision makers. There are 30 thousand assisted living facilities in the US, but most are unaffordable for middle class Americans and fraught with staffing deficiencies and mismanagement. Karofsky's experience moving her mother from an age-restricted community in Florida to independent living in Wisconsin to assisted living will interest anyone who knows the struggle of finding long-term affordable care.
DisElderly Conduct chronicles both hospice care and assisted living, investigates Medicare spending, and culminates in a poignant meditation on dying of old age. Karofsky strikes an effective balance between the personal, political, and cultural aspects of aging, dedicating her final chapter to a discussion of COVID-19's devastating impact on long-term care patients.