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Being Held: How Care, Technology, and Dignity Can Coexist in Our Final Years
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 21 2025
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Growing old should not mean growing invisible.
In Being Held, Dave Payne and Artie offer a deeply human, quietly powerful exploration of aging, care, and dignity-told through a fifteen-year timeline that follows the final chapters of a life lived with intention, respect, and presence.
This is not a medical manual.
It is not a technological manifesto.
It is a story.
Through parallel narratives, Being Held gently contrasts the way aging is often experienced today with a future that is already possible-one where care and technology coexist without stripping autonomy, privacy, or identity. From the first subtle changes in mobility and memory to the final weeks of life, the book explores how thoughtfully designed environments, compassionate systems, and respectful assistance can transform fear into calm, and dependence into partnership.
Readers will encounter:
The power of dignity-first care
How technology can quietly protect without controlling
Why familiarity, privacy, and choice matter more than efficiency
What it truly means to be supported-not managed-in our most fragile years
Written with warmth, restraint, and deep empathy, Being Held speaks to caregivers, adult children, designers, policymakers, and anyone who has ever wondered how we might age-and die-with grace.
This is a book for those caring for parents today.
And for those who hope to be cared for tomorrow.
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