Vital Involvement In Old Age

Author : Erik H. Erikson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393347397
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vital Involvement in Old Age written by Erik H. Erikson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994-12-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses. The last stage, old age, challenges the individual to rework the past while remaining involved in the present. The authors begin this work with their theory of life's stages through old age. In Part two, they discuss their interviews with twenty-nine octogenarians, on whom life history data has been collected for over fifty years. Part three is a discussion of the life history of the protagonist in Ingmar Bergman's film Wild Strawberries. In Part four, "Old age in our society", the authors offer suggestions for "vital involvement." Erik H. Erikson is winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Author : Erik Homburger Erikson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vital Involvement in Old Age written by Erik Homburger Erikson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harry R. Moody
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
ISBN 13 : 9781412915205
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aging written by Harry R. Moody and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world's most unique and dynamic textbook on aging!Widely praised and adopted in previous editions, the Fifth Edition of Aging once again presents key issues in an engaging and accessible fashion. Organized unlike any other traditional textbook, author Harry R. Moody presents basic concepts followed by controversies, supported by carefully chosen adapted readings. The result is the most captivating introduction to gerontology available today.

Author : Norbert Glas
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621510557
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fulfillment of Old Age written by Norbert Glas and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joan Mowat Erikson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393310054
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Bead written by Joan Mowat Erikson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1969 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to a resurgence in the interest of beads, Erikson examines the role of these intriguing objects in human affairs throughout history, as decorations, insignias, bearers of magic powers, and as currency. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full-color plates.

Author : Jane Gilgun
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508904564
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Well Into Older Age written by Jane Gilgun and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The materials in this booklet present surprising and hopeful information about aging. I gathered the information for a series of two workshops I did on Growing Well into Older Age: Vital Involvement, Joy, and Meaning in February 2015. Contrary to popular beliefs, older people are vitally involved in their own lives. The materials in this book show that joy and meaning in older age happens through vital involvement with family and friends, giving to others, engagement with meaningful activities, and active spiritual lives. Older people and their adult children and grandchildren will find this material from the workshops full of suggestions for vital involvement well into the advanced years.

Author : Harry R. Moody
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506327990
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aging written by Harry R. Moody and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting current research in an innovative text-reader format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Ninth Edition encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues we face as a society. Not simply a summary of research literature, Harry R. Moody and Jennifer R. Sasser’s text focuses on controversies and questions, rather than on assimilating facts or arriving at a single "correct" view about aging and older people. Drawing on their extensive expertise, the authors first provide an overview of aging in three domains: aging over the life course, health care, and the socioeconomic aspects of aging. Each section is followed by a series of edited readings, offering different perspectives from experts and specialists on that subject. New readings focus on whether current federal spending on the elderly is sustainable and fair to other groups, how older consumers are reshaping the business landscape, and the challenges of marketing and selling to customers 60 and over. More emphasis is placed on how social class and inequality earlier in life can shape our final years and the number of older Americans living in poverty. The section on Aging and Health Care has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest data about chronic diseases that affect the elderly, government spending on health care, and policy changes to programs like Medicaid and Medicare. The section on the Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society gives the most current picture of the racial and ethnic diversity of older Americans, their participation in the labor force, and their income and wealth.

Author : John Wallis Rowe
Publisher : Random House Large Print Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780375701795
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Successful Aging written by John Wallis Rowe and published by Random House Large Print Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later life.

Author : Lars Tornstam, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826131352
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gerotranscendence written by Lars Tornstam, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the 2006 GREAT GERONTOLOGY AWARD for outstanding contribution to gerontological research by the Swedish Gerontological Society Received a VALUE GROUND AWARD from the journal Aldreomsorg (Old Age Care) Expanding upon his earlier writings, Dr. Tornstam's latest book explores the need for new theories in gerontology and sets the stage for the development of his theory of gerotranscendence. This theory was developed to address what the author sees as a perpetual mismatch between present theories in social gerontology and existing empirical data. The development towards gerotranscendence can involve some overlooked developmental changes that are related to increased life satisfaction, as self-described by individuals. The gerotranscendent individual typically experiences a redefinition of the Self and of relationships to others and a new understanding of fundamental existential questions: The individual becomes less self-occupied and at the same time more selective in the choice of social and other activities. There is an increased feeling of affinity with past generations and a decreased interest in superfluous social interaction. The individual might also experience a decrease in interest in material things and a greater need for solitary "meditation.î Positive solitude becomes more important. There is also often a feeling of cosmic communion with the spirit of the universe, and a redefinition of time, space, life and death. Gerotranscendence does NOT imply any state of withdrawal or disengagement, as sometimes erroneously believed. It is not the old disengagement theory in new disguise. Rather, it is a theory that describes a developmental pattern beyond the old dualism of activity and disengagement. The author supports his theory with insightful qualitative in-depth interviews with older persons and quantitative studies. In addition, Tornstam illustrates the practical implications of the theory of gerotranscendence for professionals working with older adults in care settings. A useful Appendix contains suggestions of how to facilitate personal development toward gerotranscendence. For Further Information, Please Click Here!

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309448093
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.