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Living to 100
Centenarians, once considered a rarity, are the world's fastest growing age group: with over 50,000 in the United States alone, the number has tripled since 1980. What can we learn from these pioneers? How can younger people apply the centenarian's longevity lessons to their own lives? These are the questions two acclaimed Harvard Medical School researchers set out to answer when they launched the New England Centenarian Study (NECS). Now the results of the NECS -- widely hailed in the scientific and medical press -- are available for the first time to readers everywhere.
Father's Eyes
What are characteristics and traits of "Father's Eyes" that every human being and world citizen should strive to understand, demonstrate, elicit, exhibit, and share with this generation and every future generation, regardless of whether they are an actual parent (mother or father) of children? What are the admirable, eternal, and universal common features and traits of those who possess and responsibly advocate for "Father's Eyes" life behavior, protection and safety of self and others, and zenith life positive performance? What are common traits and characteristics of outstanding fathers in this universe? How to plan and successfully realize unparalleled and zenith life accomplishments with...
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Aging and Older Adulthood
Updated and substantially revised, the second edition of Aging and Older Adulthood reflects the most current scientific research and theoretical foundations that contribute to our understanding of aging and older adulthood. Updated content and references include recent neurological findings on brain structure and functioning as well as factors that influence cognitive functioning, health care, decision making, and social relationships Chapter opening vignettes engage students with real world illustrations of older adults, which relate to the concepts to come Applying Research boxes offer examples of current research findings that can be applied to the everyday lives of older adults Understan...
Cookbook for Money
Like a conversation over the kitchen table, this book is simple, practical, and complete. It also explores the psychology of money and happiness and presents some surprising findings.
Celebrate 100
A thoroughly enthralling book that proves the truth of the adage, "with age comes wisdom" Based on video recorded interviews and extensive surveys of more than 500 Centenarians, this unforgettable book brings you into a world few human beings have ever known. What must it be like to have lived an entire century—and not just any century, but one of the most fertile, productive, cataclysmic, revolutionary hundred-year periods in the history of the human race? Imagine having navigated all of life's personal milestones against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Space Age, the Digital Age, and 9/11; what stories you would have to tell! In their own words, an...
Later Life
An interdisciplinary introduction to the aging process which uses symbolic interactionism as the main theoretical perspective. Accessible, interdisciplinary coverage with chapters covering a variety of subject matter areas from biology to psychology, from economics to sociology, from political science to religion. Utilizes symbolic interaction perspective to explain behavior problems and an individual's adaptations associated with the process of aging.
Life after 60? Yes!
If you are one of America's 77 million baby boomers, you are or soon will be facing choices that can make the difference between enjoying or just enduring this third stage of your life. Time to treasure family and friends, to acquire new skills and expand knowledge, to find new pleasures and savor familiar ones, to deepen your spiritual life-these are the possibilities that open up as you move into your sixties. To make the most of this time means making thoughtful choices about your physical and mental health, your work life, your relationships, your finances, your approach to every aspect of your life. Life After 60? Yes! offers advice from experts, real-life examples, and a wealth of resources to help you make these years gratifying and fulfilling. It explores: the importance of relationships deciding whether and when to retire maintaining your health, both physical and mental financial planning issues wills, insurance and other personal management choices choices for using your time well building meaning in your life
Aging, Death, and Human Longevity
With the help of medicine and technology we are living longer than ever before. As human life spans have increased, the moral and political issues surrounding longevity have become more complex. Should we desire to live as long as possible? What are the social ramifications of longer lives? How does a longer life span change the way we think about the value of our lives and about death and dying? Christine Overall offers a clear and intelligent discussion of the philosophical and cultural issues surrounding this difficult and often emotionally charged issue. Her book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and evaluation of the arguments—both ancient and contemporary—for and against ...
