1st Edition
A Journey Called Aging Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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A Journey Called Aging presents an insightful exploration of the years between the entry into older adulthood and death. This text examines the significant changes and major landmarks of older persons between 60 and 90. Grounded by a developmental framework based on empirical research, this book presents a new way of looking at older adulthood, describing the older adult years in intensely human... Read more
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Audience
- Individual Experience of Age
- Overview
- Chapter 1. Mapping the Journey
- Landmarks on the Road Ahead
- The Research
- The Tasks on the Road Ahead
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Entering Older Adulthood
- Retirement
- Time of Retirement
- Postretirement Employment
- Retirement Variations
- Other Gateways
- What About Homemakers?
- The Core
- Moving Out, Letting Go
- The Challenge of Looking Ahead
- Chapter 3. Extended Middle Age
- Length of Days
- Giving Time New Meaning
- A Season in Search of a Purpose
- A Substitute for Work
- Middle-Aged Forever
- Relationships and Solitude
- Aloneness and Independence
- Balancing Gains and Losses
- The Role of Helping Professions
- Chapter 4. The Early Transition
- Voluntary and Involuntary Approaches
- Betwixt and Between
- Naming the Realities
- Consequence of an Illness
- Death and Loss in Later Life
- Loss and Recovery
- Meaning and Relationships
- Growth in Recovery
- Differences and Similarities
- Preparing for the Early Transition
- Chapter 5. An Older Adult Lifestyle
- Who Survived?
- Reinventing the Self
- The Others in Life
- Freedom
- Purposes and Priorities
- Old Age Is Not for Sissies
- Chapter 6. The Later Transition
- The Role of Professionals and Support Persons
- Beginning the Journey
- Timing the Transition
- The Journey to Care
- Chapter 7. While the Light Lasts
- The Environment of Care
- The Challenge for the Professional
- Being Okay Amid Dependency and Frailty
- The Blessing of Care
- Engaging and Disengaging
- Is Autonomy a Contradiction?
- What’s the Point?
- Journeying On
- Chapter 8. Dying Well
- The Beginning
- The Medicalization of Dying
- The Professional and the Process of Dying
- Landmarks and Developmental Tasks of Dying
- Dying and Relationships
- Dying and Meaning
- Preparation
- The Need to Improve Care at the End of Life
- Epilogue. Prevailing: A Challenge and a Vision
- References
- Index
Biography
James C. Fisher, Henry C. Simmons
