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Facing Retirement: A Guide for the Middle Aged and Elderly book cover

1st Edition

Facing Retirement A Guide for the Middle Aged and Elderly

By A Country Doctor Copyright 1964
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1960 and revised in 1964 the blurb for Facing Retirement read: “Mature men and women are not afraid of advancing years. More and more seek to prepare themselves for retirement so that they may then find all the happiness they can. This phase of life is interesting to a widening circle, and in writing this book it was the author’s aim to discuss readably, simply, and... Read more

Foreword.  Preface.  Glossary.  1. The Other Side of the Hill  2. Planning Retirement  3. Helping a Man to Retire  4. Keeping At Work  5. Money  6. Income Tax  7. Pensions and National Assistance  8. Wills  9. Marriage and Companionship  10. The Elderly Guest  11. Living Alone  12. Home Helps  13. Dependence and Loneliness  14. Friendly Visitors  15. Wise Ways With Eyes  16. Hard of Hearing  17. Painful Feet  18. Thoughts on Food  19. The Phase of Transition  20. A Medical Chapter  21. Prevention of Accidents  22. The Faith of some Old Friends  23. A Simple Rule of Life  24. Frosty but Kindly.  Looking Backwards and Forwards at 94 by J.W. Robertson Scott.  Appendices.  Bibliography.

Biography

A Country Doctor

Reviews for the second edition:

‘An ideal gift for anyone in their fifties or sixties’ Family Doctor

‘As a tribute to the genius of the British Family Doctor it stands supreme’. Times Literary Supplement

‘If you are over fifty keep it handy’. Methodist Recorder

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