Aging our way : lessons for living from 85 and beyond / Meika Loe.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: xiii, 327 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780199797905 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0199797900 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 646.70084/6 22
- HQ1061 .L59 2011
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| HQ1061 .A4298 2014 The aging population / | HQ1061 .A4555 1991 Aging and ethics : philosophical problems in gerontology / | HQ1061 .H54 2005 A history of old age / | HQ1061 .L59 2011 Aging our way : lessons for living from 85 and beyond / | HQ1061 .M335 1999 A map to the end of time : wayfarings with friends and philosophers / | HQ1061 .S382 2003 A world growing old / | HQ1063.2 .U6 S39 2000 Breaking the watch : the meanings of retirement in America / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and mostly alone, to understand how they create and maintain meaningful lives for themselves. Meika Loe explores how the very old navigate the practical challenges of living as independently as possible while staying healthy, connected, and comfortable--Book jacket.
Continue to do what you did -- (Re) design your living space -- Live in moderation -- Take time for self -- Ask for help; mobilize resources -- Connect with peers -- Resort to tomfoolery -- Care for others -- Reach out to family -- Get intergenerational; redefine family -- Insist on hugs -- Be adaptable -- Accept and prepare for death -- Conclusion: new perspectives on the oldest old -- Postscript: on doing ninety (by Ann).
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