Aging Our Way: Lessons For Living From 85 And Beyond Meika Loe

• Auteur : Meika Loe
• Editeur : Oxford Univ Pr
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/10/2011
• Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg
• Nombre de pages : 327
• Dimensions : 24.0 x 15.5 x 3.3

Critique / Article
Aging Our Way is a remarkable glimpse of the everyday lives and life lessons of elders living on their own-and on their own terms. Through engaging interviews, Meika Loe moves away from an obsessive focus on youth to an idea of comfortable aging that embraces continuity, connection, creativity, and quality of life. -Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest

Americans are living longer lives today than ever before. But are these quality years? How are we experiencing 'these additional years' in our 80s, 90s, and even 100s? In Meika Loe's Aging Our Way, men and women tell how they are making the best of their time, even with personal limitations. These 'ways of aging' are summed up as lessons for reflection and action. I urge you to read and share this inspiring book with others for it enriches understanding of life paths that many will follow. -Glen H. Elder, Jr., Howard W. Odum Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Aging Our Way is an easy-to-read gathering of fascinating stories from thirty very elderly individuals, which generates important insights for current understanding and future studies of the social psychology of healthy aging. -Howard S. Friedman, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Riverside, and author of The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

A lively, engaging, and moving read. Loe shows how the personal resources needed to cope with aging are closely tied to structural factors like race, class, gender, birth cohort, and socioeconomic status. Nearly any reader will find Aging Our Way relevant to their own life or the lives of their aging parents or relatives. -Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University

In this delightfully written book, Meika Loe illustrates how we continue to develop