Overview

A daunting aspect of growing older is the torrent of advice about maintaining physical health and mental acuity, managing finances, avoiding falls, and caring for ageing parents. Often the advice is complicated or diffuse, and difficult to locate just when it is needed. Intended both as a reference and for casual reading, this book addresses a wide range of topics relevant to the ageing process. It includes an extensive listing of major national and regional US organizations, organized by category.

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9780814715154

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<p> Well written and fluent in narrating its stories, this work can provide good reading not only for historians and students specializing in medicine, but for a wider public as well. <br>- Journal of World History ,

<p> This is an important new reference book about aging that is written for the general population by a group of authors who know geriatrics and gerontology well. . . . Offers practical information on a wide range of issues concerning aging, including important medical, social, legal, financial, and ethical considerations for growing old responsibly and successfully. Health and human service professionals will want to recommend this guide to aging clients and their family caregivers.&#8221: <br>

This is an important new reference book about aging that is written for the general population by a group of authors who know geriatrics and gerontology well... Offers practical information on a wide range of issues concerning aging, including important medical, social, legal, financial, and ethical considerations for growing old responsibly and successfully. Health and human service professionals will want to recommend this guide to aging clients and their family caregivers.&#8221: -Science Book and Films Informative, comprehensive, and clearly written, this genuinely practical guide ... emphasize that individuals should take substantial roles in dealing with their own aging ... Up-to-date lists of print and electronic resources add much more information. -Booklist A compact reference, filled with down-to-earth help for aging baby boomers planning ahead for their own retirement years or for their elderly parents who are already there. -Publishers Weekly

(<p> This is an important new reference book about aging that is written for the general population by a group of authors who know geriatrics and gerontology well. . . . Offers practical information on a wide range of issues concerning aging, including important medical, social, legal, financial, and ethical considerations for growing old responsibly and successfully. Health and human service professionals will want to recommend this guide to aging clients and their family caregivers.&#8221: <br>)-( Science Book and Films ), ()

Author Information

Christine K. Cassel, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Geriatrics and Human Development at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She has also been Director of the Center on Aging, Health, and Society, and George M. Eisenberg Professor in Geriatrics at the University of Chicago.

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