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Title Getting real about getting older : conversations about aging better / Linda K. Stroh, PhD, Karen K. Brees, PhD.
Publisher Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Description xx, 281 pages ; 21 cm


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 EL-Adult Collection  612.67 STROH Nearby on shelf  30628000841306 04-20-19  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: What's this aging thing all about? -- If I could turn back time -- Now you see me, now you don't -- Am I still me? -- Battle of the sexes -- The parent-adult child relationship: can we do better? -- Health, fitness, and self-image: do you like what you see? -- Relationships, getting better with age -- Faith, religion, and spirituality: our invisible means of support -- Loss: goodbye is the saddest word of all -- Learning from mistakes and moving forward -- Afterword: It's a wrap.
Summary The first book to open up a real conversation about aging. What has the experience of getting older felt like for you? It seems that life's milestones pass by in a flash: graduating from school, landing your first job, getting married, having kids. Most people look forward to these events and have some expectations about what each life milestone will be like. But what about when you get older? How can you continue to live fully in your sixties, seventies, and beyond? Linda K. Stroh and Karen K. Brees asked nearly one thousand older people about the challenges and joys of growing older and compiled their collective wisdom into this must-have book. Full of advice and stories from a wide variety of older people, Getting Real about Getting Older examines love, loss, and changing identities, and will help you take control of your concerns about aging to experience wisdom and joy as an older adult.
Subject Aging.
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
Add'l Names Brees, Karen K., author.
Other title Conversations about aging better
ISBN 9781492666981
149266698X