"As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans...

"Embracing Elderhood offers an alternative to the pessimism that leads to 'dying before we die!' It loudly proclaims that being old is about chronology; being an Elder is about attitude. This book is a genuine contribution to the narrative about aging that redefines the concept of Elderhood by asking and answering three important questions: Why am I here? Why am I still here? And why was I here?"--

"The first truth of aging is also the first truth of Buddhist teaching: Everything changes. In Aging as a Spiritual Practice, Buddhist priest and meditation teacvher Lewis Richmond helps us understand how the transformation can bring new possibilities, fresh beginnings, a wealth of appreciation, and a depth of gratitude that profoundly affects how our lives proceed. Incorporating illuminating facts from scientific researchers, doctors, and psychologists,...

Today's Ojibwe people have maintained a dazzling array of deep, beautiful, adaptive ways of connecting to the spiritual, natural, and human beings around them. Variations in Ojibwe cultural practices are, of course, as diverse as their homelands, which stretch across the Great Lakes, Canadian shield, pine forests, and prairie potholes of four US states and three Canadian provinces. And Ojibwe culture, like every other culture, has changed over time....

What if everything you thought you knew about aging was wrong? This bold historical account helps explain how ageism has seeped into our lives, slowly and silently shaping our own misconceptions about aging--and about ourselves. Ageism Unmasked takes a journey through time to reveal how politics, technology, religion, media, and medicine have shaped a modern aging narrative that bears little resemblance to reality. Aging is a process, and it doesn't...

We financially plan for our retirement, but do we plan for our wellbeing? If you're part of the Baby Boomer generation, then you belong to 26 percent of the US population that is retiring healthier than any generation before. And that means retirement is starting to look a whole lot different. No longer satisfied with a quiet life of sitting on the porch or puttering around the house, retirees (or soon to be) are looking to create a passionate, active,...

Through expert advice and the personal stories of several persons who have found successful ways to adjust to the illness, viewers see that life can and does go on with macular degeneration. Shown are ways to help those with macular degeneration use the remaining peripheral vision they have, and use specific low-vision aids and assistive devices to make daily tasks easier. Sample demonstrations show how the eye works, what macular degeneration does...