A Consumer's Guide to Aging - Hardcover

Salend, Elyse; Rahman, Anna Nolen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801843014 ISBN 13: 9780801843013

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

If you're over 50, A Consumer's Guide to Aging is the book you've been looking for--a comprehensive, fact-filled, and reliable resource addressing your changing questions and concerns. From the highly respected team of doctors and social workers who contribute to "On Aging "--the nationally syndicated advice column read in more than six million households--here is sound advice for making smart choices on issues ranging from health and housing to fitness and finances. With many real-life examples from the letters written to "On Aging," this remarkably complete guide offers detailed information on virtually every issue of concern to older Americans:
Physical Health: keeping fit with diet and exercise; common health problems in later life; understanding prevention and treatment;
Mental Health: handling the emotional stress of adjusting to retirement, health problems, the loss of a spouse, and other changes; signs of depression; self-help; professional help;
Medical Care: talking to health-care professionals; choosing a physician; understanding health-care options; making the most of insurance coverage;
Personal Finances: planning for financial independence; choosing a financial adviser; managing income from pension plans, investments, and social security; estate planning; living wills, living trusts, and other options;
Housing: staying put, renovating, relocating, living abroad; safety, maintenance, companionship, recreation, and health-care considerations; pros and cons of condominiums, retirement communities, life-care facilities, and nursing homes;
Family Relationships: changing family roles; styles of grandparenting; multi-generational households; the empty nest "refilled"; caring for a parent or spouse at home; divorce and remarriage;
Sex and Intimacy: maintaining an active sex life; normal changes in sexual function; effects of illness and medication; impotence and physical impairments; diagnosis and treatment of sexual problems;
Work: defending against age discrimination; balancing a career and changing concerns; retirement options; job-sharing; getting a job, starting a business, becoming a consultant;
Leisure Time: trying new activities; going back to school; tips for travelers; volunteering; hobbies and recreational activities.
Americans are rejecting age limits for running marathons, climbing mountains, continuing careers--or starting new ones. That's why this book deals not with old age, but with the aspects of life that affect how you feel and what you do: physical and mental abilities, healthful lifestyles, social contacts, verve, humor, love, and self-esteem. A Consumer's Guide to Aging is a source of down-to-earth, intelligent advice that will challenge everything you've heard about growing old.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801843014
• ISBN 13: 9780801843013
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544
• Herausgeber: Solomon David H.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar