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Eightysomethings, a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness, Katharine Esty, PhD

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Eightysomethings, a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness, Katharine Esty, PhD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eightysomethings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1119525976

Responsibility statement

Katharine Esty, PhD

Sub title

a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness

Summary

Old age is not what it used to be. For the first time, most people in the United States are living into their eighties. The first guide of its kind changes the understanding of old age with an upbeat and emotionally savvy view of the uncharted territory of the last stage of life. With insight and humor, Dr. Katharine Esty describes the series of dramatic and difficult transitions that eightysomethings usually experience and how, despite their losses, they so often find themselves unexpectedly happy

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- I am not old! -- Health matters: five coping styles -- Upside down parenting -- Holding on and letting go -- Friends -- Love and sex -- Grandparenting -- Caregivers -- A shrinking world -- Past, future, and present -- Dementia -- Transitions -- Survivor skills -- How their kids see them -- Spirituality -- Approaching death -- Unexpectedly happy -- Aging wisely -- The lucky generation -- A new vision of old age

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