Retirement, senility, disability, and death were all notions
previously associated with growing old. Today, with the average
life span of men and women in the United States exceeding 76 years,
the words successful, optimal, and positive dominate the lexicon of
scientists and, increasingly, the general public. We not only plan
to live longer, but expect to enjoy a superior standard of physical
and emotional health for longer than any previous generation.
Leading an active and purposeful life no longer stops at the
outdated 65-year mark of retirement, but continues well into what
was once termed "old age." With these changing attitudes comes the
need for new conceptualizations of what it means to grow old. In a
groundbreaking book, Robert Hill, a psychologist, professor, and
leading researcher in geriatric care, rethinks the traditional
ideas we have of aging by offering us a new framework from which to
understand the nature of growing old. Positive Aging offers a more
innovative model of old age that focuses on achieving and fostering
a positive mindset. In doing so, Hill not only explores the social
and psychological trends of aging in the 21st century, but offers
an illuminating examination of how advances in the science of
gerontology influence the phenomenology of growing old. Written for
all those concerned about their own course of aging as well as the
practitioner who provides mental health services to older adults,
Positive Aging begins with a review of the term "aging" itself, its
history and its changing meaning. Hill then delves into the many
lifestyle choices we can make to improve our happiness as we grow
older. Traditional theories of adult development and how Positive
Aging plays into them are examined; successful, normal, impaired,
and diseased trajectories of age-related decline are defined and
explored; and useful strategies are provided for coping with common
old-age issues including cognitive deficits, depression, anxiety,
and psychological barriers to happiness. Hill also covers important
late-life concerns such as the role Positive Aging plays in
physical disability, caregiving, grief, bereavement, death, and
spirituality and meaning-based counseling. Along the way, poignant
case studies help elucidate and contextualize the arguments, and
keep the discussion rooted in very tangible, human terms. Ushering
in an era of new understanding of what it means to grow older,
Positive Aging is an enlightening guidebook for consumers
navigating such uncertain, and often worrisome terrain, as well as
an invaluable resource for clinicians working with this growing
population. By combining a novel approach to human aging in the
contemporary world with specific suggestions and ideas to optimize
that process, this book promises to help all of us cope with the
vicissitudes of growing older to continue to get the most out of
living."
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