Morley D. Glicken

Mature Friendships, Love, and Romance

A Practical Guide to Intimacy for Older Adults

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Produktbeschreibung

This insightful, research-driven book offers practical advice to older adults seeking new intimate relationships, lasting friendships, and better relationships with family members and children. Written to appeal to men as well as women, Mature Friendships, Love, and Romance: A Practical Guide to Intimacy for Older Adults is a serious book about love, romance, intimacy, and sexuality, as well as friendship and family. It is about what happens when older adults lack close relationships and about practical ways to address that isolation and loneliness. Through personal stories and vignettes, readers will see how notions of friendship, intimacy, and love change as we age, what mature love is, and what factors can make it challenging. Among the topics discussed are late-life divorces and breakups of long-term relationships; finding new and intimate friendships; resolving problems with adult children that can emerge when you enter a new, loving relationship; and choosing activities to increase your pool of potential friends and mates. Internet dating is addressed, as are the general thoughts and actions of happy people who agree life can start at 60.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780313382420
• ISBN-10: 0313382425
• Artikelnr.: 29161649

Autorenporträt

Morley D. Glicken, ACSW, MSW, MPA, DSW, is professor emeritus in social work at California State University, San Bernardino and director of the Institute for Positive Growth: A Training Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Glicken is the former dean of the Worden School of Social Service; the founding director of the Master of Social Work program at California State University, San Bernardino; and the former director of the Master of Social Work program at the University of Alabama. He has held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. His eight published books include such diverse subjects as evidence-based practice, men's issues, social research, violence, and the strengths perspective. Dr. Glicken's website can be found at http://www.morleyglicken.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Love, Intimacy, Family, and Friendships
in a Time of Ageism Chapter 2 Mature Love Chapter 3 Understanding Men and
Their Relationship Problems Chapter 4 Enjoying Older Adult Sexuality
Chapter 5 Coping with Later-Life Divorces and Breakups Chapter 6 Coping
with Serious Illness and the Death of a Loved One Chapter 7 Single and
Sometimes Lonely: Good Friends and Lovers Can Help Chapter 8 Friends or
Just Acquaintances Chapter 9 Resolving Problems with Children and Family
Members Chapter 10 Involving Loved Ones in Retirement Decisions Chapter 11
Work and Volunteering after Retirement to Increase Friendship Pools and
Meet Potential Mates Chapter 12 Where You Live as an Older Adult Can Make a
Difference Chapter 13 Staying Healthy Chapter 14 Dealing with Later-Life
Anxiety and Depression Chapter 15 Older Adults Who Abuse Alcohol and Drugs
Chapter 16 Dangerous People: Men and Women Who Are Physically and
Emotionally Abusive Chapter 17 The Road Less Traveled: Making the Most of
Love, Family, and Friends Index About the Author 201