Richard S. Prentis

Passages of Retirement

Personal Histories of Struggle and Success

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative volume presents the personal aspects of retirement--the feelings, pleasures, and problems of this life event, expressed in the words of retirees. The author considers work patterns prior to retirement, the decision-making process itself, and the aftermath of the decision to retire. This passage of worker to retiree addresses concerns and questions that are important to many of those about to retire: how working conditions and other factors can affect the decision to retire; problems of a workaholic; how to handle leisure interests on a full-time basis; widowhood and retirement; depression; retirement insurance; mandatory retirement; volunteer work; and many other topics. The retirees include men and women who are blue- and white-collar workers, hourly paid or salaried: CEO of a major international corporation; social worker; college instructor; dentist; journalist; production controller in manufacturing; automobile dealer. Thus readers can easily identify with others who have made this journey before them and share their experiences, becoming more knowledgeable and more confident about their futures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9780313284939
• ISBN-10: 0313284938
• Artikelnr.: 25567856

Autorenporträt

RICHARD S. PRENTIS is an associate at the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University. He is a member of the Gerontological Society of America and the Michigan Society of Gerontology, and he has written several articles about retirement.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Decision On the Road to Retirement . . . The Retirement
Decision The Trauma of Early Mandatory Retirement The Inevitability of
Retirement Considerations of an Early Retirement Offer Benefits of
Voluntary Retirement Avoidance of a Retirement Decision Option of 30 Years
and Out Rabbinical Retirement Early Retirement Offers Retirement Blues
Work versus Retirement The Meaning of Work and Retirement Conflict of Work
and Retirement The Friendship of Fellow Workers Problems of a Workaholic
Part-Time Work--Transition to Retirement A Change in Schedules Value of
Part-Time Work Thoughts on Aging Marriage Marriage and Retirement Spousal
Problems in Retirement Married Women and Retirement Spousal Relationships
Leisure--A Cause for Marital Discord Spousal Communication in Retirement
Spousal Retirement Retirement Planning Planning for Retirement Planning for
the Final Years Financial Problems and Retirement Planning The Pressure of
Inflation Widowhood and Retirement Benefits of Prior Planning Relocation in
Retirement Life Style Changes Retirement Insurance Leisure Leisure
Activities in Retirement Satisfaction with Leisure Activities Consideration
of Retirement Activities Advantages of Pre-Retirement Interests The Search
for Meaningful Interests Appreciation of Freedom in Retirement Thoughts on
a Second Career Volunteering My Story . . . Retirement Revisited References
Index