Barbara M Fleisher, Thelma Reese

The New Senior Woman

Reinventing the Years Beyond Mid-Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rather than focus exclusively on preparing for retirement, this book offers the firsthand accounts of women of retirement age, the real obstacles and changes they face, and how they successfully navigate their retirement years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781442223561
• ISBN-10: 1442223561
• Artikelnr.: 38083818

Autorenporträt

By Barbara M. Fleisher and Thelma Reese - Foreword by Dick Goldberg

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction 1: My Mother's Senior Years Were So Different from
Mine How Should I Be in This New Age? 2: So Now I'm Retired How Do I Fill
My Days So I Feel Good about Myself at Night? 3: I Love My Freedom and
Independence How Do I Maintain It?   4: We Love Our Possessions but They
Are Starting to Own Us How Do I Downsize My Life? 5: The Children Are
Adults Has the Family Dynamic Outgrown Issues of Control, Rebellion, and
Sibling Rivalries? How Do We Keep a Sense of Family across Generations? 6:
Can't Use My Computer - or Knit or Rollerblade The World is Changing around
Me. How Do I Remain a Part of It? How Do I Push Myself to Learn New Skills?
7: We Laugh about Our 'Senior Moments' Should We Fear Them? 8: Rx Health We
Can't Ignore the Changes. What Do We Do about Them? 9: Separation and Loss
Are Facts of Life How Do I Handle Them? 10: Sometimes I Feel Safest in My
Senior Bubble My World is Shrinking. How Do I Expand It? Finale: A
Gathering of the Wisdom We Find in Each Other