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· 제목 : A Journey Called Aging: Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood (Paperback) (Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 인문/사회 > 사회과학 > 노인학
· ISBN : 9780789033840
· 쪽수 : 248쪽
· 출판일 : 2007-11-06
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 인문/사회 > 사회과학 > 노인학
· ISBN : 9780789033840
· 쪽수 : 248쪽
· 출판일 : 2007-11-06
목차
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Audience
- Individual Experience of Age
- Overview
- Chapter 1. Mapping the Journey
- Landmarks on the Road Ahead
- The Research
- The Tasks on the Road Ahead
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Entering Older Adulthood
- Retirement
- Time of Retirement
- Postretirement Employment
- Retirement Variations
- Other Gateways
- What About Homemakers?
- The Core
- Moving Out, Letting Go
- The Challenge of Looking Ahead
- Chapter 3. Extended Middle Age
- Length of Days
- Giving Time New Meaning
- A Season in Search of a Purpose
- A Substitute for Work
- Middle-Aged Forever
- Relationships and Solitude
- Aloneness and Independence
- Balancing Gains and Losses
- The Role of Helping Professions
- Chapter 4. The Early Transition
- Voluntary and Involuntary Approaches
- Betwixt and Between
- Naming the Realities
- Consequence of an Illness
- Death and Loss in Later Life
- Loss and Recovery
- Meaning and Relationships
- Growth in Recovery
- Differences and Similarities
- Preparing for the Early Transition
- Chapter 5. An Older Adult Lifestyle
- Who Survived?
- Reinventing the Self
- The Others in Life
- Freedom
- Purposes and Priorities
- Old Age Is Not for Sissies
- Chapter 6. The Later Transition
- The Role of Professionals and Support Persons
- Beginning the Journey
- Timing the Transition
- The Journey to Care
- Chapter 7. While the Light Lasts
- The Environment of Care
- The Challenge for the Professional
- Being Okay Amid Dependency and Frailty
- The Blessing of Care
- Engaging and Disengaging
- Is Autonomy a Contradiction?
- What’s the Point?
- Journeying On
- Chapter 8. Dying Well
- The Beginning
- The Medicalization of Dying
- The Professional and the Process of Dying
- Landmarks and Developmental Tasks of Dying
- Dying and Relationships
- Dying and Meaning
- Preparation
- The Need to Improve Care at the End of Life
- Epilogue. Prevailing: A Challenge and a Vision
- References
- Index
