Positive Aging Book Information

Human aging has been transformed in the 21st century. Retirement, senility, disability, and death were all notions previously associated with growing old. Today, with the average life span exceeding 79 years 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. With these changing attitudes comes the need for new descriptions of what it means to grow old.

Positive Aging offers an innovative model of old age that focuses on achieving and fostering a positive mindset. It is written for all those concerned about their own course of aging and for the practitioner who provides mental health services to older adults,

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