Swedish sociologist Lars Tornstam proposed a theory of gerotranscendence, the notion that with age comes a radically different life outlook reflecting a cosmological shift in perception. Tornstam argued that when activity aging theory eclipsed disengagement theory something of vital importance was lost. Disengagement theorists highlighted an inward reflective tendency emerging in later life that denoted a change in how older people saw the world and their places within it. The problem, said Tornstam, was that these older individuals had limited resources for cultivating the new perspective that was emerging in their lives. (more…)
As mentioned earlier, the tendency to reminisce as we grow older was regarded by many gerontologists as a pathology until Robert Bu ...
At a certain point, one's perceptions of aging become inter- twined with perceptions of oneself. In the experience of aging, my ...
It is in this same period that college-and university-based Institutes for Learning in Retirement (ILRs, later renamed Lifelong ...
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Geezer, old fart, old folk, or shaman, elder and tzaddik: which will you be? in many cultures the elderly are treated with respect ...
When we have a very ill loved one, it occupies our thoughts constantly. Our mind has a way of sifting through the information that we hear from their medical providers, rejecting the negative and holding tight to the positive. Even when confronted with the information that our loved one’s situation is dire, we may continue to refuse to see death as a possibility. (more…)
Changes in the Family Every human being has the need for affection and to have someone toward whom he can express love and affec ...
Hospice care became a recognized benefit under Medicare in 1983, and approximately 90% of all hospice programs are Medicare cer ...
Obesity in the elderly is a major health crisis facing our population that may predispose the elderly to the same adverse healt ...
‘‘What is death?’’ is a classic question that has been much pondered by philosophers and theologians through the centuries. Tod ...
It doesn't matter when the grief process begins. Whether you begin feeling the symptoms of grief after the loss of a loved one ...
Like most of my boomer friends, I’ve watched my hard-earned money invested in the stock market melt away before my eyes. Down 30 - 40 - now 50%!!!
If I were 25 I wouldn’t be so concerned. There’s lots of time for the market to get bullish again when you are only 25. But as a midlifer, time is not so long-term and it’s likely the market will never give back what it has taken away in the time I have left before my retirement. (more…)
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Today more than ever we see senior citizens become a victim of online shopping scams and phone solicitation. There are so many ...
Prevention is the best cure for back pain. If I had practice proper lifting techniques and /or the box I lifted had been proper ...
Have you ever wanted to look younger than your current ages? Sure you have. Many of us still looking for the Fountain of Youth; ...
With heart disease risk being the number one cause of death among older Americans, you should pay particular attention to known ...
One of the biggest obstacles my clients struggle with is that it may be time to tell their parents what to do. They’ll tell me they’ve asked their parent to do this or suggested they try that and their mother or father hasn’t followed through. They wonder how they should approach it with them now. When I suggest that it may be time to be more direct with their parents, their response is usually, “I can do that?”
There does come a time when you can no longer wait for your parents to act. (more…)
I am a senior citizen living alone in the world's largest senior community. But I am not alone or lonely, because there are 75, ...
As we enter that zone of parenting our parents, the value of our knowledge and understanding the purpose of re-parenting become ...
When you parents pass on, there are a lot of emotions to contend with on top of the pressing financial issues of your parent's esta ...
Changes in the Family Every human being has the need for affection and to have someone toward whom he can express love and affec ...
You must understand that getting old is not an easy phase that our loved ones or the people that we know go through. Actually, ...
At a certain point, one’s perceptions of aging become inter- twined with perceptions of oneself. In the experience of aging, my credentials get better every day! As a pastoral theologian, I live in a creative tension between the established dogma and practice of my personal faith on the one hand, and the more generic, encompassing spiritual dimension that is presented here without any primary or specific religious connotation on the other hand. (more…)
As mentioned earlier, the tendency to reminisce as we grow older was regarded by many gerontologists as a pathology until Robert Bu ...
Swedish sociologist Lars Tornstam proposed a theory of gerotranscendence, the notion that with age comes a radically different li ...
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