The Last Frontier: The Social Meaning of Growing OldSAGE Publications, 1977 - 215 strán (strany) How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description. |
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... activities older people engage in , with the implied assumption that leisure is activities and that successful retirement in the leisure years con- sists of participating in as many activities as possible . What results is a culturally ...
... activities older people engage in , with the implied assumption that leisure is activities and that successful retirement in the leisure years con- sists of participating in as many activities as possible . What results is a culturally ...
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... activities which will provide a surrogate for the needs which are not provided for by our principal activity : work . Thus , if we are assembly - line workers who engage in noncreative work performed in solitude we probably will seek ...
... activities which will provide a surrogate for the needs which are not provided for by our principal activity : work . Thus , if we are assembly - line workers who engage in noncreative work performed in solitude we probably will seek ...
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... activities , mental and physical , should be com- pulsorily learned . " 44 This learning , of course , is done for ... activities in which the Soviet citizens engage take a predictable turn : Number one goes to participation in social ...
... activities , mental and physical , should be com- pulsorily learned . " 44 This learning , of course , is done for ... activities in which the Soviet citizens engage take a predictable turn : Number one goes to participation in social ...
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