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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... busy , " finds more than its echo ( a chorus of praise would be apt ) in the activity theory of aging so widely accepted in the late nineteen - forties and -fifties . Here , too , Fontana finds that whereas this applies in part ( again ...
... busy , " finds more than its echo ( a chorus of praise would be apt ) in the activity theory of aging so widely accepted in the late nineteen - forties and -fifties . Here , too , Fontana finds that whereas this applies in part ( again ...
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... busy , I spend all my time here at the center , " she said . In fact , she comes to the center three days a week and spends two days at the girls club . She considers the center a good place to come to : " You know , there are people ...
... busy , I spend all my time here at the center , " she said . In fact , she comes to the center three days a week and spends two days at the girls club . She considers the center a good place to come to : " You know , there are people ...
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... busy that they have no time to stop and reflect upon the meaning of their life situation , as suggested by de Grazia.1 6 Far from being hurried , the old people studied in this chapter have become very conscious of the flow of time ...
... busy that they have no time to stop and reflect upon the meaning of their life situation , as suggested by de Grazia.1 6 Far from being hurried , the old people studied in this chapter have become very conscious of the flow of time ...
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