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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... playing for another hour or so . By then it is late enough in the morning to play his marimba without having the neighbors complain . After his practice he is off to the center , where he tap - dances a while longer . The afternoons are ...
... playing for another hour or so . By then it is late enough in the morning to play his marimba without having the neighbors complain . After his practice he is off to the center , where he tap - dances a while longer . The afternoons are ...
Strana 105
... play pinochle but that there was controversy with another club over the room and the proper time so he just told them he wasn't going to play any- more . He doesn't take any trips and doesn't belong to any other clubs . He was very ...
... play pinochle but that there was controversy with another club over the room and the proper time so he just told them he wasn't going to play any- more . He doesn't take any trips and doesn't belong to any other clubs . He was very ...
Strana 157
... play with him . The checker set had not been opened yet , and Mr. Adams said that there was nobody to play with at the cen- ter . Later I discovered that this was not true since I played with other patients . When I mentioned this to Mr ...
... play with him . The checker set had not been opened yet , and Mr. Adams said that there was nobody to play with at the cen- ter . Later I discovered that this was not true since I played with other patients . When I mentioned this to Mr ...
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