A Journey Called Aging

Author : James C. Fisher,Henry C. Simmons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136805639

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A Journey Called Aging by James C. Fisher,Henry C. Simmons Pdf

A Journey Called Aging presents an insightful exploration of the years between the entry into older adulthood and death. This text examines the significant changes and major landmarks of older persons between 60 and 90. Grounded by a developmental framework based on empirical research, this book presents a new way of looking at older adulthood, describing the older adult years in intensely human terms through both anecdotes and research-based findings to engage the reader as both guide and traveler. Using a series of sequential stages as a framework, A Journey Called Aging discusses the experiences of older adults addressing the challenges and opportunities presented at each stage. This clear analysis can be used as a guide to help persons plan their own odyssey through the older years. Topics in A Journey Called Aging include: research and results of the study entering older adulthood the long stable stage of Extended Middle Age Early Transition Older Adult Lifestyle Later Transition the stable stage near the end of life the final transition A Journey Called Aging is crucial reading for professionals who work with older adults, including pastors, attorneys, facilities managers, and program directors; gerontology educators and students; and older adults themselves, their families, and those who care for and about them.

Author : Kathleen A. Cahalan,Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467447867

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Calling All Years Good by Kathleen A. Cahalan,Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Pdf

A uniquely comprehensive discussion of vocation from infancy to old age Do infants have a vocation? Do Alzheimer's patients? In popular culture, vocation is often reduced to adult work or church ministry. Rarely do we consider childhood or old age as crucial times for commencing or culminating a life of faith in response to God's calling. This book addresses that gap by showing how vocation emerges and evolves over the course of an entire lifetime. The authors cover six of life's distinct seasons, weaving together personal narrative, developmental theory, case studies, and spiritual practices. Calling All Years Good grounds the discussion of vocation in concrete realities and builds a cohesive framework for understanding calling throughout all of life.

Author : Thomas R. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Aging
ISBN : OCLC:1035902356

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The Journey of Life by Thomas R. Cole Pdf

Author : Helen Luke
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781584204794

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Old Age by Helen Luke Pdf

In Speech of the Grail, storyteller and ceremonialist Linda Sussman explores a new way to speak, one that heals and transforms. She takes for her guide Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic tale of the Grail, showing how it depicts a path of initiation toward healing speech--to "doing the truth" in word and action. "The Grail! The word stirs a deep response in the Western imagination. Joseph Campbell called the medieval stories where it is first mentioned 'the founding myth of Western civilization,' because 'according to this mythology, there is no fixed law, no established knowledge of god, set up by prophets or priests, that can stand against the revelation of a life lived with integrity in the spirit of its own brave truth.' Campbell and many other scholars, artists, and seekers have seen the Western wisdom path disclosed in the image of each knight entering the forest where no one else has made a path. The quest is to recover the elusive Grail, thereby returning its sustenance to the world. The presence of the Grail nurtures an invisible web of relationships that connect individual destiny to service of others and to the earth, thereby granting meaning" (Linda Sussman, from her introduction). Sussman begins with a beautiful retelling of the story, allowing readers to inwardly reproduce the potent inner images of the text. Then she shows that it is not so much a path toward perfection as a recovery of the proper relationship with our own imperfections. She shows, too, that it is a path in which male and female aspects work together to overcome evil.

Author : David L. Petty
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0805426906

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Aging Gracefully by David L. Petty Pdf

Sooner or later, all people begin to dwell on the fact they are aging. How they handle or act upon their thoughts is what David Petty hopes to help them with. In Aging Gracefully he shares his passion: to equip readers with "tools" that can make this stage of life all God intends it to be.

Author : Michael Gurian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781476706702

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The Wonder of Aging by Michael Gurian Pdf

"Bestselling author and psychologist Michael Gurian, who's guided readers through the world of raising children, turns his attention to aging in this comprehensive, holistic look at the emotional, spiritual, and physical dimensions of life after 50, showing how the reader can learn to embrace and celebrate life as they age"--

Author : Ashton Applewhite
Publisher : Celadon Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781250297242

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This Chair Rocks by Ashton Applewhite Pdf

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride! “Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author

Author : Barbara R. Bjorklund,Helen L. Bee
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Adulthood
ISBN : 020501805X

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The Journey of Adulthood by Barbara R. Bjorklund,Helen L. Bee Pdf

For undergraduate courses in Adulthood and Aging, Gerontology, and Adult Development. This best-selling book discusses the aspects of "successful aging," covering growth and development from young adulthood to old age, and the impact that culture, gender, ethnicity, and individual differences have on these processes. For Barbara Bjorklund, the subject matter in Journey of Adulthood 6e has never been far from home: as a middle-aged adult who is on this very journey along with her husband, looking ahead toward their parents who are in late adulthood and back toward their children who are making their own way through adulthood, she has found that there is always room to learn - always room to grow. One of the major goals of this text is to capture this dynamic process of adult development from young adulthood to the end of life. Its core is made up of research findings from large-scale projects and major theories of adult development, but it also reflects smaller studies of diverse groups, showing the influences of gender, culture, ethnicity, race, and socioeconomic background on this journey. Combined, this material creates for an exciting and thorough view on the process of "successful aging."

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066333364

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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112110962849

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The Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Literature
ISBN : UOM:39015030730355

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alice Fryling
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781641583619

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Aging Faithfully by Alice Fryling Pdf

Would you like to grow in life-giving ways as you age? Do you have the courage to let go of former ways of thinking to receive God’s love and life in new ways? As we age, we experience the loss of physical stamina, independence, and career fulfillment. Yet within each of these losses is a holy invitation to grow. God calls us to let go of our need for accomplishment and embrace the gift of fruitfulness so that we might be transformed in this final season of our lives. In Aging Faithfully, spiritual director Alice Fryling explores how to navigate the journey of retirement, lifestyle changes, and new limitations. In this season of life, we are invited to hold both grief and hope, to acknowledge ways of thinking that no longer represent who we are, and to receive peace in the midst of our fears. We all age differently, and God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature. When we embrace the aging process, we grow closer to God and experience his grace as he renews us from within. Whether you are approaching the beginning, middle, or end of your senior years, you are invited. Come and be transformed. Aging Faithfully includes questions for group discussion and suggestions for personal meditation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119089832

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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marc Agronin
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780738214153

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How We Age by Marc Agronin Pdf

In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Sherwin Nuland, Marc Agronin writes luminously and unforgettably of life as he sees it as a doctor. His beat is a nursing home in Miami that some would dismiss as “God's waiting room.” Nothing in the young doctor's medical training had quite prepared him for what he was to discover there. As Agronin first learned from ninety-eight-year-old Esther and, later, from countless others, the true scales of aging aren't one-sided—you can't list the problems without also tallying the hopes and promises. Drawing on moving personal experiences and in-depth interviews with pioneers in the field, Agronin conjures a spellbinding look at what aging means today—how our bodies and brains age, and the very way we understand aging.

Author : Trish Herbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 193469052X

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Journeywell by Trish Herbert Pdf

"Journeywell" provides a framework and an experience for examining the depth and mystery of your journey. It asks question, has exercises, quotes, stories, and information. What have been some of the choice moments? The not so good, in fact, the wrenching bad times? How did you get through those times? What tools do you need to get through the rough spots around the corner? What are you proud of? Who were the powerful people in your life? To whom have you been important? What have you learned? What do you need to do now to make the rest of your life as enjoyable, meaningful, and balanced as possible? It deals with the difficult as well as the delights of aging. Herbert summarizes it all with her Three Ups: Wake Up, Show Up, Lighten Up.