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Author:   Meika Loe (Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Colgate University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780199797905

ISBN 10:   0199797900
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   13 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue: 30-60-90: A Short Meditation on Age and Perspective Introduction: Living at Home and Making it Work Lesson 1: Continue to Do What You Did Lesson 2: (Re) Design Your Living Space Lesson 3: Live in Moderation Lesson 4: Take Time for Self Lesson 5: Ask for Help; Mobilize Resources Lesson 6: Connect with Peers Lesson 7: Resort to Tomfoolery Lesson 8: Care for Others Lesson 9: Reach out to Family Lesson 10: Get Intergenerational; Redefine Family Lesson 11: Insist on Hugs Lesson 12: Be Adaptable Lesson 13: Accept and Prepare for Death Conclusion: New Perspectives on the Oldest Old Postscript: On Doing Ninety (by Ann, research participant) Epilogue: Updates on Study Participants Appendix: Best Practices in Supporting Aging in Place

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Americans are living longer lives today than ever before. But are these quality years? How are we experiencing 'these additional years' in our 80s, 90s, and even 100s? In Meika Loe's Aging Our Way, men and women tell how they are making the best of their time, even with personal limitations. These 'ways of aging' are summed up as lessons for reflection and action. I urge you to read and share this inspiring book with others for it enriches understanding of life paths that many will follow. --Glen H. Elder, Jr., Howard W. Odum Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Loe's writing is clear, jargon-free, and warm-she clearly likes and often admires her subjects. She has done an excellent job in organizing her book topically and lets her subjects speak for themselves, then distills their most important points. While there are few startling revelations, there is a great deal of wisdom. --Publisher's Weekly Useful for its thoroughness, examples of resiliency, and attention to this growing phenomenon. --CHOICE A lively, engaging, and moving read. Loe shows how the personal resources needed to cope with aging are closely tied to structural factors like race, class, gender, birth cohort, and socioeconomic status. Nearly any reader will find Aging Our Way relevant to their own life or the lives of their aging parents or relatives. --Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University In this delightfully written book, Meika Loe illustrates how we continue to develop and become more diverse as we age. Aging Our Way is an engagingly written introduction to this new understanding of aging and will serve its readers well. --Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, co-author of The 36-Hour Day What a timely and useful handbook for all ages-full of insights and often poignant. L'chayim! --Dr. Sally H. Lunt, Advisory Board, and Judy Norsigian

<br> Aging Our Way<br> is a remarkable glimpse of the everyday lives and life lessons of elders living on their own-and on their own terms. Through engaging interviews, Meika Loe moves away from an obsessive focus on youth to an idea of comfortable aging that embraces continuity, connection, creativity, and quality of life. <br>-Dan Buettner, author of <br>The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest<br><p><br> Americans are living longer lives today than ever before. But are these quality years? How are we experiencing 'these additional years' in our 80s, 90s, and even 100s? In Meika Loe's Aging Our Way, <br> men and women tell how they are making the best of their time, even with personal limitations. These 'ways of aging' are summed up as lessons for reflection and action. I urge you to read and share this inspiring book with others for it enriches understanding of life paths that many will follow. <br>-Glen H. Elder, Jr., Howard W. Odum Distin

<br> Loe's writing is clear, jargon-free, and warm-she clearly likes and often admires her subjects. She has done an excellent job in organizing her book topically and lets her subjects speak for themselves, then distills their most important points. While there are few startling revelations, there is a great deal of wisdom. -Publisher's Weekly<p><br> Useful for its thoroughness, examples of resiliency, and attention to this growing phenomenon. -IChoice<p><br> Aging Our Way is an easy-to-read gathering of fascinating stories from thirty very elderly individuals, which generates important insights for current understanding and future studies of the social psychology of healthy aging. <br>-Howard S. Friedman, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Riverside, and author of The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study<br><p><br> A lively, engaging, and moving read. Loe shows how the personal resources needed to cope with aging are closely tied to structural factors like race, class, gender, birth cohort, and socioeconomic status. Nearly any reader will find Aging Our Way relevant to their own life or the lives of their aging parents or relatives. <br>-Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University<p><br> In this delightfully written book, Meika Loe illustrates how we continue to develop and become more diverse as we age. Aging Our Way is an engagingly written introduction to this new understanding of aging and will serve its readers well. <br>-Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, co-author of The 36-Hour Day<p><br> What a timely and useful handbook for all ages-full of insights and often poignant. L'chayim! -Dr. Sally H. Lunt, Advisory Board, and Judy Norsigian, Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves<p><br> Americans are living longer lives today than ever before. But are these quality years? How are we experiencing 'these additional years' in our 80s, 90s,

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Meika Loe is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Colgate University and the author of The Rise of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America.

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