Richard J. Smith
Life After Eighty
A Personal Perspective of Living Well and Staying Happy
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Old age might be measured by changes in physical and cognitive health rather than by birthdays. We grow old differently, but we all grow old. At some point we experience a diagnosis, an accident or an event that signals that we will never be as comfortable or safe living as we have in the past. Those who investigate and find suitable accommodations for their old age fare better than those who do not. Timely and prudent actions pay off in comfort and safety. Denial and delayed action often result in passing the unwelcome job to children-often themselves old-who do it less easily and less satisfactorily than their parents…
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Old age might be measured by changes in physical and cognitive health rather than by birthdays. We grow old differently, but we all grow old. At some point we experience a diagnosis, an accident or an event that signals that we will never be as comfortable or safe living as we have in the past. Those who investigate and find suitable accommodations for their old age fare better than those who do not. Timely and prudent actions pay off in comfort and safety. Denial and delayed action often result in passing the unwelcome job to children-often themselves old-who do it less easily and less satisfactorily than their parents could have done it themselves had they initiated the process when they were still able to do so. In the intervening time their parents have been uncomfortable and perhaps unsafe, by unnecessarily toughing it out or hanging in there. The author explains why neither is wise nor necessary. At eighty-five the author knows a lot about growing old. He knows his own story and the stories of men and women who have shared the last twenty-five years with him. Some of them make the transition better than others. This book will tell you why, and give hope to those growing old that life can be grand and full of joy.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-63393-259-3
- EAN: 9781633932593
- Produktnummer: 19825040
- Verlag: Koehler Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 110 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.6 cm 173 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 173
Über den Autor
Dr. Richard J. Smith is professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison and recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from that university. His major emphases of study were the development of reading comprehension and the development of positive attitudes toward reading. His research and classroom practice determined that reading can be a springboard to higher-level thinking behaviors that increase reading pleasure.Professor Smith is author or co-author of five college textbooks on the teaching of reading and numerous instructional materials for the development of reading as a thinking process. In addition, he has published nearly a hundred articles in professional journals for teachers of reading and reading researchers.His professional career included classroom teaching, director for reading development for the Madison, Wisconsin, schools and consultant to school districts on the national level.Since his retirement in 1990, Professor Smith has written numerous short stories and published three books, Life After Eighty, Once Upon a Christmas and Musings of an Old Man. The prose and poetry in this book were written while residing in the Westminster Point Pleasant Retirement Community in Bradenton, Florida.
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