The Big Move
Life Between the Turning Points
When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderly residents. In this lively and provocative collection, other distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's moving account of her transition to becoming a member of a vibrant and sociable community that offers care-giving support, while encouraging her to pursue her own interests, including exercising, reviewing articles for scholarly journals, serving on committees, and singing. By redefining notions of care and community, undoing the stigmas of aging, and valuing the psychological factors involv…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Kivnick, Helen Q. / Wyatt-Brown, Anne M.
- ISBN: 978-0-253-02073-4
- EAN: 9780253020734
- Produktnummer: 20455008
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 118 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 434 KB
Über den Autor
Anne M. Wyatt-Brown is Emeritus Associate Professor in the Program in Linguistics, University of Florida. Ruth Ray Karpen is Professor Emeritus in the College of Liberal Arts at Wayne State University in Detroit. Helen Q. Kivnick, Ph.D., L.P. is Professor of Social Work at the University of Minnesota.Margaret Morganroth Gullette is an internationally known age critic, nonfiction writer, and essayist.
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