As the population of retirees between the ages of 65 and 75 continues to grow, professionals, researchers, and educators in all areas of the health care and the business sectors will require more expertise on the latest trends to make better decisions and improve systems.
Contributed by nationally recognized experts, The Crown of Life: Dynamics of the Early Post-Retirement Period presents some of the most important and current decision-making research describing life between the ages of 65 and 75.
Topics cover many aspects and social issues of retirement including:
- Demographics
- Functioning and Well-being
- Aging Black Americans
- Late Middle Age
- The Impact of Work
- Change and Stability
- Health and Religiousness
- Social Relations
- Leisure Activities
- Male Satisfaction
- Everyday Life
- Gay Lives
- Retirement Community Life
For anyone interested in the key issues and current trends of this growing population, editors Jacquelyn Boone James and Paul Wink provide one of the most important and current expert collections dedicated to the Crown of Life period.
About the Series…
Now celebrating its 26th year, this series of annual reviews, established by Carl Eisdorfer, is designed to encompass the broad spectrum of concerns in aging, including psychology, biology, medicine, sociology, and public policy. The goal is to present reviews of the highest quality and to address those important questions that are salient to all gerontologists.
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About the Editors
Contributors
Forthcoming and Previous Volumes in the Series
Preface
Introduction: The Third Age: A Rationale for Research
Jacquelyn Boone James and Paul Wink
Section I: Culture and Context for the Third Age
The Demography of the Third Age, Annemette Sorensen
Functioning and Well-being in the Third Age: 1986-2001 Irina Grafova, Kate Mc Gonagle, and Frank Stafford
The Work and Retirement Experiences of Aging Black Americans, Edna Brown, James S. Jackson, and Nakesha A. Faison,
Section II: Anticipating Life in the Third Age
Strategic Selection as a Retirement Project: Will Americans Develop Hybrid Arrangements?Phyllis Moen and Joyce Altobelli
Late Middle Age: Transition to the Third Age, Ravenna Helson and Rebecca A. Cate
Pathways Toward the Third Age: Studying a Cohort from the ”Golden Age, ”David G. Winter, Cynthia M. Torges, Abigail J. Stewart, Donna Henderson-King, and Eaaron Henderson King
Section III: Change Over Time in the Third Age, Age 65-79
A Constructionist View of the Third Age: The Case of Cognition Sherry L. Willis and K. Warner Schaie
The Impact of Work on the Psychological Health and Well-Being of Older Americans Jacquelyn Boone James and Avron Spiro, III
Change and Stability During the Third Age: Longitudinal Investigations of Self-Rated Health and Religiousness with the Terman Sample, Michael E. Mc Cullough and Emily L. Polak
Social Relations in the Third Age: Assessing Strengths and Challenges Using the Convoy Model Toni C. Antonucci, Kristine J> Ajrouch and Kira Birditt
Section IV: Everyday Life in the Third Age
Satisfaction with Retirement in Men’s Lives, George E. Vaillant and Ana C. Di Rago
Everyday Life in the Third Age, Paul Wink
Gay Lives in the Third Age: Possibilities and Paradoxes, Bertram J. Cohler and Andrew J. Hostetler
Retirement Community Life: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, Allen M. Omoto and Christina D. Aldrich
Conclusion: Is the Third Age the Crown of Life? Paul Wink and Jacquelyn Boone James
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K. Warner Schaie, Ph D, is the Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington.