Gerontology

More than 1,000 extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness....

We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines - "50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees....

A revolution in how we age is on its way. Yes, aging is inevitable: One year from now, we will all be a year older; that will never change. What can and will change is how we age - and how we can all take a much bolder approach to doing it with vigor and joy....

From one of the world's leading authorities on longevity and aging comes the first book to address a uniquely twenty-first century question....

There are now more 100-year-olds alive than at any other time in history, and longevity studies are finding many of them are active, healthy, and engaged with the world around them....

In The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships....

Two Old Broads is laugh-out-loud funny and tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years....

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying is Ram Dass' reflection on the joys, pains, and opportunities that appear as we age...

Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest old....

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....

American baby boomers are aging, and 15 million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? This book is an exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers" and suggests ways in which they can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship-building and rigorous planning....

Caregiving can be a positive experience if families understand aging, understand the disease their loved one has, learn how to improve communication, and have an aging plan. The Invisible Patient provides inspiration and step-by-step guidance to ease the caregiving journey....

Seeing people as people is an idea so simple you'll swear you've heard before but so profound you'll never stop learning from it. Author Kimberly White discovered it in nursing homes whose carers saw their patients, not as tasks to be ticked off a to-do list, as valuable human beings....

Mary Catherine Bateson sees aging today as an "improvisational art form calling for imagination and willingness to learn"....

Welcome to the dazzling new world of SuperAging, where everything you’ve been taught about aging is challenged. Getting older does not need to mean the end of accomplishment and growth. For SuperAgers, the period after age sixty-five can be one of the most productive and fulfilling times of life....

Ageism Unmasked shifts the lens, enabling us to see that we tolerate, and sometimes actively promote, attitudes and behaviors toward differently aged people that we would reject and condemn if applied to any other group....

The Rogue's Road to Retirement is about the rebels, raconteurs, and rous who refuse to grow old gracefully, who want to grow old the way they grew up raising hell....

The old idea of "retirement" - a word that means withdrawal, describing a time when people gave up productive employment and shrank their activities - was a short-lived historical anomaly....

In The Third Chapter, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot offers a strong counterpoint to the murky ambivalence that shrouds our clear view of people in their third chapters....

In The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships....