Gerontology

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....

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....

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....

Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman presents How to Live Forever, a deeply personal call to find fulfillment and happiness in our longer lives by connecting with the next generation and forging a legacy of love that lives beyond us....

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....

In The AgeTech Revolution, Keren Etkin takes you on a journey to explore what the intersection of tech and aging looks like today. This book explores the changing face of aging in the 21st century....

We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent. We aspire to maintain health as well as maintain dignity and fulfillment in frailty. Old Man Country helps listeners see and imagine these possibilities....

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....

In The Big Shift, Marc Freedman makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are....

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....

Faith Popcorn has seen it coming - and now she tells you how to profit from the enormous transformation that will sweep mainstream America....

Both motivating and prescriptive, The Hourglass Solution suggests a new way of thinking about choices in life and how mid-life can be a time of renewal and expanded choices....

What makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer a "brave dame" but Ally McBeal a "wimpette"? In this witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters....

After losing her grandmother to Alzheimer's, writer Anu Silfverberg travels to see the future of dementia care. In the Netherlands, a new kind of care home lets patients live in their own past....

William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old....

Happily Ever Older takes listeners inside nursing and retirement homes and shows novel approaches to community living. Journalist Moira Welsh provides a blueprint for change and proof for industry leaders and governments that good care for seniors is attainable and necessary....