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Eightysomethings : a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness / Katharine Esty.

by Esty, Katharine C.

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Skyhorse Publishing, 2019.

Aging -- Psychological aspects.

Older people -- Psychology.

Quality of life.

9781510743120 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Eighty somethings : a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness

80 somethings : a practical guide to letting go, aging well, and finding unexpected happiness

viii, 231 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-230).

Introduction -- I am not old! -- Health matters: five coping styles -- Upside down parenting -- Holding on and letting go -- Friends -- Love and sex -- Grandparenting -- Caregivers -- A shrinking world -- Past, future, and present -- Dementia -- Transitions -- Survivor skills -- How their kids see them -- Spirituality -- Approaching death -- Unexpectedly happy -- Aging wisely -- The lucky generation -- A new vision of old age.

"Old age is not what it used to be. For the first time, most people in the United States are living into their eighties. The first guide of its kind changes the understanding of old age with an upbeat and emotionally savvy view of the uncharted territory of the last stage of life. With insight and humor, Dr. Katharine Esty describes the series of dramatic and difficult transitions that eightysomethings usually experience and how, despite their losses, they so often find themselves unexpectedly happy."

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