The Third Age
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The Third Age
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Author : William Sadler
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Release Date : 2000
The Third Age written by William Sadler and has been published by Da Capo Lifelong Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Family & Relationships categories.
Medical technology has, in effect, given the modern world about 30 extra years to live. Based on a major study of the unfolding lives of a select group of men and women, "The Third Age" shares their collective wisdom and illustrates how to creatively redesign life in anticipation of and through added years.
The University Of The Third Age And Active Ageing
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Author : Marvin Formosa
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-01
The University Of The Third Age And Active Ageing written by Marvin Formosa and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with Education categories.
This comparative resource charts the interface between the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement and active ageing, and in doing so, offers a comprehensive and thorough understanding of what U3A means in different geographical and sociocultural contexts. After first providing introductory chapters to introduce the U3A movement and active ageing in global perspective and tracing the origins of U3As in France, the book sets off charting the international development of U3As in both European and Asian-Pacific contexts. Deliberately, the book moves away from the dominant Anglo-centric US- and UK-rooted analyses of U3As to account for contexts of different political ideology, sociocultural values, geography, and degrees of urbanisation and industrialisation. Lastly, it thematises foreseeable issues, concerns, and predicaments that the global U3A movement faces while meeting the challenges and seizing the opportunities presented by active ageing. The chapters’ comparative perspectives encompass: Origins and development: The Francophone model of U3As The development and characteristics of U3As in European and Asian-Pacific geographies From social welfare to educational gerontology: U3As in China, Russia, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea U3As in Italy, Spain and Sweden: A dynamic, flexible, and accessible learning model Late-life learning for social inclusion: U3As in Poland, Iceland, United Kingdom, and Malta The U3A movement in Australia: From statewide networking to community engagement Cross-cultural perspectives on U3As: The case of Thailand The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing boasts welcome contributions to the scholarship on the different histories, structures, and challenges posed by national U3As. Readers from a variety of backgrounds and research interests including gerontology, geriatrics, active ageing, older adult learning, comparative education and educational technology will find this a necessary and valuable resource in better understanding a globalised U3A world. "The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives contributes to the deep well of histories, experiences, structures, accomplishments and problems of national U3As. It emerges as a tapestry of extraordinary research that offers to guide the U3A movement as it soon enters its fiftieth year of existence." - Prof. Stephen Katz. Trent University
Gerontology In The Era Of The Third Age
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Author : Dawn C. Carr, PhD
language : en
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Release Date : 2011-02-22
Gerontology In The Era Of The Third Age written by Dawn C. Carr, PhD and has been published by Springer Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-22 with Social Science categories.
The "third age" is described as the period in the life course that occurs after retirement but prior to the onset of disability, revealing a period in which individuals have the capacity to remain actively engaged. This book serves as a comprehensive discussion about how the emergence of the third age has changed the way we think about and examine traditional frameworks regarding aging issues and the life course. It introduces the discussion of the unique challenges and opportunities that older adults face while moving through this early phase of later life, proposing new frameworks, concepts, and methods to re-examine later life in the context of the era of the third age. This book proposes new ways of thinking about how we conceptualize the life course, think about the role of the welfare state in the lives of older people, negotiate social roles in later life, make meaning of our lives as we age, and cultivate relationships with others during later life. It brings together theoretical concepts and frameworks, methodological advances, and emerging themes and controversies that are redefining gerontology in the era of the Third Age. Highlighting important issues that warrant further exploration and discussion, this book advances our understanding of the Third Age and focuses attention on critical issues that should be addressed in future Third Age research and scholarly development. Key Features: Includes up-to-date description and analysis of the third age as a concept, life phase, and social status Addresses multiple perspectives to illustrate the impact of the third age on the way we examine later life Uses disciplinary perspectives such as social policy, demography, gerontology, sociology, social work, anthropology, and social psychology Examines mechanisms that stratify the older population in the context of the third age
What Retirees Want
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Author : Ken Dychtwald
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2021-11-24
What Retirees Want written by Ken Dychtwald and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-24 with Business & Economics categories.
"Dychtwald and Morison offer a brilliant and convincing perspective: an essential re-think of what 'aging' and 'retirement' mean today and an invitation to help mobilize the best in the tidal wave of Boomer Third Agers." —Daniel Goleman, PhD, Author, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Throughout 99 percent of human history, life expectancy at birth was less than 18 years. Few people had a chance to age. Today, thanks to extraordinary medical, demographic, and economic shifts, most of us expect to live long lives. Consequently, the world is witnessing a powerful new version of retirement, driven by the power and needs of the Baby Boomer generation. Consumers over age 50 account for more than half of all spending and control more than 70% of our total net worth – yet are largely ignored by youth-focused marketers. How will work, family, and retirement be transformed to accommodate two billion people over the age of 60 worldwide? In the coming years, we'll see explosive business growth fueled by this unprecedented longevity revolution. What Retirees Want presents the culmination of 30 years of research by world-famous "Age Wave" expert Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., and author and consultant Robert Morison. It explains how the aging of the Baby Boomers will forever change our lives, businesses, government programs, and the consumer marketplace. This exciting new stage of life, the "Third Age," poses daunting questions: What will "old" look like in the years ahead? With continued advances in longevity, all of the traditional life-stage markers and boundaries will need to be adjusted. What new products and services will boom as a result of this coming longevity revolution? What unconscious ageist marketing practices are hurting people – and business growth? Will the majority of elder boomers outlive their pensions and retirement savings and how can this financial disaster be prevented? What incredible new technologies of medicine, life extension, and human enhancement await us in the near future? What purposeful new roles can we create for elder boomers so that the aging nations of the Americas, Europe, and Asia capitalize on the upsides of aging? Which pioneering organizations and companies worldwide have created marketing strategies and programs that resonate with the quirky and demanding Boomer generation? In this entertaining, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging book, Dychtwald and Morison explain how individuals, businesses, non-profits, and governments can best prepare for a new era – where the needs and demands of the "Third Age" will set the lifestyle, health, social, marketplace, and political priorities of generations to come.
A Fresh Map Of Life
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Author : Peter Laslett
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
A Fresh Map Of Life written by Peter Laslett and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Social Science categories.
Today as never before, most people in the developed world at least, can expect to live to old age. How has society reacted to this shift of mortality? Much of the accepted account of ageing is simply the persistence into our own time of past perceptions. Laslett argues that the Third Age - beyond the breadwinning and child-rearing years - is that of greatest personal fulfilment, the apogee of life. Combining social history, sociology and philosophy, this book provokes new thinking on one of the crucial changes in the modern world.
The End Of The Third Age
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Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The End Of The Third Age written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fantasy fiction, English categories.
The End of the Third Age is comprised of the first section of the hardcover volume published as Sauron Defeated, the ninth volume of The History of Middle-earth. It completes Christopher Tolkien's account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings begun in the earlier volumes, The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, and The War of the Ring.The End of the Third Age begins with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Kirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this part ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children's questions.The book is illustrated with changing conceptions of Kirith Ungol and Mount Doom, as well as previously unpublished drawings of Orthanc and Dunharrow.
Digital Welfare For The Third Age
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Author : Brian D. Loader
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
Digital Welfare For The Third Age written by Brian D. Loader and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with Social Science categories.
This book is about the ways digital technology can contribute to the welfare of older people. The Internet, mobile phones and other technologies have changed how we live and work. Such technologies also shape how services for older people are organised in ways that potentially place carers and older people at the centre of service provision. Telecare can make homes ‘smart’ so that they are more comfortable and less risky for people who can take advantage of devices that help make them independent members of their community. Digital Welfare is part of the broader project in Britain and elsewhere to adopt new information and communications technologies (ICTs) to organise and deliver health and social welfare services. This includes mundane technologies like an alarm to call for help to complex telecare ‘smart homes’ and electronic patient records. The intended and unintended consequences of such new technologies must be explored if we are to benefit from these innovations. Based on recent research this book seeks to highlight and examine the new opportunities and dilemmas that confront older people and all those concerned with their welfare in the network society. This edited collection provides original contributions from leading academics and researchers in the field to access the evidence for improved professional integration and user-centred health and social care services for older people arising from health informatics. Digital Welfare for the Third Age will be of interest to all those working with older people.
The Illuminated Life
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Author : Abe Arkoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Illuminated Life written by Abe Arkoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Conduct of life categories.
Demography Ideology And Stratification
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Author : Dawn C. Carr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Demography Ideology And Stratification written by Dawn C. Carr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Aging categories.
This project examines the convergence of demographic and ideological changes associated with the emergence of the third age, and how access to this life phase varies between social groups. This analysis provides a basis for understanding the changing role older adults play in society and how this is moderated by social structural boundaries. Specific research questions include: How did ideological and demographic forces interact to mark the emergence of the third age in the United States? and How does the amount of time spent in the third age vary by social location? The first part of this study uses a trend analysis methodology to understand ideological and demographic forces at play in the emergence of the third age in the United States. Using published secondary data, convergences of demographic trends are mapped and analyzed to identify key shifts relevant to the availability of time and physical and financial capability to engage in society in later life. To examine ideological changes, significant gerontological literature identified by key informants and the underlying assumptions associated with major federal social policies that purport to increase older adults' available time and capability to remain active in later life were examined. Results suggest that the third age emerged between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s in the United States. These findings suggest that opportunities, roles and expectations, and the timing of life events are shaped by the ongoing interaction between demographic and ideological forces and are structured and reinforced by social policies. The second part of the study conceptualizes and calculates a measure of the average length of life spent in the third age, by gender, age, and race. This new measure, "third age life expectancy" (TALE), utilizes nationally representative panel data (2005 National Health Interview Survey) and age, race, and gender specific life expectancy data to determine the amount of time spent in the third age. Results indicate that TALE varies by race and gender according to a) the proportion of life expected to be spent in the third age; and b) the timing of entry and exit from the third age.
Third Age Learners Of Foreign Languages
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Author : Danuta Gabryś-Barker
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2017-12-18
Third Age Learners Of Foreign Languages written by Danuta Gabryś-Barker and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
People are increasingly reaching the so-called third age, a period when seniors search for a renewed purpose to life and spend time undertaking activities that they consider motivating, such as the learning of a foreign language. The study of language learning among aging populations has become a fast-growing area of research and this book is one of the first attempts to bring together what we know about this age group and their profiles as foreign language learners. Contributors to the volume discuss the issue from various psychological, neurological and pedagogical perspectives. Each of the chapters provides an updated theoretical background and offers some initial conclusions on the basis of original empirical studies carried out. Chapters challenge certain familiar preconceptions and assumptions about senior learners, offer the reader ideas for future research in this under-studied area and provide some practical advice for applying the proposals and solutions offered in real foreign language third-age classrooms.