Aging Wisely

Growing older brings many thoughts of "e;I wish I knew that before."e;Th is book provides information to help us age as well as possible. Surprisingly, our feelings do not age. Pleasure and contentmentinterface loneliness, loss, fears and sorrow. At a time when life is thought easier, new problems andsituations that are challenging arise. Four stages of aging includethe initiation to aging at about fi fty years of age, changes in lifefollowing retirement, a gradual acceptance of being older, andthe fi nal years of eighty-fi ve and older.