Resources
Elderhood
From the Elderhood book site: “Noted Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a …
The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
From The Happiness Curve website: “Drawing on cutting-edge science and human stories, The Happiness Curve shows that happiness follows a U-shaped trajectory, declining from the optimism of youth into what__s often a long, low slump …
Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives
From the publisher: “Honoré captured the zeitgeist with his international sensation, In Praise of Slow. In Bolder, he introduces us to another rising movement: a revolution in our approach to ageing.”
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
In Blindspot, hidden biases are revealed through hands-on experience with the method that has revolutionized the way scientists are learning about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the …
Optimizing Health: A Life-Span Approach
Article appearing in Boomers & Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries. (Rothstein, Pauline & Schull, Diantha D, ed.) American Library Association. Chicago: 2010
Composing A Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom
Here is a book that presents each of us — at any age — with an exhilarating challenge to think about and approach our later lives with the full force of imagination, curiosity, and enthusiasm. …
Social Research and Actions in Ageing Well
The chapter begins with international and national concepts of ageing well and directions for action. We then present a body of Australian research on ageing well including the context and funding that has enabled these …
The Longevity Revolution: the Benefits and Challenges of Living A Long Life
Dr. Robert N. Butler coined the term “ageism” and made “Alzheimer’s” a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years, …
The Mature Mind: the Positive Power of the Aging Brain
Drawing on a wealth of scientific research, as well as in-depth interviews with older women and men, Gene Cohen, a renowned psychiatrist and gerontologist, reveals for the first time how the mind continues to grow …
The Arts and Older People: A Global Perspective
This chapter (in Creative Aging, Health and Well-Being (Clift and Camic, eds)) focuses on the potential for participatory arts to support a good life in older age. It is motivated by the author‰ŰŞs personal experience …