description: 'Will I become senile?' The fear of growing old casts a shadow over many a life in our society long before the first deep wrinkle announces that old age has arrived. Yet most people retain resources and powers well into their 'sere and yellow leaf' far beyond what we - or they - imagine. Our hostile, exclusive treatment of the old is the result quite simply of ignorance; their acquiescence in it a result of social attitudes they may earlier themselves have helped to form. What we miss, as a society and as individuals, is not just the traditional wisdom of grey hairs but huge store of creativity, subtle judgement, untapped love and energy. Dr. Kastenbaum's great insight into what should be, but too seldom is, the time of fulfillment - and into its inevitable ending - informs a book that will profoundly affect all who deal with the old or who are becoming and that means everyone.
language: English
title: Growing Old
titlecomplete: Growing Old
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers