| Adventures in Senior Living: Learning How to Make Retirement Meaningful and Enjoyable Contributor(s): Koenig, Harold G. (Author), Driskill, J. Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 078900254X ISBN-13: 9780789002549 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.52 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Social Science | Volunteer Work |
| Dewey: 361.370 |
| LCCN: 97018763 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.2" W x 8.56" (0.70 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and challenges that retirement often brings. Through 31 lively and interesting interviews, you learn how other people have found positive and rewarding ways to make their retirement years meaningful and enjoyable. Opening windows into their own lives, these inspiring retirees share with you a wide range of retirement ideas that pertain to volunteer work, travel, selecting your living arrangements, and getting involved in your community.Retirement doesn't have to bring feelings of boredom or restlessness. Adventures in Senior Living shows you that your retirement years can be your most fulfilling, productive, and fun years. You'll have more time to work in that garden you love, make quilts with your friends, spend time with your loved ones, and get exercise. But, possibly even more important than that, you'll have the ability to participate in your community on an entirely new level and to make a difference in other people's lives as well as your own. The life-loving, generous people who come together in this wonderful book are sure to inspire you as they speak about their accomplishments that include:
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