The art of growing old : aging with grace

The art of growing old Aging with grace

Marie de Hennezel, 1946-

Book - 2012

Offers advice for positively living with the aging process through anecdotes and examples from the author's work with the elderly, counseling readers to face up to the real problems of aging in order to remain youthful in spirit.

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Subjects
Aging > Psychological aspects.
Aging.
Older people > Psychology.
Published
New York : Viking 2012.
Language
English
French
Main Author
Marie de Hennezel, 1946- (-)
Edition
1st American ed
Physical Description
xiv, 176 p. ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780670023455
  • Foreword
  • I Write for My Generation
  • The Island of Long Life, and the Warmth of the Heart
  • When the Fear of Growing Old Assails You
  • The Worst Is Not Inevitable
  • The Golden Age of Senior Citizens
  • Changing the Way We See
  • Rethinking Our Aesthetics
  • The Beauty That Shines Through
  • Yvonne
  • Answering Fears About Old Age
  • Connecting Generations
  • Natural Caretaking
  • Sheltered Housing
  • The Beguine Convent
  • Outsourcing Elder Care
  • Guiding Lights
  • A Humanist Solution
  • Seeing Dementia Differently
  • The Right Kind of Care
  • Encounters with Remarkable Elderly People
  • Keys to a Happy Old Age
  • Strategies That Work
  • Up with People
  • Accepting Growing Old
  • Final Frontiers
  • Solitude Is Golden
  • The Heart Does Not Grow Old
  • The Richness of Time
  • Activities and Actions
  • Living in the Now
  • A Sensual Old Age
  • Harold and Elise
  • The Fecundity of Time
  • Consciousness Raising
  • Meditative Action
  • Meditation, Simplified
  • Rediscovering the Body
  • Disability as an Advantage
  • The Still Point
  • The Last Joys of Old Age
  • Our Inner Garden
  • The Ability to Marvel
  • Knowing How to Die
  • Conclusion
  • Ariadne's Thread
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Library Journal Review

French psychologist de Hennezel (Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How To Live) worked for ten years in the first palliative care unit in France and is now more well known as the therapist who helped the late French President Miterrand through the final days of his cancer. In this passionate book, de Hennezel takes on Western culture's obsession with youth. She sets the record straight about the realities of aging and helps readers learn to embrace the work of growing old. Helpful information covers common fears about growing old, keys to achieving happiness in old age, maintaining sensuality as we age, focusing on inner peace, and learning how to prepare for the end stages of life. VERDICT Drawing on literature, film, academia, and numerous interviews with seniors, de Hennezel combines anecdotes with psychological theory, philosophy, and research to present a refreshing take on everything that becoming older can offer. This will appeal to fans of Karl Pillemer's 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's work. Highly recommended.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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