Adaptational challenges and coping in late life

Journal/Book: Bull Menninger Clin. 1999; 63: Box 829, Topeka, KS 66601, USA. Menninger Foundation. A4-A15.

Abstract: The profound increase in the number of persons living beyond age 65 means that more people are faced with adapting to physical, emotional, and social changes in late life. These changes include inevitable losses in the areas of physical and mental functioning, relationships, independence, and personal identity. Drawing on work of the Vaillants and the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, the author reviews the predictors and key components of successful aging. He also discusses creativity, sexuality, and wholeness in late life.

Note: Article Menninger WW, Menninger Clin, Box 829, Topeka,KS 66601 USA

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