Loneliness in Later Life

✍ Scribed by Hamilton B. Gibson (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 165
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Loneliness in Later Life concerns the personal and social changes associated with ageing, a topic which is becoming increasingly popular as the number of those in the Third Age themselves reaches unprecedented levels. It analyses the nature of loneliness, clearly distinguishing it from the experience of solitary living, which in its turn is explored, and valued. Through an examination of material drawn from literature and moderen research, including the author's own experience, the book arrives at the happy conclusion that older people are not in general, lonelier than when younger.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
What is Loneliness?....Pages 1-20
The Problems of Later Life....Pages 21-38
The Measurement of Loneliness....Pages 39-60
Loneliness in Literature....Pages 61-90
The Benefits of Solitude....Pages 91-108
Overcoming Loneliness....Pages 109-129
Back Matter....Pages 131-150

✦ Subjects

Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Sociology, general; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging; Developmental Psychology; Aging; Social Work

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