Stress and adaptation: Preparation for successful retirement

✍ Scribed by Ruth Lo; Ron Brown

• Book ID: 104469190
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 71 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1324-3780
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.1999.00127.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

Retirement from work can present a significant adjustment challenge for the older population financially, socially and emotionally. Retirement has been identified as a significantly stressful event. Work provides both a structured activity within a regular time frame and a sense of purpose and daily meaning. Energy is channelled into intellectual, creative, and/or physical tasks that offer a sense of satisfaction when they are completed. The planning for retirement is associated with successful adaptation. A realization of the potential and rewards of retirement will also facilitate this adaptation.