Machine generated contents note: 1. Living a long life: why survive?; 2. From self-esteem to meaning: studying psychological well-being in later life; 3. Investigating older people's lives at the end of the twentieth century; 4. Ageing together; 5. Adaptation to loss of spouse; 6. Ageing alone; 7. Women becoming frailer; 8. Men becoming frailer; 9. Towards one hundred years; 10. The future of later life: personal and policy perspectives on ageing and meaning.
Self and meaning in the lives of older people : case studies over twenty years by Peter G. Coleman. ISBN 9781107617230. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.