New Thoughts on Old Age

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
New thoughts on the theory of disengagement....Pages 3-18
Prolegomena to a psychoanalytic theory of aging and death....Pages 19-40
Geriatric behavioral prosthetics....Pages 41-60
Is old age the end of development?....Pages 61-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Social correlates of longevity....Pages 75-91
Longevity and life patterns....Pages 92-98
Behavioral changes of aging chronic psychotics....Pages 99-115
What happens to old psychologists? A preliminary report....Pages 116-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The reluctant therapist....Pages 139-145
Group therapy with the very old....Pages 146-160
Speech therapy with geriatric aphasia patients....Pages 161-178
Depression in the aged: The importance of external factors....Pages 179-185
The nurse and the elderly patient....Pages 186-190
Effects of wine on the interpersonal behavior of geriatric patients: An exploratory study....Pages 191-204
Social services for the aged: A reconsideration....Pages 205-212
Aspects of geriatric care and treatment: Moral, amoral, and immoral....Pages 213-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Cross-cultural views of the aged....Pages 229-236
Young people view old age....Pages 237-249
Elderly people view old age....Pages 250-260
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged....Pages 265-280
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Delay of gratification in later life: An experimental analog....Pages 281-290
Patterns of short-range time orientation in geriatric patients....Pages 291-299
On the meaning and function of reading in later life....Pages 300-304
Artistic expression in later life....Pages 305-315
The crisis of explanation....Pages 316-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-333