older people

Describes ways in which young people can help elderly people, including visiting, running errands, adopting a grandfriend, and others.

Seventy-five-year-old Conrad, left alone and grieving after the death of his wife, Rose, learns the precious lesson of reaching out to others, after he spreads the news that he has seen an angel in his overgrown garden.

Looks at senior citizens, focusing on four individuals, with interviews which show that the elderly can't be stereotyped.

Hildy Good, a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother living in a small town on Boston's North Shore, is also an alcoholic, and after an intervention staged by her family, feels lonely and persecuted; she thinks that moderation is the key to her drinking problem, and in addition finds herself embroiled in the underbelly of her New England town, where secrets and scandal seethe.

Presents more than twenty articles and book excerpts on various topics related to aging Americans, including the aging of the Baby Boomers, elder care, retirement, aging workers, government involvement, American perceptions of aging, and new possibilities for the aged.

Takes a closer look at some of the myths of aging and discusses the ways that society deals with the aged in economic, political, social, and medical settings.

Presents interviews in which old people and teenagers discuss their attitudes and opinions about various aspects and problems of old age.

Four senior citizens undertake the investigation surrounding the death of the wife of a prominent plastic surgeon in New York City.

Examines the role grandparents play in various countries, including Iraq, Canada, the United States, China, Swaziland, Ecuador, and Italy, discussing their position as the elders in their cultures.

Dr. Andrew Weil offers a practical approach to aging that explains how to use diet, exercise, and traditions from various cultures around the world to age gracefully and avoid many problems associated with the elderly.