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Chapter 54 - Retirement

A contemporary perspective

from Section IV - Principles of care for the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
Barret Michalec
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Christine Arenson ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Daniel Swagerty ,
Laura Mosqueda ,
Maria Fiatarone Singh  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel Swagerty
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Laura Mosqueda
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Maria Fiatarone Singh
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Demographic and sociocultural shifts have perhaps upended longstanding stereotypical perceptions and misunderstandings of what it means to be “retired” and “in retirement.” Prominent sociological theories and concepts can help explain various meanings and practices of retirement and lend insight into individual patients’ approach to and understanding of their own retirement. This phase of life could provide a window for health care providers to promote physical, cognitive, and social health status.
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 730 - 734
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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