Aging Well: The Complete Guide to Physical and Emotional Health

by Jeanne Wei and Sue Levkoff

Book Overview

In this definitive, prescriptive guide to all aspects of aging, the authors-both top experts on aging at Harvard Medical School-offer a complete and highly accessible reference focused on the physical and emotional issues that affect seniors and their loved ones. Here is invaluable advice on a range of topics, from lifestyle choices to retirement and insurance options to coping with loss and other life concerns. Aging Well addresses such increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471082066
• ISBN13: 9780471082064
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Simply great!

I am an avid reader of books on health and I found this book to be a real gem for my library collection.I have presented it to many of my friends over the age of 40 - for I believe that "aging well" should start early. This book has helped me and my parents, and all other relatives and friends enormously. It should be on everyone's bookshelf.

A Great book

This book is an excellent reference for anyone interested in the aging process.It is easy to read and yet provides a depth of knowledge not readily available in other books.It is also a superb gift for anyone who enjoys life and desires to continue doing it, by aging well!

Excellent reference

This was an excellent resource for my wife and I. All aspects of aging are covered. It has help us be more educated when we discuss things with our physicians. It also has allowed us to ask appropriate questions and really get a handle on our disease. I recommened it for everyone

Superb and most comprehensive

This book really is an encyclopedia of knowledge about the process of aging as well as the various diseases commonly found in older individuals. It covers every organ system in the body and even provides information on the medications used to treat the age-related disorders. The book also covers the social impact of aging, and gives a list of useful resources for assitance. It promises no magic potions for reversal of the aging process, but provides accurate and scientific information to improve one's health, no matter how frail. Aging is an invetable process, and for those of us who are realistic, this book is superb!

An excellent book

Readers of all ages will benefit from the vast amount of information contained in this book. It will help not only seniors to better understand the changes in their body systems with age, but also guide the careproviders and their children in assisting them in every aspect of life. The book provides details of complex medical issues in simple, non-medical terms. These explanations enable every reader to make better decisions regarding one's health care. This book will definitely enrich the experience of aging for anyone who reads it.