Vintage People: The Secrets of Successful Aging

by Jerry L Old

Overview

3rd Printing ISBN 0-9677709-0-4 Description: "Vintage" means choice, value, being of a good period or representative of the best. It also implies getting better with age! People can do that! Most of the world's greatest accomplishments have come from older people. This book emphasizes the positive aspects of aging as seen through the eyes of a rural Family Physician who has watched his patients age. Some grow old, but others remain productive, motivated and filled with joy. What are the secrets of this later group? Anyone who is getting older will enjoy learning the pragmatic, workable, personal secrets, of people who become "Vintage."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780967770901
Publisher:	Pathway Publishing
Publication date:	05/23/2011
Pages:	265
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Jerry L Old MD has 25 years of practical experience as a rural country doctor caring for patients from the cradle to the grave. He is currently Associate Professor and Geriatrics Clerkship Director at the University of Kansas School of Medicine--Wichita, and Cheif Medical Director for Hospice Care of Kansas. Special interests include "Aging Well," End-of-Life Care, and the role of Spirituality in Medicine. Dr Old is also co-auther of a medical textbook "A Practical Guide to Palliative Care."

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	X
	Introduction	XI
	Chronologically Gifted	1
	Quantity of Life Versus Quality of Life	5
	Experience	8
	The Tranquil Years	10
	Maturity	13
	Life Gets Better	15
	The Ageless Mind	16
	The Good Old Days	19
	Age As a Resource	21
	Acceptance	27
	Circumstances of Birth	29
	Diversity	31
	Hardening	34
	Adolescence of Retirement	40
	Know Thyself	45
	Recognition	46
	Pace Yourself	47
	Journaling	51
	Self-Esteem	56
	Knowing Others	59
	The Disciplined Life	65
	Integrity	67
	Reasons	73
	Self-Discipline	76
	The Discipline of Forgiveness	79
	Flexibility	83
	Interruptions	86
	Age Discrimination	88
	Adaptation	93
	Action	95
	Use It or Lose It	97
	Physical Exercise	98
	Mental Exercise	106
	Hard Work	110
	Accomplishment	112
	Serving Others	114
	Health and Medicine	119
	The Medical Profession	120
	Medications	124
	Placebo Effect	129
	Nutrition	131
	Chronic Diseases	133
	Geriatric Medicine	136
	Sexuality and Intimacy	143
	Transformation	145
	Opportunities	148
	Obstacles	150
	God's Sense of Humor	152
	Humor	155
	Laughter Is Good for Your Health	156
	Mental Attitude	159
	Human Relationships	163
	Vintage People Laugh at Themselves	166
	Learned Humor	168
	Enjoy the Moment	173
	Forgiving the Past	174
	One Day at a Time	177
	Now Is the Only Time We Have	181
	Risk	184
	Hope	189
	Friends	197
	Be a Friend	198
	Best Friends	200
	Be a Friend to a Child	206
	Acquaintances	209
	Solitude	213
	Silence	214
	Pauses	217
	Spirituality	219
	Believe in a Higher Power	221
	Religion	223
	Science and Spirituality	228
	Prayer	234
	Going Home	239
	Medically Speaking	240
	The American Way	247
	Vintage People See Death As Positive	253
	Pearls	257
	Appendix	261
	Florence's Story	261