The End of Old Age, Marc E. Agronin, MD
The End of Old Age, Marc E. Agronin, MD
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The End of Old Age
Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life

Author: Marc E. Agronin, MD

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/19/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The acclaimed author of How We Age, whose "descriptive powers are a gift to readers" (Sherwin Nuland), presents a hopeful and practical model of aging—a guide to understanding how we can all make the journey better.

As one of America's leading geriatric psychiatrists, Dr. Marc Agronin sees both the sickest and the healthiest of seniors. He observes what works to make their lives better and more purposeful and what doesn't. Many authors can talk about aging from their particular vantage points, but Dr. Agronin is on the front lines as he counsels and treats elderly individuals and their loved ones on a daily basis. The latest scientific research and Dr. Agronin's first-hand experience are brilliantly distilled in The End of Old Age—a call to no longer see aging as an implacable enemy and to start seeing it as a developmental force for enhancing well-being, meaning, and longevity.

Throughout The End of Old Age, the focus is squarely on "So what does this mean for me and my family?" In a PDF accompanying the audiobook, Dr. Agronin provides simple but revealing charts that you can fill out to identify, develop, and optimize your unique age-given strengths. It's nothing short of an action plan to help you age better by improving how you value the aging process, guide yourself through stress, and find ways to creatively address change for the best possible experience and outcome.

About Marc E. Agronin, MD

Marc E. Agronin, MD, a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard University and the Yale School of Medicine, is a board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist and the author of How We Age. Since 1999 he has served as the director of mental health services, clinical research, and the outpatient memory center at Miami Jewish Health. He has published essays in the New York Times and Scientific American Mind and writes regularly on aging and retirement issues for the Wall Street Journal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Candice on August 11, 2019

This book I think is written more for people who are fearing growing old. I'm not thrilled with aging and have been making physical and emotional adjustments, but I think I have a more philosophical attitude towards it and have already established most of the important things necessary for aging "gr......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on October 22, 2023

Excellent information and go-dos.......more

Goodreads review by Kat on April 02, 2021

Takeaways: Typical assumptions about aging have an unconscious but significant influence on how people actually age. The stereotype embodiment theory describes how people internalize stereotypes about aging. The brain has many adaptive attributes. Aging offers five core strengths that correlate to older......more

Goodreads review by Rick on April 25, 2018

Before I retired, I was reading books about preparing for retirement. Now that I'm retired, I'm reading books about preparing for old age. It's a challenging subject, given that there is longevity in my family and my currently 98 year old mother has dementia. This book addresses how people in the 9t......more

Goodreads review by Penny on July 02, 2018

Marc Agronin works with elderly Miami residents as a geriatric psychiatrist. His book chronicles the ways in which aging and old age can be viewed as a positive stage of life, even with the inevitable challenges that everyone faces growing older. He focuses on the powerful ways older people experien......more