Ageing is at the forefront of much discussion these days. We all have the potential to live a long time, but will we do it ‘well’?
This book discusses the issue, and makes suggestions as to how, and what we should be doing. It is suitable for – well, I’m not sure, but groups of some sort, certainly for professionals. Either way it is an interesting read, if you have time out of your active ‘third age’ doings. It presents a collection of studies focusing on the effectiveness of different methods that promote an active lifestyle among communities and older people in general.
The contributions draw upon qualitative and quantitative paradigms that have ‘active ageing’ at the core of their investigations. The book imparts knowledge about recent advances in physical activity, recreation and wellbeing initiatives that will benefit the academic community and the wider public.
It will also dispel myths about ageing and physical activity, ‘trouble’ popular notions of ageing, and present different intervention strategies and approaches that will serve to improve older peoples’ lives and develop an understanding of active and healthy ageing.
It seems to me that ageing is something that increasingly by-passes the ‘third agers’. Many are too busy doing other things to worry much about it, even into their eighties. If my friends aren’t cycling for charity, and/or learning to tango, or starting writing careers, trotting off on demonstrations or whatever, they are swanning off on a low cost walking holidays, or joining U3A for a totally reasonable fee and making use of their free courses including archery, croquet, walking. Use it, or lose it, or so I think this book is saying. For those less mobile, the book highlights options.
A fascinating project, and timely. I enjoyed it, and learned from it.
Editor(s): Barbara Humberstone, Maria Konstantaki
Contributors: Sue Stuart, Ray Batchelor, Melanie Parris, Maria Konstantaki, Jonathan Lewis, Jay Patel, Fiona McCormack,
ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-9104-2 ISBN-10: 1-4438-9104-5
HB: £47.99