Research Catalog

Title

New goals for old age / edited by George Lawton.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, ©1943.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lawton, George, 1900-1957.

Description

ix, 210 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Older people > Psychology
• Mental health
• Old age
• Older people
• Mental Health
• Aged
• mental health
• old age
• elderly
• Older people
• Old age
• Mental health
• Older people > Psychology

Note

• "These papers were delivered originally in a course, 'Mental health in old age,' conducted under the auspices of the Section on the Care of the Aged of the Welfare Council of New York City during the year 1940-1941."--p. vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index.

Contents

Prologue / by George Lawton -- Adjustment over the life span / by Lawson G. Lowrey -- Aging mental abilities and their preservation / by George Lawton -- Older person in the changing social scene / by Lawrence K. Frank -- Older person in the world of today--in the family / by Ollie A. Randall -- Physical changes in old age and their effects upon mental attitudes / by Lewellys F. Barker -- Applying mental health principles to problems of the aging / by Nolan D.C. Lewis -- Work therapy, interests, and activities / by Edward Hochhauser -- Toward a science of bibliotherapy / by Alice I. Bryan -- Occupational therapy / by Marguerite Emery -- Creative urge in older people / by Edward T. Hall -- Mental diseases of the aged / by Samuel W. Hartwell -- Old age at the crossroads. Patterns of living: in an institution / by Helen H. Brunot -- Old age at the crossroads. Patterns of living: in the community / by Ruth Hill -- Old age, first person singular / by George Lawton -- How it feels to be seventy-five and a woman.

LCCN

a 44000104

OCLC

• ocm00899393
• 899393
• SCSB-138940

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library