365 Ways.Retirees' Resource Guide for Productive Lifestyles

by John E. Hansan, Helen Kerschner

Overview

An attractive, easy to use library of information about productive activities that are available to help retirees lead stimulating and fulfilling lives. 365 Ways… includes suggestions for how a retiree can become involved in education, environmental activities, competitive sports, volunteering, politics, hobbies, and international travel.

365 Ways… is the product of a collaborative effort of two experienced professionals in the field of aging. They have brought together, in one attractive, easy to use guide, a library of information about various activities that are available to help retired persons lead stimulating and fulfilling lives.

365 Ways… includes hundreds of suggestions for retired persons to become involved in service to the community, additional education, environmental activities, competitive sports, volunteering, politics, hobbies, and travel here and abroad. Most importantly, 365 Ways… provides the reader with an essential resource for where to go to obtain more information about the different activities — information that has never before been compiled in one easy to use book. This is a necessary reference tool for all public libraries and for special collections for the retired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313301964
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/1996
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Helen K. Kerschner, PhD, is Director of the University of New Mexico Center on Aging. She also is president of the American Association for International Aging. Dr. Kerschner has more than 20 years of experience in health, aging, and international development.

John E. Hansan, PhD, is a retired social worker. He spent 40 years working in or administering social welfare agencies at the local, state, and national levels. For the past several years, Dr. Hansan has been the editor of Aging Network News, and has participated in activities designed to expand and strengthen senior volunteer programs, such as RSVP, Foster Grandparent, and the Senior Companion Programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Background
Education—Teaching and Learning
Employment
Fitness
Leisure
Political Action and Advocacy
Travel and Alternative Tourism
Volunteering and Service
Resource Index
Key Word Index

Editorial Reviews

A retiree could find something to do every day of the year by using this resource guide. There are 365 activities, organized under seven topical areas, including education, fitness, leisure, political action, and volunteerism. . . . This is a nice browsing book that might do well in circulating collections in libraries serving older adults.” —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

From the Publisher

An attractive guide to the many fascinating activities that are available to help retirees lead stimulating and fulfilling lives. Included are activities ranging from the simplest of donations of unneeded clothes to tracing your family's roots or tutoring children to the highly challenging, such as becoming a foster grandparent or starting a bed-and-breakfast. Each idea is accompanied by a contact organization. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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