Growing Old: A View From Within

What is it like to grow old? What is it really like? As a social worker, I of course read many books on this subject. I knew about the increasing numbers of older people in the nation’s population, the sociological and economic causes and effects of this increasing top-heaviness in the population pyramid. My own professional specialization was in a different field, but I sympathized with those who felt unwanted and left aside, and discussed and wrote about plans for making their lives happi...