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SuperAging

Getting Older Without Getting Old

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Get older without getting old!

Welcome to the dazzling new world of SuperAging, where everything you've been taught about aging is challenged. Getting older does not need to mean the end of accomplishment and growth. For SuperAgers, the period after age sixty-five can be one of the most productive and fulfilling times of life.

SuperAging is already a reality for millions. But the science, business, and culture of aging have changed at such a rapid pace that they can be hard to keep up with. That's where authors David Cravit and Larry Wolf can help. They've broken SuperAging down into seven simple components—Attitude, Awareness, Activity, Autonomy, Achievement, Attachment, and Avoidance—and in this groundbreaking book, they show how you can put these forces to work in your own life. From taking control of your health and health care to revolutionary ways of thinking about retirement, money, housing, and even relationships, you'll discover how to make your seventies, eighties, nineties, and beyond some of the best years of your life. Why settle for getting old when you can thrive?

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    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2023

      This title from Cravit (The New Old: How the Boomers Are Changing Everything...Again) and advertising executive Wolf starts with true stories of what they call "SuperAgers": older people--in their 80s, 90s, and even 100s--who are doing the unthinkable given their age. The authors list the seven A's of SuperAgers: Attitude, Awareness, Activity, Accomplishment, Autonomy, Attachment, and Avoidance. Each of the seven A's gets its own chapter, whose information is backed up by scientific studies. The book affirms that a positive attitude, an awareness of what you need for longevity, physical and mental activity, a sense of purpose, a sense of independence, and strong personal relationships are all keys to becoming a SuperAger. The authors also trace the history of how SuperAgers have evolved and how they differ from "DefaultAgers"--those who don't see the positives of getting older. The book does more than just outline what a SuperAger needs, though. Each chapter provides concrete steps, tips, guidance, charts and even quizzes to help one shift into the broader and more all-encompassing mindset of SuperAging. VERDICT A timely read and a great handbook for a growing societal group seeking to delay their physical decline.--Whitney Bates-Gomez

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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