Older women run their own businesses. Older women go to aerobics classes. Older women fall in love. In fact older women have active lives and make a major contribution to the community despite the the public assumption that they are past their use-by date. A Certain Age explores the public and private worlds of older women. Challenging the emphasis on declining health in other studies of ageing it looks at the interactions between older women and family friends and the community as well as their work and leisure activities. The authors discuss the factors that are important in older woman's lives such as home menopause fitness learning widowhood and intimacy. They show that many older women maintain good health and an independent lifestyle while others experience barriers that prevent them from continuing to be active members of their community. A Certain Age is valuable reading for anyone who works with older people develops programs or policies for older people or is interested in the experience of growing older. |A Certain Age Women growing older | Sociology
