The Senior Years from the Inside Out

This book is aimed at retirement staff and residents, sandwich generation families, and societal relationships between the various life stages.The differences between the young adult and middle adult years and the senior adult years will be examined to the thesis that you cannot know what it is to be old until you are old.If you have told a senior adult that you know how they feel. you need this book you think you know, but in reality, you do not have a clue. The senior adult years are filled with losses with no answer but to accept them and wait for the next one while celebrating the present moment, It is the intent of the author to open up the eyes and hearts of people at all levels of development to achieve a clearer understanding."This book found its way to me when I needed it most - right before I became an advocate and caregiver for my year-old father after his traumatic brain injury. American hospitals don't treat the elderly with much regard for their lifetime of experience, but with a few simple tips that I learned from this I was able to guide my dad's care team to treat him with greater dignity and respect. And. I learned some invaluable information about his experience that helped me to become more empathetic and loving. This should be required reading for everyone from family members to caregivers to medical professionals. It will. in short, change the way you see the aging process and how you think about the elderly."Susan Baroncini-Moe, Author and Executive Coach.Maynard Hatch is a retired pastor and seminary professor. He has lived in one place for his senior years and reflects upon that experience through the stages of life and developmental tasks. The thesis of his book is identifying the clash and complement of the developmental tasks and stages of life between staff and resident, family members and senior adults, and society in general. He is a graduate of Eastern College with a BA in History, Eastern Baptist Seminary with a BD in Education, and NYU with a Ph.D. in Education.