Summary: “Wisdom and integrity are something that other people may see in an old person, but it’s not what that old person is feeling.” In this program, Joan M. Erikson offers a frank and personal reexamination of the last stage of the life cycle—a stage she believes that she and her husband, Erik H. Erikson, tended to romanticize when they formulated their eight-stage life cycle theory decades earlier....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1995
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Summary: In this program, Joan M. Erikson describes her search for a better living situation for her frail husband, Erik H. Erikson, and then presents a poignant recounting of his subsequent death. She uses these experiences to suggest strategies to meet the physical and emotional needs of the fragile elderly and to support those who work with them. With a personal understanding of the challenges of old...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1995
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Summary: Developmental psychologists Paul and Margret Baltes proposed a model of adaptive competence for the entire life span, but the emphasis here is on old age. In this program, the Baltes illustrate their SOC (selection, optimization, and compensation) model with engaging vignettes of senior citizens leading fulfilling lives, including writers Betty Friedan and Joan Erikson and dancer Bud Mercer....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: Marian Diamond’s research indicates that given the right conditions, the brain continues to grow all during life and not just in the early years. In this program, Dr. Diamond presents a summary of her research and its practical implications in her cordial, accessible manner. Topics include research into the genetic components of Alzheimer’s disease, the exciting discoveries that the brain can...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: Betty Friedan, who originally gained fame for her pivotal role in the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, continued to be an insightful and outspoken social critic for the rest of her life. In this program, Friedan discusses the research she did about the myths and realities of aging and her personal experience of being over 70. Her zesty style of speaking and her sharp analysis of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994