The Experience of Retirement / / Robert S. Weiss.
Retirement brings with it the promises of leisure and freedom as well as the risks of boredom and isolation. When retirees rid their schedules of anything resembling the kinds of obligations that once had been imposed by work, they will experience a sometimes-uncomfortable absence of structure. In T...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: What Does It Mean To Be Retired?
- 1. Reasons For Retirement
- 2. The Departure From Work
- 3. Gains And Losses
- 4. Money
- 5. Social Isolation
- 6. Using The Time Of Retirement
- 7. Marriage And Family
- 8. A Good Retirement
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index