Abstract
This chapter examines the challenges that old age poses for four individuals and how they attempted to live well. Cieslik compares men and women in later life and how some appear much more successful than others in living well. Key to better wellbeing was a range and quality of activities and social relationships and that these needed to be developed well before retirement. Hence good wellbeing in later life requires lifelong investment in networks and relationships and good work-life balance when younger.
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Notes
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The author conducted doctoral research in this locale in South Wales that examined the schooling experiences of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds—see Cieslik (1997).
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Lack of space precludes further discussion of later events in Frank’s biography. Some of this material will be discussed in separate publications to follow.
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Cieslik, M. (2017). Happiness in Old Age. In: The Happiness Riddle and the Quest for a Good Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31882-4_10
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