GERO 365 Prescott Golden Years Beginning from Retirement to Older Adulthood Discussion

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Traditional ideals of old age characterize retirement and this time in life as tranquility and disengagement. In your opinion, and based on your personal experience with elders that you know, would you say that this traditional view is still alive and well with current elders? If not, do you see examples of more modern thinking that older adults of today actively seek new meaning and purpose?