Learning Later, Living Greater de Nancy Merz Nordstrom

Learning Later, Living Greater

Nancy Merz Nordstrom

Jon F. Merz

In the next 24 years, 78 million Baby Boomers will retire. This book gives them tools to maintain their active lifestyle for decades after leaving the workforce. This is a guidebook for transforming the retirement years into a richly satisfying period of continuous education, personal growth, and social involvement. Readers will have access to the latest scientific research and interviews with experts in this field, resources, informative tips, and inspiring first-person accounts of the vital benefits of lifelong learning. Theyll discover why lifelong learning is important for the aging brain and where to find the newest, most innovative programs in educational travel, volunteerism, civic action, and more.

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Learning Later, Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your "After-50" Years, is the book that will introduce people over 50 to the ideas and benefits of lifelong learning. It will challenge them to become involved in meaningful new avenues of productivity: educational programs, travel, community service and more. The author is Nancy Merz Nordstrom who directs the Elderhostel Institute Network for Elderhostel, Inc., North America's largest educational organization for older adults. The co-author is Jon F. Merz, a professional writer whose credits include several novels published by Kensington Publications Corp. Learning Later, Living Greater will help older adults realize that lifelong learning can be a health club for their minds, their bodies and their spirits. It will be the guidebook for transforming their after-work years into a richly-satisfying period of personal growth and social involvement. They will actively "live" their retirement. While there are countless other books that cover the subject of retirement, none addresses, in-depth, the vital aspect of lifelong learning. Learning Later, Living Greater thoroughly explores this topic. The book contains the latest in scientific research, useful information and suggestions, resources, interviews with other experts in the field, and inspiring first-person accounts of how lifelong learning has enriched lives. It also answers questions like: Why is lifelong learning important for the aging brain? How does lifelong learning help older adults create fulfilling lives for themselves and others? What and where are the new and innovative lifelong learning programs? Lifelong learning has the ability to create lasting and meaningful change in people's lives. This book is the catalyst for that change. It will help people realize that their later years have the potential to be the most exciting and most rewarding period of their existence. --Retirement Living News, December 2006

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