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Jewish elderly are among the most diverse and culturally heterogeneous people belonging to the aged population anywhere. Their great diversity and conflicting approaches to subjects affecting their health and well-being are familiar problems in services development, in social policy, and in services delivery. At the same time, this diversity is a source of fascination for practitioners, policy makers, leaders of religious and secular institutions, and scholars in gerontology and ethnicity. Ideas about serving the needs of this segment of society are eagerly sought by both the lay and the...

The most extensive bibliography on this segment of the aged population, "European American Elderly" encompasses 311 publications published in the United States during the past 15 years. Works were included that fit the following criteria: they referred to people 65 years and older, and they dealt with basic information about this group; its adjustment to American life; various factors related to well-being; specific problems and needs; and use of available support systems. This is the first comprehensive and annotated bibliography to target the European-American elderly and to highlight...

Having been mentored by Viktor E. Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, Emeritus Professor David Guttmann authored this book so general readers may understand this approach to finding meaning in life at the point when most of us begin deeply wondering over that question, at midlife and beyond. Especially in this day and age of multiple demands on our time and seemingly non-stop obligations, we too often find that it is only when the dust settles, after a work day or work week, or even after retirement, when we begin to wonder: What is the meaning of life? The purpose? This book is a new...