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Aging Gracefully with Dignity, Integrity & Spunk Intact: Aging Defiantly: Including Ten Tips to Keep People Off Your Back

Norma Roth
AuthorHouse (2009)
ISBN 9781438964324
Reviewed by Enid Grabiner for RebeccasReads.com (11/09)

Age 55 has come and brain power has left!  Where did I leave my keys?  Is the garage door closed?  Did I leave the oven on?  Meet my friend, whatshisname.  These are common enough events for all of us growing into maturity, or what is better known as the “Silver Generation”.  It is the time in one’s life when conversation revolves around issues of aging, the most frightening being problems of word and memory retrieval.  Fear of dementia and failing health are a constant plague.  Attitudes toward growing old have to be revisited and changed.

Norma Roth suggests that fear of aging and the panic that accompanies it should be met head on, first with recognition and then with a plan of attack.  In the first half of the book she addresses with anecdotal humor, the occurrence of common worrisome situations, and then offers plans of attack.  She encourages seniors to relook at their lives and acknowledge strengths and weaknesses.  An honest self-appraisal is the first step in dealing with anxieties and handling the obstacles.

In Part 11 Roth offers a detailed list of techniques offering this generation simple useful skills to use in aging boldly yet gracefully.  She urges them to accept the weaknesses that age brings and deal with them. She offers skills to be learned to retrieve memories and language through a relearning process.  Best of all, she teaches that self-respect is an important tool in maintaining a good image.  The author encourages self-recognition of a lifetime of experience which can invaluable in their empowerment.

This self-help book acts as a pep rally for the Silver Generation.  It is a bit repetitive but none the less offers positive advice.


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