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Langer, Nieli – Educational Gerontology, 2012
The popular book, Who Moved My Cheese? (Johnson, 1998) is a metaphor for change. This parable-like story has particular resonance with older adults who face many potential life-altering changes. The four characters in the book are looking for their cheese in a maze. Cheese represents whatever makes people happy. How each character adjusts to the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Personality, Aging (Individuals), Behavior Change
Biscoglio, Joseph; Langer, Nieli – Educational Gerontology, 2011
America now possesses not only the largest and fastest-growing population of older adults in our history but also the healthiest, most vigorous, best educated and civic-minded. By the year 2025, one of every four Americans will be a grandparent. However, the real potential is not in the numbers, but in the emotional attachment between grandparents…
Descriptors: Homework, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Social Capital
Rizza, Frank T.; Langer, Nieli – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Effective communication is the core of every helping relationship. Trained and experienced gerontology counselors bring skillful listening, the gift of reframing, the ability to suspend judgment, experience with confidentiality and ethics, and the ability to seek solutions and think of possibilities to the evolving field of life coach. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Professional Personnel, Counseling Services, Baby Boomers