Facing Retirement

A Guide for the Middle Aged and Elderly

A Country Doctor

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English

Routledge
03 November 2025

Social issues & processes; Child & developmental psychology; Psychology of ageing; Personal & public health; Geriatric medicine

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Aging

Originally published in 1960 and revised in 1964 the blurb for Facing Retirement read:

“Mature men and women are not afraid of advancing years. More and more seek to prepare themselves for retirement so that they may then find all the happiness they can.

This phase of life is interesting to a widening circle, and in writing this book it was the author’s aim to discuss readably, simply, and from his experience with his patients, most relevant aspects of these later years. It was a pioneer in its approach: any similar books which may follow, if they help to lessen the burden of the elderly and aged which has to be sustained by the younger generations, must be of the highest importance not only to individuals but to the nation.

For nearly thirty years the author of this book has had the medical care of over 2,000 people of all ages in a cluster of villages and hamlets at the foot of the Cotswold Hills. He has been chairman or president of the County Association for the Care of old People since its inception in 1952.”

Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

By: A Country Doctor
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781032694351
ISBN 10: 1032694351
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Aging
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 03 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Facing Retirement: A Guide for the Middle Aged and Elderly

Reviews for the second edition: ‘An ideal gift for anyone in their fifties or sixties’ Family Doctor ‘As a tribute to the genius of the British Family Doctor it stands supreme’. Times Literary Supplement ‘If you are over fifty keep it handy’. Methodist Recorder