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Not to be too free of advice nor trouble any but those who desire it.

To desire some good Friends to inform me which of these Resolutions I break, or neglect, and wherein; and reform accordingly.

Not to talk much, nor of myself.

Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with Ladies, etc.

Not to hearken to Flatteries, nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman.

Not to be positive or opinionated.

Not to sett up for observing all these Rules, for fear I should observe none.

Further Reading

Banks, J., et al., eds. (2008), Living in the 21st Century: Older People in England. English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (Wave 3), Institute for Fiscal Studies.

de Beauvoir, S. (1970), The Coming of Age. Norton.

Carstensen, L. L., and Hartel, C.R., eds. (2006), When I’m 64. National Academies Press.

Cabeza R., et.al., eds. (2005), Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging. OUP.

de Grey, A., and Rae, M. (2007), Ending Aging. St Martins Press.

Jacoby, R., et.al. (2008), The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry. OUP.

Johnson, M. L., et al (2005), Handbook of Age and Ageing. Cambridge University Press.

Kirkwood, T. (1999), The Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Aging. OUP.

Kurtz, I. (2009), About Time: Growing Old Disgracefully. John Murray.

Magnus, G. (2009), The Age of Aging: How Demographics are Changing the Global Economy and Our World. John Wiley.

Marmot, M. (2005), The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity. Owl.

Morley, J. E., ‘A Brief History of Geriatrics’. Journal of Gerontology 2004, 59A, 1132–52.

Neuberger, J. (2009), Not Dead Yet: A Manifesto for Old Age. Harper.

Partridge, L., Thornton, J. and Bates, G. (2011), The New Science of Ageing.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 388, 6–7.

Sierra, F., et al. (2009), ‘Prospects for Lifespan Extension’. Annual Review of Medicine, 60: 457–69.

Skinner, B. F., and Vaughan, M. E. (1983), Enjoy Old Age. Norton.

Silverstone, B., and Hyman, H. (2008), You and Your Aging Parent. OUP.

Index

Abkhasia, 1

Abrams, Dominic, 1

abuse, 1

Acquarone, Luciano, 1

advertising, 1, 2, 3, 4

Aesop, 1

Age Concern, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (US), 1

Age UK, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

ageism, 1, 2, 3, 4;

defined, 1;

in employment, 1, 2;

in healthcare, 1, 2;

in the media, 1, 2

age-related illnesses, 1, 2;

see also individual illnesses

Ahasverus (Wandering Jew), 1

alcohol, 1, 2, 3

Alexander the Great, 1

Allen, Woody, 1

Allingham, Henry, 1

Alzheimer, Aloes, 1

Alzheimer’s disease, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

causes, 1, 2;

diagnosis, 1;

symptoms, 1;

treatment, 1

Amis, Martin, 1

amyloid, 1

Anacreon, 1

Anderson, Ferguson, 1

APOE gene, 1

Aristotle, 1, 2

Aristophanes, 1

arthritis, 1

Aso, Taro, 1

Atchley, R. C., 1

atherosclerosis, 1

Athill, Diana, 1

athletes, 1

Aurelius, Marcus, 1

autophagy, 1

Avicenna, 1

Bach, J. S., 1

Bacon, Francis, 1, 2, 3

Bacon, Roger, 1

Bakewell, Joan, 1, 2, 3, 4

baldness, see hair loss

Ball, Lucille, 1

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1

Bible, 1, 2, 3, 4

Blanchard, Martin, 1, 2