Communication and aging

Communication and aging: pragmatic and theoretical considerations --

Attitudes and ageism --

Relational considerations --

Mass media use and aging --

Mass communication theory and media portrayals of elderly people --

Work, leisure, and retirement --

Aging and the family: marital relationships --

Aging and the family: relational lifestyle changes --

Aging and the family: parents, grandparents, and siblings --

Friendship and aging --

Barriers to conversation facing elderly people --

Health, communication, and aging --

Death and dying --

Successful aging.