If you"re over 50, A Consumer"s Guide to Aging is the book you"ve been looking for--a comprehensive, fact-filled, and reliable resource addressing your changing questions and concerns. From the highly respected team of doctors and social workers who contribute to "On Aging "--the nationally syndicated advice column read in more than six million households--here is sound advice for making smart choices on issues ranging from health and housing to fitness and finances. With many real-life examples from the letters written to "On Aging, " this remarkably complete guide offers detailed information on virtually every issue of concern to older Americans: . Physical Health: keeping fit with diet and exercise; common health problems in later life; understanding prevention and treatment; . Mental Health: handling the emotional stress of adjusting to retirement, health problems, the loss of a spouse, and other changes; signs of depression; self-help; professional help; . Medical Care: talking to health-care professionals; choosing a physician; understanding health-care options; making the most of insurance coverage; . Personal Finances: planning for financial independence; choosing a financial adviser; managing income from pension plans, investments, and social security; estate planning; living wills, living trusts, and other options; . Housing: staying put, renovating, relocating, living abroad; safety, maintenance, companionship, recreation, and health-care considerations; pros and cons of condominiums, retirement communities, life-care facilities, and nursing homes; . Family Relationships: changing family roles; styles of grandparenting; multi-generational households; the empty nest "refilled"; caring for a parent or spouse at home; divorce and remarriage; . Sex and Intimacy: maintaining an active sex life; normal changes in sexual function; effects of illness and medication; impotence and physical impairments; diagnosis and treatment of sexual problems; . Work: defending agai