Purpose and meaning in highly active seniors.

The authors investigated the sources of meaning for active seniors. be the effects indicated that seniors who were greatest in quantity active were relatively high in a wide range of sources of meaning as well as in life satisfaction in general. The importance of meaning and end in relation to counseling with older adults is discussed.

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The United States and other nations are witnessing a rapid rise in the numbers of retired, older adults (i.e., those who are 65 years elderly or older). This global aging phenomenon is predicted to be a demographic transformation with "wrenching