Aging, Money, and Life Satisfaction: Aspects of Financial Gerontology

Financial gerontology with a human focus

Aging, Money, and Life Satisfaction: Aspects of Financial Gerontology brings together scholarship on the financial realities of later life and the personal experience of living with them. Edited by Neal E. Cutler, Davis W. Gregg, and M. Powell Lawton, this volume sits at the crossroads of gerontology, economics, and quality-of-life research.

The book’s title tells you exactly where its center of gravity lies: not simply income or retirement planning in the abstract, but the relationship between money and life satisfaction as people age. That makes it especially relevant for readers interested in the broader social and psychological dimensions of retirement, pensions, and financial security.

What this volume explores

• economic aspects of old age
• retirement and pension questions
• financial well-being in later life
• life satisfaction and subjective quality of life
• gerontological research framed for academic and policy use

A research-oriented collection

The cataloging data shows that the volume includes bibliographical references and an index, which makes it useful as a working scholarly resource rather than a casual overview. Its structure and subject matter suggest a serious, field-building book: the kind of publication that helps define an area of study as much as it reports on it.

Who may find it especially useful

This title will appeal most strongly to readers in gerontology, social policy, economics, retirement studies, and aging research. It may also be a good fit for students and professionals looking for a focused treatment of how financial life and later-life satisfaction intersect.

For anyone exploring the practical and emotional realities of aging, this is a thoughtful and unusually specific volume—one that treats money not as a side issue, but as a central part of later life.