title: Stress and adaptation: preparation for successful retirement.
abstract: Retirement from work can present a significant adjustment challenge for the older population financially, socially and emotionally. Retirement has been identified as a significantly stressful event. Work provides both a structured activity within a regular time frame and a sense of purpose and daily meaning. Energy is channelled into intellectual, creative, and/or physical tasks that offer a sense of satisfaction when they are completed. The planning for retirement is associated with successful adaptation. A realization of the potential and rewards of retirement will also facilitate this adaptation.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Care Practices, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. rlo@scu.edu.au
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D017748:Time Management