Discusses problems of retirement and factors that influence adjustment. These include having retirement plans, having positive attitudes toward retirement, and having a realistic picture of retired life. The role of the counselor is discussed with special emphasis on the need for counselors to have an accurate perception of retired life.…

The author writes about the preretirement planning seminars that he has been conducting for the Canadian Ministry of Education for five years and about the selection and training of an appropriate resource facilitator for such seminars. (MF)

Assessed the relative contributions to the happiness of elderly people of three components of the happiness construct: affect, disposition, and affect X disposition interaction. The relative contributions of the components to happiness were found to rank: affect .lg. interaction .lg. disposition. Implications for counseling practices are…

Examines retirement as a complex social process in Canada and the United States, focusing on social forces and trends leading society away from mandatory retirement and toward more flexible retirement. Functions that counselors can perform in preparing people for realities of retirement are suggested. Policy implications for Canada are indicated.…

Educational provision for adults (including counseling) only makes sense when viewed from a developmental life setting. Counselors working with adults must be aware of the adult life cycle as a process of continuing change and development. They must also realize that each individual life is lived through an opportunity structure. In other words,…