Successful aging: How can we create a better old age both for ourselves and others? Issues in Aging, 2 nd edition takes anoptimistic view of aging and human potentialin later life; it presents the most up-to-date facts on aging today, the issues raised by these facts, and the societal and individual responses that will create asuccessful old age for us all. This text presents the full picture of aging- exhibiting both the problems and the opportunities and advantages that accompany older age. It aims to illustrate how generations are dependant on one another and how social conditions affect both the individual and social institutions.