An analysis of learning throughout the whole of life. Written as a text for both educators and carers, it demonstrates how the learning process works through life and how learning at all stages of life is best achieved.

Learning and third age education; learning and the learning society; learning, being and ageing; learning from experience; learning to retire; after retirement; new work roles; learning meaning and wisdom; learning spirituality; learning mental fitness; learning in the fourth age; learning to work with elders.