This book challenges the pervasive model of successful aging through both cogent critique and penetrating analyses of its policy and practice implications. The proposed alternative frame of `model aging' is a unique and important contribution to knowledge and understanding. Anne Martin-Matthews, Unversity of British Columbia, Canada Anyone who uses active and successful ageing as ... Read moreconcepts in their policy, research or advocacy work, needs to think carefully about what these mean. Virpi Timonen's book provides a valuable, if sometimes challenging, aid to doing this. Judith Davey, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Timonen is a fine theorist and critical thinker. This book will challenge readers to revisit their notions of a good old age. Norah Keating, University of Alberta, Canada Show Less