| Guidepost 1: What happens to personality in old age? |
| Guidepost 2: What special issues or tasks do older people need to deal with? |
| Guidepost 3: How do older adults cope? |
| Guidepost 4: Is there such a thing as successful aging? If so, how can it be defined and measured? |
| Guidepost 5: What are some issues regarding work and retirement in late life, and how do older adults handle time and money? |
| Guidepost 6: What options for living arrangements do older adults have? |
| Guidepost 7: How do personal relationships change in old age, and what is their effect on well-being? |
| Guidepost 8: What are the characteristics of long-term marriages in late life, and what impact do divorce, remarriage, and widowhood have at this time? |
| Guidepost 9: How do unmarried older people and those in gay and lesbian relationships fare? |
| Guidepost 10: How does friendship change in old age? |
| Guidepost 11: How do older adults get along with - or without - grown children and with siblings, and how do they readjust to great-grandparenthood? |
