Aging Well Through the Life

This article critically investigates the impact of lifestyle choices on the aging process and the importance of different stages of the life course to aging well. It explores the learning outcomes, issues impacting aging well, and the significance of global, national, and local policies in the context of aging. It also examines the social construction of community and social capital in relation to experiences of aging and aging well through the life course.

AGING WELL THROUGH THE LIFE
“To critically investigate the impact of lifestyle
choices on the adult group ageing through the life
course.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................3
2. LEARNING OUTCOMES..........................................................................................................3
2.CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................10
3.REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................11

1. INTRODUCTION
Ageing is referred to as one of the key procedures which is mainly linked with the
functional and structural changes which tends to accumulate within the organism with
the passage of time. It is the key process of becoming older (Davis and et.al., 2016).
The key four stages of the life course mainly comprise of childhood, adolescence,
adulthood, and old age. The life course perspective is referred to as one of the multi-
disciplinary approach which helps in understanding the physical, mental and social
health of the individual person which comprises of both the stage concepts and the life
span which helps in determining the health trajectory.
2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Evaluating importance of the different stages of the life course to the concept of
ageing well.
Riley and Abeles, (2019) sought to demonstrate viewpoints that, all the stages
and the life course of the person are interconnected with one another with the lives of
people within the society and the future and past generation of families. The life course
approach associated with the ageing is that, the rate of decline within the functions of
specific organ or the system is mainly dependent upon the contemporary influences but
also on the level of the peak functions which has been attained in the early life.
However, this is mainly dependant on the early environmental influences and the
developmental process. The life course approach is considered to be highly prominent
because it helps in controlling or also preventing the disease at the key stages of the
life. There are multiple ranges of lifelong health behaviours which establish during the
time of adolescence and make it one of the crucial stages for intervention. As per the
viewpoints of Ferrucci et.al. (2016), stated the fact that, the key four stages of the life
course mainly comprise of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. The life
course perspective is considered to be of key relevance importance because it is
significant in recognizing the influence of lifestyle choices and the historical changes on
the human behaviour. Childhood stage within the life course is considered to be as one
of the key prominent stage of the people’s life. This is useful in building relation and
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carries out socialization for the emotional, cognitive and the psychological development
during the early years of the person’s life. Adolescence is considered to be as one of
the most challenging phases of one’s life where the individual goes through natural
changes in the body. There is a behavioural change ad also biological change at this
phase of life. Adulthood is the age group of 18 years to 64 years. There seems to be
high degree of difference between the young adults and the middle age adults. This is a
human lifespan where the intellectual activity and the physical maturity of the individual
person has been attained. Physical abilities are at the peak which mainly comprises of
reaction time, muscle strength, cardiac functioning and sensory abilities. Socialization
tends to continue throughout all the stages. Old age is considered to be as one of the
most crucial stage of one’s life (Landy and et.al., 2017). The bones of the person
become weak and have range of diseases which influences the health of the individual
person. The joints of the person become inflexible and joints also lose fluids. They are
less connected to the people socially and have wide set of chronic health conditions,
cancer and heart diseases.
Analysing issues which impact on ageing well, including inequality, culture and
lifestyle choice.
As per the viewpoints of George and Ferraro, (2015) stated the fact that, life
course actions are considered to be highly gender responsive and equity sensitive.
There seems to be synergy between the principles of equity and the life course
approach because health inequities are entrenched within the complex procedure of
disadvantage across different life stages. Kuh, 2019 said that, low degree of socio-
economic status at the time of childhood is at the high degree of risk to cardio- vascular
disease or mortality within adulthood (A life-course approach to healthy ageing:
maintaining physical capability, 2014). Making prominent lifestyle choices is considered
to be one of the most positive effects on the individual. Omega-3 fatty acid is one of the
most beneficial nutrients for the brain. Drinking a lot of water is useful in keeping your
body hydrated and maintaining a healthy brain. Eating healthy food helps in boosting up
the immune system of the individual person. Omega-3 fatty acids helps in supporting
brain functions as it helps in reducing inflammation, repairing and building cell

membranes, aids with stress management and protecting against diabetes and
cardiovascular issues. Drinking a lot of water is considered to be essential because
cells of the body required replicating and surviving. Dehydration can eventually lead to
foggy thinking, constipation, fatigue, headaches which are all signs of ageing. However,
hydrated brain is considered to be as a healthy brain and as the individual gets older it
becomes much more difficult to absorb the nutrients within the gut. Moreover, KI, Jen
and Muraco, (2019) argued that, Vitamin B is considered to be prominent in improving
the cognitive function of the individual person, among the adult group the stomach
acidity tends to decline with the increasing age. Therefore, it leads to poor absorption of
the vitamin B. Then divisional person must focus on eating plenty of vitamin B food such
as beans, nuts, eggs, green vegetables, fish, seeds, whole grains. With the ageing
process of the life course among the adult group there seems to be decline in the lean
body mass and also the loss stands to continue with the advanced age. However,
significant amount of loss within the muscles can increase the probability of fall. Low
muscle mass, results in high fat mass, which can fuel various chronic conditions, like
heart disease and diabetes. Anil the lifestyle may result in imbalance blood sugar levels
which results in death in the mood and energy and interrupted sleep. This also leads to
speeding up the ageing process.
Foster and Walker, (2015) critically determine the fact that, Discordance between
the personal lifestyle sources and the habits of the individual person can lead to various
health diseases among the adult group and also speed up the ageing process. Various
lifestyle factors and choices mainly comprises of stress, alcohol consumption, unhealthy
diet, lack of exercise, improper medication and diseases. However, lifestyle choices can
have significant degree of effect upon the physical ageing of the person. Use of
tobacco, lack of physical exercise, poor diet, excessive alcohol consumption or
considered to be one of the key prominent cause of functional limitation within the later
life. It leads to adult obesity. As per the viewpoints of Britton and et.al., (2015) stated the
fact that, smoking is considered to be one of the key global drivers which leads to
mature death and chronic conditions. A life course orientation for the promotion of
healthy lifestyle expectancy would get up specific measures which comprises of
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childhood, adulthood and older age. Also, wide range of inequalities within the health
expectancy is well placed to deprive health outcomes among the adult group.
Examining the significance of global, national and local policy in context to
ageing and ageing well.
As per the viewpoints of Riley and Abeles, (2019) stated the fact that,
socialization tends to continue to all the four stages of the life course which includes
childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. The life course approach tends to take
a temporal, comprehensive and societal perception on the health of individuals. It is
policy frameworks, which is useful in improving the health, and also reduce health
inequities. Ageing is considered to be as one of the top policy agenda, global, national
and local. Social policy is well-versed with the demographic revolution. The ageing of
the population results from the combination of decline fertility and rise in longevity.
Population of the UK family has been becoming diverse. These global local and social
policies are considered to be significant in supporting councils to provide high-quality of
life for the older people who have been ageing well. It also focuses on supporting
international activity which is useful in improving the live among the adult group. These
policies are also considered to be prominent because it has older people who are at the
high risk of disease and it helps in improving the lifestyle of the individual person. Social
policy on ageing is considered to be significant because it helps in reducing the cost of
old age which helps in improving the entire life course. KI, Jen and Muraco, (2019)
sought to demonstrate his viewpoints that, the CPA policies associated with the ageing
is considered to be of key relevance importance. The united nation policy is considered
to be of key relevance significance because it helps in resolving various ageing issues.
It is considered to be prominent in promoting the rights and dignity among the older
adult group. Population ageing tends to have high degree of profound impact upon the
adult age group. Polices related with the ageing is of key prominent importance
because it helps in attaining desired set of health outcomes. Policies plays one of the
key prominent roles in planning a certain set of actions and is also useful in guiding
desired set of outcomes to take prominent decision. Policies are considered to be
prominent for setting up of the foundation according to which all the activities must be

carried out. It is considered to be highly significant in streamlining the internal procedure
(World Health Organization, 2017). It is significant in effectively providing clarity to how
effectively deal with the relevant set of issues and activities associated with the ageing
through the life course. It is useful in providing the best possible care to the people who
are ageing. Pursuing policies within the ageing is considered to be prominent because it
leads to higher better care results and outcomes.
Examining the significance of the social construction of community and social
capital, to experiences of ageing and ageing well through the life course.
Ferrucci and et.al., (2016) agrued that, Ageing is considered to be as a biological
process which states that the young and the old has been constructed socially. There
seems to be inherent cultural meaning related with the biological procedure of ageing.
Human lives are referred to as the stages through which these lives have been enacted
and have been socially constructed. This has been constructed in the same manner that
social policies have been constructed and it mainly includes race, gender and class. Life
stages are referred to as the cultural schema, which helps in defining the key meanings
which in turn are attached to the various stages of lives and the key transitions between
them. Ageing has been perceived differently across the globe by demonstrating the
social construction. Social construction tends to mainly emphasize on the key
importance and relevance of time and context and also how the cultural and social
perspective influences the individual people of the adult group associated with the
meaning of experiences. However, Britton and et.al., (2015) argued that, Ageing has
been socially constructed with the changing notions and lifestyle changes. A social
constructionist approach proclaims socially defined prospects of the age associated
behaviours with which emerging elders has been expected to follow.
The life course perception is one of the multi- disciplinary approaches which
understands the physical, mental and social health of the individual person which
comprises of both the stage concepts and the life span to evaluate the health trajectory.
It is of key relevance importance to act early in order to improve the health of the
individual and live a healthy life. It is of crucial importance to minimize the childhood
reach to adverse experience in childhood, environmental hazards, poverty and health
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inequalities, poor nutrition, transmission of infection from mother to child, etc. It is
considered to be highly crucial in maximizing the cognitive stimulation, vaccination
coverage, positive interaction with caregiver, social participation and physical activity
(Hockey and James, 2017). Also ensuring equal level of access to the child care and
quality education and access to the child protection services is of key importance to
effectively improve the health results and outcomes. There are various significant
theories which are linked with the ageing well through the life course. It mainly
comprises of:
The activity theory related with the ageing states that, adult group are happy and
comfortable when they are active and also maintain appropriate level of social
interactions. Such activities, particularly when is meaningful, is useful for the adult aged
group to replace the lost life roles after the retirement. This in turn resists the social
pressures which limits an adult aged group. It is significant in building positive set of
relationship between the individual’s life satisfaction and the level of activity (Newton,
Braithwaite and Akinyemiju, 2017). This eventually increases the person views on how
positively they see him or herself. Moreover, the activity theory is also referred to as
implicit theory of the ageing. It states that, the successful ageing takes place when the
older adults remain active and also effectively maintain social interaction. It is useful in
delaying the ageing process and also helps in enhancing the quality of life when such
adult group remains social active.
Continuity theory is significant in making adaptive set of choices for the older
adults in order to maintain and also preserve internal as well as external structures. This
theory demonstrates that, the older adult group of people will maintain the same level of
activities and the behaviour relationship as it has been maintained at the earlier stage of
life. As per this theory, the older aged group will focus on effectively maintaining the
continuity of the lifestyle by effectively adapting to those strategies which are linked with
their past experience (Baird and et.al., 2017, March). Continuity theory is prominent in
describing how people react and adapt to the specific situation and also tends to set
specific goal. The internal structure of the person mainly comprises of beliefs, ideas and
personality which tends to remain constant through the ageing life course. Moreover,
the external structure of the person mainly includes social roles and relationships which

provide appropriate degree of support which helps in maintaining a stable set of
lifestyles.
Disengagement theory of ageing states that, it is considered to be natural and
acceptable for the older aged adults to effectively withdraw from the society and also
personal relationships as the individual age. Moreover, the disengagement theory
demonstrates that, as individual age their withdrawal from the society is considered to
be normal and desirable. This is because it releases adult age group from
responsibilities and other roles that becomes difficult to perform on their end. This
theory of the ageing tends to demonstrates that, ageing is considered to be as
inevitable (Berrington, 2017). There seems to be disengagement and also mutual
withdrawal from which leads to the decrease in the interaction between the various
social system and ageing person. This theory believes that, it is considered to be
natural as well as acceptable for the older aged adults to effectively withdraw from
society.
Evidence-based solutions for ageing through life course in adult age group
Creating a strong social relation is considered to be as one of the major solutions
to the ageing process within the life course. Maintaining a good nutritious diet is
considered to be of utmost importance because it helps in improving the health
condition of the individual person. Also taking advantage of the preventive care is of
utmost importance. Indulging in physical exercise is of key relevance importance
because it helps in the attainment of the better results and reducing the ageing process.
Change within the lifestyle of the adult group is also prominent in improving the better
care results and outcomes (Two solutions to the challenges of population aging, 2016).
Various lifestyle factors and choices mainly comprises of stress, alcohol consumption,
unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, improper medication and diseases. The person must
avoid drinking alcohol and stop smoking to avoid the risk of cardiovascular disease and
heart problems. Drinking a lot of water is essential because cells of the body required
replicate and survive. Intake of Vitamin B, C and D is considered to be prominent in
improving the cognitive function of the individual person, among the adult group.
Indulging in physical exercise helps in reducing stress and maintaining optimum level of
weight to improve the health results and outcomes.
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2. CONCLUSION
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, ageing is the process of
becoming older. The life course approach is considered to be highly prominent because
it helps in controlling or also preventing the disease at the key stages of the life. Making
prominent lifestyle choices is considered to be one of the most positive effects on the
individual, a life course orientation, for the promotion of healthy lifestyle expectancy.
These global, local and social policies are considered to be significant in supporting
councils to provide high-quality of care to the adult age group. Ageing has been
perceived differently across the globe by demonstrating the social construction. The
activity theory is the successful ageing takes place when the older adults remain active
and also effectively maintain social interaction. Continuity theory is significant in making
adaptive set of choices for the older adults in order to maintain and also preserve
internal as well as external structures. The disengagement theory demonstrates that, as
individual age their withdrawal from the society is considered to be normal and
desirable.

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