Aging Well Through the Life

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