We can all Age Successfully

We can all Age
Successfully

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Successful Ageing.......................................................................................................................3
Role of Psychological Factors.....................................................................................................4
Role of Psychosocial Factors......................................................................................................5
Relationship of psychological and psychosocial factors to health, well-being and illness
through later life-course..............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Successful ageing is referred to as high social, psychological and physical functioning in
the old age without any major health complications. The different components of successful
ageing include absence of disease or any risk factors that can lead to development of a disease,
maintenance of physical functioning as well as active engagement with life (Burden, 2020).
Ageing in humans can be affected by various factors like dietary habits, nutrition, sleep, physical
activity, life events, diseases etc. ageing helps in promoting healthy living thereby extending the
overall life expectancy of the individual. The essay is based on the topic “We can all age
successfully”. There is an evaluation of the role of different psychological and physiological
factors along with their relationship to health, well being and illness through the later ages of life.
MAIN BODY
Successful Ageing
Every person has the opportunity to live a healthy life that is free from any kind of major
health problems and age successfully. The environment that surrounds us is can give rise to
various factors that can pose high risk to the health. These factors can include violence,
pollution, poor dietary intake etc. Successful ageing is mainly about creating an environment
that enables people to live a healthy life without any major complications to their health
(Youngmann and et. al., 2019). We can all age successfully, given the conditions around us are
properly maintained. The conditions should be under control and also, have a little influence on
the our overall well being. This in turn helps us in meeting our basic needs, grow and make
effective decisions and contribute to the society (What is Healthy Ageing?, 2020). There are
many people who are above the age of 80 years and are still active in terms of mental as well as
physical capacity.
There are many measures that can be taken in order to age successfully, like taking
actions that can help in preventing a disease, exercising regularly and avoiding a lazy lifestyle,
maintaining a good and healthy nutritional intake, obtaining the adequate amount of sleep etc.
People who age successfully and consistently are the ones who are resilient and adapt themselves
to the different conditions of life (Carrigan and Coppola, 2017). Building a social network and
maintaining it can also contribute to ageing successfully. Ageing is a natural phenomena and
should be embraced. We can all age successfully if we take care of our health properly and