Successful Ageing: Concept, Importance, and Approaches

Successful Ageing

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Successful Ageing........................................................................................................................1
Importance of Historical Development of Successful Ageing....................................................1
Evaluate successful ageing from a bio-psycho-social research theory perspective.....................2
Models and theories and its critique to define successful ageing................................................3
Approaches to achieve successful ageing e.g. SOC model.........................................................4
What factors affect successful ageing: socio-economic, ethnic etc.?..........................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Successful ageing is considered as a concept which is all about what is important for
individual person in their old age and what they will be able to do with condition of ageing.
There are various factors are considered in concept of successful ageing which are related to
ability to live healthy in old age (Aiello, Ligotti and Cossarizza, 2019). This report is providing
brief information of successful ageing and importance of learning historical concept of
successful ageing. There will be different perspectives will be considered in report for evaluation
process that is related to Bio-Psycho-social research theories. Various models and theories will
be implemented to get critical knowledge of successful ageing. SOC model will be used in the
report to analyse various approaches that can be used to achieve successful ageing. Factors that
can affect the process of successful ageing also will be provided in the study.
MAIN BODY
Successful Ageing
Ageing is a process that is considered as process of getting older. This process is
basically considered for human beings. This process can be defined in human as accumulation if
various changes in human body that could be related to physical, psychological and social
changes. These changes also can be consider as indicators that are person is getting older. In old
age there are different challenges are faced by people with old age. Some of the main challenges
are related to the reflexes, disabilities and other disease of old age (Flicker, 2018). Successful
ageing is considered as a procedure that is used to make the life of old people easy and free of
challenges of old age. Some of he main considerations that are included in the process of
successful ageing are- stay free from diseases and disabilities of old age, good physical and
cognitive abilities and communicate with people in effective way. These are common
consideration to achieve state of successful ageing. In principle of successful ageing both
intrinsic and extrinsic factors of the lifestyle are considered. By considering all these factors state
of successful ageing can be easily achieved. To achieve this state role of health and social care
organization is too important. These organizations can provide better facility, knowledge and
abilities to stay free form ageing problems in old age.
Importance of Historical Development of Successful Ageing
To understand the concept of the successful ageing it is important to learn about the
historical development of this concept. Development process can provide better information
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