Successful ageing

The concept of successful ageing can be traced back to the 1950s and was popularised in the 1980s. Traditional definitions of successful ageing have emphasised absence of physical and cognitive disabilities.

In their 1987 article, Rowe and Kahn characterised successful ageing as involving three components:

a) freedom from disease and disability

b) high cognitive and physical functioning, and

c) social and productive engagement

Connie’s comments:

A healthy brain means healthy cognition. Which also influence our mood to be more active and learn more. Which then increases our body cells for growth and endurance, higher immune system.

When our immune system is stronger, we are less prone to disease and disability. So we ensure that we do not have anxiety but a healthy brain, helping our immune system to be health too and in return creates an environment for our body cells to grow healthy.

Aging is slowed.

Connie…