By Karen Guice | Webster Parish Council on Aging
Karen’s Korner,
I came across some interesting facts concerning aging and senior adults, and I thought I would share them.
“Studies have found that most people feel their happiest or feel their happiness increase in the later decades of life—from their 60s to their early 80s.” (Shelly Emling, – Huffpost)
“Between 2015 and 2050, the number of people older than 65 will rise from 900 million to 2 billion, a jump from 12% to 22% of the total world population. (World Health Organization)
“The main causes of death in older age are heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease.” (World Health Organization)
“The strongest factors influencing the health of older people have to do with a person’s history of physical and social environments rather than genetics.” (World Health Organization)
“Chronological age is a measure of the years a person has lived, but a person’s age can also be determined through a measure of the rate at which their cells are aging and dying and is called a person’s biological age.” (Very Well Health)
“The oldest a person has ever been recorded to have lived was Jeanne Louise Calment of France. Born in 1875, Calment lived to be 122 years, 164 days old.” (Guinness World Records)
“For most of history, the ailments of old age were considered irreversible, and little was done to investigate the diseases and health problems of the aging population; it wasn’t until after the 1960s, when the older population began to increase, that medical scientists began to investigate within the field of geriatrics.” (Gerald N. Grob, John Hopkins University Press)
And finally, “Research indicates that having a positive attitude about aging actually contributes to living a longer life.” (Mark Stibich, Very Well Health)
Live long and love it…