<ul><li>Physical: Most people think of aging only as physical aging.</li><li>Cognitive: After middle age, around 60, memory and other abilities decline.</li><li>Psychosocial: It includes things like well-being, happiness, quality of life, control of emotions, socialization.</li></ul>
Successful aging refers to better well-being and greater happiness, even thriving and flourishing.

Three domains of aging

Studies have shown that older people are better able to control their emotions; they know themselves better, make better decisions that require experience, and have more compassion and empathy toward other people.

We get wiser with age

In older age, there is more stress caused by problems like physical illness, the deaths of dear ones, financial problems, retirement, and loss of a sense of purpose.
What matters is how you respond to that stress. With age, although there is a decline in physical health and cognitive function, psychosocial functioning progressively improves. Older people handle stress much better than someone in their 20s and 30s.

Aging and stress

Keeping a healthy diet, doing regular physical activity, keeping your brain active, and social engagement all need to happen from early childhood. If we focus on these things from early on, the prevalence of many diseases will go down.

Focus on prevention

There are strategies for successful physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aging that will make you happier. They include:
<ul>
<li>Calorie restriction</li>
<li>Physical activity</li>
<li>Keeping your brain active by doing something that is reasonably challenging.</li>
<li>Socializing</li>
<li>Attitude and behavior</li>
<li>Optimism</li>
<li>Compassion</li>
<li>Volunteering activities</li></ul>

Strategies for successful aging

Aging gets a bad rap. But disease, decline, and discomfort is far from the whole story. Dilip Jeste, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego and director of the UCSD Center for Healthy Aging, is challenging us to take another look.

Focus on prevention

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