According to Jane Flower and Mark Kunik Physical factors play a very important role in aging successfully. Accordingly to Jane Flower and Mark Kunik, an individual’s physical health before his/her age of 50 helps in determining the individual’s aging well. An individual’s choice of living such as smoking, drinking, and indulging in other substance abuse can predict his/ her successful/ unsuccessful aging. A person should exercise, have a healthy body mass index, and restrain oneself from indulging in to habits of smoking, drinking, or taking drugs. This can help the individual towards successful aging.
Under Psychological factors it is mentioned that if an individual can cope well with the stress that is if he/ she is more resilient then he/she can age well. People rather, than getting depressed if they find out ways to overcome their problems it helps people to age well. People, who feel that they have a purpose in life, age well. And those individuals who use mature defenses (humor, suppression) age well than those individuals who use projection and dissociation as their defense. …show more content…
Successful aging is holistic in nature. Successful aging is not only absence of illness but how the elderly has perceived his
Under Psychological factors it is mentioned that if an individual can cope well with the stress that is if he/ she is more resilient then he/she can age well. People rather, than getting depressed if they find out ways to overcome their problems it helps people to age well. People, who feel that they have a purpose in life, age well. And those individuals who use mature defenses (humor, suppression) age well than those individuals who use projection and dissociation as their defense. …show more content…
Successful aging is holistic in nature. Successful aging is not only absence of illness but how the elderly has perceived his