Book contents
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- 27 I Don’t Want to Go Downstairs!
- 28 How NOT to Be Afraid of Dying and Ensure that Your Family Remembers Your Death as a Peaceful One
- 29 Only Two Things
- 30 Grief and Loss
- 31 Living to Make a Difference
- 32 The Great Leveler
- 33 View from the Mountain
- 34 The Healing Power of Nature
- 35 The Best Place in the World to Grow Old
- 36 From Revolution to Pandemic
- 37 The Power of Positivity
- 38 An Incredible Journey
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
Afterword
from Part IV - Caring For Your Soul
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- 27 I Don’t Want to Go Downstairs!
- 28 How NOT to Be Afraid of Dying and Ensure that Your Family Remembers Your Death as a Peaceful One
- 29 Only Two Things
- 30 Grief and Loss
- 31 Living to Make a Difference
- 32 The Great Leveler
- 33 View from the Mountain
- 34 The Healing Power of Nature
- 35 The Best Place in the World to Grow Old
- 36 From Revolution to Pandemic
- 37 The Power of Positivity
- 38 An Incredible Journey
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
Summary
Today the average lifespan in the US approaches 80 years old. However, the average health span—the number of healthy years we live—is much shorter. In the US it is 63 years old. This means we are living much longer than we are healthy. Disparity in health span is substantial in the US. The most privileged have a health span that approaches their lifespan. We must ensure that everyone has the opportunity to match their health span to their lifespan. Offering realistic guide posts on what to expect with normal aging. Crucial to put aging well at the center of policy internationally to harness the power of older people and move forward globally.
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- The Gift of AgingGrowing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity, pp. 259 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023