Every human being takes aging differently. In a context where the influence of culture, society, hereditary factors and the way of creation is recognized, the World Health Organization focuses on active aging.
Next we will talk about how aging has been perceived throughout history, we will also talk about an interesting proposal that saves the idea of actively living aging Don’t miss anything!
- “Ageing is like climbing a great mountain: as it scales up.
- The forces diminish.
- But the gaze is freer.
- The vision is broader and more serene.
- -Ingmar Bergman-.
Aging has been designed differently throughout human history, as we can see below:
Today, aging is a stage where many do not think, except those who care for an older person and those who are at that stage, this is what we see in most Western countries, perhaps because we live in a society that encourages us to be young for longer and we try to prevent our bodies from aging through products , exercises, surgeries, etc.
Furthermore, little is said of death; Don’t we want to talk about it? and aging too. In several countries, the elderly population that occupies homes for the elderly far from the family nucleus is excluded, that is, we stop valuing the experience of an elderly person and begin to underestimate it, without thinking that one day we will reach that age.
In some parts of the east the situation is different, in countries like Japan, the elders are considered honored by their wisdom, so it is treated with respect and admiration.
Active ageing, according to the World Health Organization, involves optimizing well-being at three levels:
The idea is that this happens throughout your life, what’s the point?Increase the quality of life, productivity and healthy life expectancy of older adults.
This means that active aging focuses on overall health, taking into account all the steps the individual goes through, as prevention can help improve these aspects.
This is a fundamental issue, because the idea of active aging is to provide humans with multidimensional well-being in old age, which would require the action of different sectors:
In fact, we could work in any area, because old age is a global problem. In addition to these aspects, active aging offers changes in transportation, housing and justice. Thus, we could have a more functional population integrated into society, valuing everything it can contribute and betting on the satisfaction of its needs.
Active aging is everyone’s business. It is the collaboration of different sectors in favor of quality of life in a phase that can lead to several losses. No matter how old we are, we will all reach old age; if we cooperate, we will make active aging a reality. The ideal thing when you get to this age is to do nothing. If we still have skills that allow us to face the challenges of everyday life, why not use them?