Dr. Robert Butler, formerly the head of the department of geriatric medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, cautioned against “ageism,” which is a tendency to think of every problem of the elderly as being a natural consequence of aging and hence doing nothing to solve it. Ageism also underlies the widespread prejudice against older people and is sometimes used to prevent them from working, or forcing them to retire early.
Aging does not mean you have to:
Lose interest in doing things.
Lose your memories permanently.
Get depressed.
Focus on death more than on life.
Think that it is no longer possible to change.
Be satisfied with being bored.
View the rest of your life as a downhill course.
Successful aging involves:
A positive outlook.
Continuing to maintain interests and hobbies.
Looking forward to change and having a willingness to adapt.
Maintaining strong relationships and social bonds.
Maintaining high self-esteem.
Bouncing back from adversity.
Taken From: The Memory Program How to Prevent Memory Loss
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