The Three Faces of Aging.
Posted on May 16, 2008
in Lifestyle Planning
Aging is inevitable. From the day we are born to the day we leave this earth, we are gradually aging. So why do we dread it so much and why do we deny the inevitable?
With millions of baby boomers retiring or contemplating retirement, the whole concept of aging is taking on new meaning.
Life expectancy 100 years ago was 46 years. Today it is over 80 years. Fifty years ago life expectancy after retirement was 2-3 years. Today it is 20-30 years. How is this affecting the faces of aging?
1.Decline – Until recent times, a commonly held belief was that after 60years you were over the hill, slowing down, becoming senile, seeing out your last few years in a rocking chair, deteriorating…

