Old Age
Some years ago now some researchers wanted to study the oldest and healthiest populations. They marked these on a map with blue circles. And so these areas came to be known as “Blue Zones”. There is an on-going project to research these long-lived and healthy people. The results of studying these people – giving us [...]
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There are three tasks or personal qualities that are especially relevant to old age. These are well explained in George Vaillant’s Ageing Well. They are: generativity, keeping the meaning and integrity. Generativity Generativity as defined by (Ageing Well p.115) John Kotre: To invest oneself in forms of life and work that will outlive the self. [...]
I’m Ageing Some of us are getting on a bit. OK, I’m getting on a bit. I turned 50 this year. This makes me (at least) middle aged. A few of my contemporaries have already died. I don’t feel panicked, but perhaps a little sobered. My parents (both 84) are still alive, so I haven’t [...]
Image by zappowbang Throughout the world there are groups of people who are known to live to quite advanced ages. What’s more these people tend to live to a healthy old age. There is now a project to study these different groups and what they have in common. The zones of healthy old people are [...]
Image by ezioman I have lived a very priveleged life. One of the great priveleges of it is that I have usually been surrounded by very gifted people. I’m not sure why this is. My friend Robert says it’s because I don’t compete – it’s true that I don’t, I’m not sure if this is [...]
