Healthy Aging

Human beings have being wondering what they are, what they will be and how their life will end since the existence. The question of what is happening has triggered curiosity and research instincts, leading him an effort to understand themselvesand their life. As people learned what they were, they explored what was going on and discovered the concept of aging. The concepts of aging and old age have drawn more attention with an image of elderly in the capitalist society due to the environmental factors of life span and the changing circumstances. This process of aging which can not be canceled brings how we should age and how we are aging questions into mind. In response to these questions, the concept of successful aging has emerged. Accordingly, it can be said that aging is an interesting process consisting of multiple processes, which are not merely a physical change. In this process there are many gains as well as losses. In this purpose of gain, successful aging aims to minimize the loss of biological, socio-cultural, economical and psychological losses of the elders