How to ‘age up’ and not decline as you get older

Deterioration in cognitive and physical health is not inevitable in our later years. According to research, we become happier, wiser, and less anxious. We can also prevent or slow down muscular and mental decline

Older people tend to be happier because their lives are more stable and many family and financial stressors are gone. Picture: iStock

We associate ageing with worsening health, lack of fitness, propensity for disease, and even low mood. But life doesn’t have to get worse with age, and many aspects of it improve from mid-life onwards.

Here is what we can look forward to in the autumn of our lives: