Theory of Successful Aging

successful aging can be defined as the longevity, life satisfaction and subjective well-being. The theory treats aging as a mutual withdrawal process where as the human age, tend to retire or withdraw from discharging some responsibilities as per the societies expectations (AW Network, 2012). As aging life health care providers, we strive to help the elderly generation and their families to bear with the losses emanating from the aging of their loves ones and the associated loss such as death of their loved members, disabilities as well as weathering the pain and the aches of the process of aging. This theory f successful aging is of very great importance in the case of assisting this aged population. Using this theory, the aging life care providers are able to use a more systematic and organized strategies to assist the clients to cope with the loss, select, compensate and optimize the losses The clients are unable to appreciate and accept their resources as a result of depression, mental and physical impairment as well as personality issues the care providers have the duty to assess the client’s resources such as emotional, financial, and physical and the ability to understand how they have managed the past loses.