Seniors

Aging Successfully

We define successful aging as maximizing your potential and minimizing the negative effects of getting older (such as the weakening of physical and mental abilities).

Genetics is certainly one key to successful aging. If your parents and grandparents lived long and healthy lives, the odds are you can expect the same.

But, there's a lot more to aging successfully than just genetics. Eating right and exercising, making sure you get regular check-ups and screenings, and focusing on preventive care are very important to how well you age.

• Assessments.
  Finding out what shape you're in–health wise–is how you begin working on a plan to improve your health and lengthen your life.
• Attitudes.
  Successful aging begins with a positive attitude.
• Living options.
  Seniors now have a variety of communities they can choose to call "home." The choice often depends on the level of care you want or need.
• Adult day care.
  Seniors enjoying in-home care can also become part of an active community by joining adult day care centers for one or more days each week.
• OASIS.
  Keeping your mind active is as important as any other type of exercise. OASIS is an education oriented national group, dedicated to helping its members discover (or rediscover) the joy of learning at any age.
• Center for Future Health.
  What's to come? Because URMC has made aging a research priority, this facility is developing new technologies to help everyone age more successfully while living at home.