{"id":16021,"date":"2020-05-18T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16021"},"modified":"2020-05-18T12:41:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:41:44","slug":"longevity-and-wellness-as-we-get-older-are-within-our-grasp-if-we-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16021","title":{"rendered":"Longevity and wellness as we get older are within our grasp if we do this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trajectory of human longevity according to the Census Bureau, by 2050, 10 percent of the U.S population will be 90 or older.\u00a0 So how can you make the most of those thirty years?\u00a0 Have you heard the term \u201csuccessful aging\u201d?\u00a0 According to majority of aging experts it \u00a0is often used to describe an aging process that is fulfilling, happy, and healthy for as long as possible but some experts disagree.\u00a0 Some see successful aging as life satisfaction, longevity, freedom from disability, mastery and growth, active engagement with life, and independence.\u00a0 In Meg Selig\u2019s blog for Psychology Today, she describes three pathways to successful aging. Read Ms. Selig\u2019s blog h<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/changepower\/202005\/still-growing-three-pathways-successful-aging\">ere\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_156987498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15044\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_156987498-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_156987498-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_156987498-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dreamstime_m_156987498-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trajectory of human longevity according to the Census Bureau, by 2050, 10 percent of the U.S population will be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16022,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16021\/revisions\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}