People can make successful lifestyle changes for agent even later in life. Too often people assume they will lose function inevitably with age and that by 80 its all downhill.
You have more and more years of healthy life and then eventually you ‘ll die of something . But the hope is that you won’t be disabled and you won’t be cognitively impaired for many many years. The idea is that you’ll be dying with your boots on .
A takeaway message for clinicians is to help patients make changes in habits that will help them age well.
People who reported better sleep in studies aged better so its worth it for clinicians to address Insomnia with suggestions of cognitive behavioural therapy.