Old age and our expectations

Getting older is something that happens to everyone. We can do alot of things in our younger life to help us have an easier time when we get older, but get older we will. A lot of people have fears or concerns about getting older. I am going to break down my expectations of old age in the 6 wellness catorgies. Things that will happen to us when we get older. Remember these things when you are interacting with the older generation. Let me know when you think and what I missed. There are many things that might go in multiple catorgories, I am going to try to choose the best one.

Physical Wellness:
(when we get older our body get's older and we can expierence many difficulties because of it. Here is a list of some of those difficulties)
- Arthritis
- Loss of vision
- Osteporosis
- Limited movability
- *Less sickness - (a positive note, as we get older we are more immuntized to sickness and thus get colds and flus less often)

Emtional Wellness:
We will expierence different emotions as we get older the hardest one I think I will have is:

- Feeling alone or lost (in junction with Hearing Loss and you social wellness, I think you will often not feel included in conversations becuase it will be hard to follow them. This also can make talking to our spouse difficult as we both might have a hard time hearing each other)

Intellectual Wellness:
- Dementia
- Loss of memory
- Wisdom - we will have lived alot of life and will have many experience that we will have learned from.

Spiritual Wellness:
- I expect by the time I am older my spiritual wellness is at it's peak, that I will strongly believe in the things I do believe.

Social Wellness:
- Your kids get busy and have their own lifes and thus might not visit you often
- Your siblings will be old themselves and might have a difficult time visiting
- You friends are also old and some will be dying.
- Behind the times, your grandkids will have fads you will know nothing about.

Environmental Wellness:
- This will be one of my hardest things. As you get older is common that you can't live alone as well. You might have someone to move in with, but you will lose you normal space. You might be in a "in-law" apartment. Things you used to do will be more difficult.
- Also you will have to add things to make your house safer. Rails in the bathroom. Chairs where you change.