1. Clinical Overview Primary care physicians are often asked to recommend behavioral changes that might improve an older person’s chance for successful aging. The primary care physician can use insights from clinical, basic science, and pathological research to recommend intellectual, physical, and psychosocial stimulation as part of their cognitive wellness program for middle aged and older pa...

Successful aging without cognitive decline (SA) is apparent in those who escape age-related illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and dementia. To determine whether there are protective genotypes that increase the probability of successful cognitive aging, a genome-wide screen was conducted on subjects who were 85 years of older, had MMSE scores >26, and had no major illnesses. SNP 500K mic...

Memory impairments are among the most troubling aspects of cognitive aging. Can older adults change how they encode events to compensate for impairments? We reveal a novel compensatory effect by examining how neural activity changes across protracted study periods. We examined oscillatory power in electroencephalographic recordings obtained while younger (18-30 years) and older (60+ years) adul...

e p s S i o a l a i p T m t a f “location, location, location” is the real estate axiom, “prevention, prevention, prevention” is the nutrition mantra for successful aging. Alarms are sounding as edicare and Medicaid costs for older people and poor eople explode. Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ata show that if nothing changes, skyrocketing health are costs could consume the entire feder...

The association of successful aging with demographic, socioeconomic, and medical characteristics in healthy community-dwelling Brazilian individuals aged 60 years and older (N = 345) was investigated. Participants were classified as successful (n = 214, 62%) or normal (n = 131, 38%) agers. Successful agers participated in significantly more leisure activities (34%) than did normal agers (21%). ...