How to age gracefully

1. How to Age Gracefully
Ravi Samuel MA, MPhil, PGCARM(Lond) PhD.
Psychotherapist
Risen Redeemer Church - Kodambakkam

2. Life is what you make out of it
Give love you will receive love
Give hatred you will receive
hatred.

4. What gives good health
 Mind free of
worries
 Physical Activity
 Social Interactions
 New Learning
 Participation

5. Aging
 Multiple challenges
 Retirement
 Finance
 Changes in the Family
 Illnesses and disability

6. How old are you?

7. Life a Multi-Component!
 Personality
 Social Relationships
 Family
 Friends
 Religious Activities
 Hobbies
 Leisure Activities
 Earning
Capacity/Interactions
 Respect / Love
 Position / Family
 Status / Self Earned

8. Fallacies of ageing
Not to seek Physical Pleasures
Religious Activities
Not to spend much
Not to entertain themselves

9. Activity
Write 5 appreciations about your
spouse or family member

10. Mind Reading
Don’t suddenly become a psychologist
 Root cause of
emotional problems
 Wrong interpretation
of events

11. GASTROENTEROLOGIST
CARDIOLOGIST
GENERAL PHYSICIAN
NEUROLOGIST
DIABETOLOGIST
Do not suddenly become a

12. Thought Process
Do not ever encourage thoughts :
No one loves
No one respects
No one cares
Once I retired no one respects

13. Problems commonly seen among
Elderly (men?!)
 No participation in household activities
 Expecting respect and authority in the
place of love
 Isolated activities – appropriate person to
interact
 Not speaking about their feelings

15. Problems commonly seen among
Elderly (women?!)
 Establishing authority over daughter-in-
law
 Comparing her care with d-in-l care
 Recalling the negative incidents in a very
systematic manner
 Excessive unproductive gossiping

16. Diffuse Problems
 Avoid Emotional Reasoning
 Communicate with others
 Avoid rewinding and playing the problem in the
mind repeatedly
 Learn to appreciate others/listen to other point of
view

18. Physical and Mental Health
 Health Service
Utilisation

19. Safety and Security
 Do not share your issues with strangers
 If you are living alone avoid wearing heavy
jewellery for functions
 Do not have maids without good reference
 Avoid falls
 Beware while crossing the road

20. Conclusion
 Attitude
 Emotional Management
 Social Interaction
 Accepting Change

21. Do not ever do
 Inactivity
 Immobile
 Isolation
 Increasing negativity
 Wishing for death

22. Thank You