Successful Aging: Getting older isn’t the same for everyone

Q. We hear that old age is not for sissies. Yet much of what I read describes aging in the most positive terms. Where is the balance when we talk about getting old? For some it’s not fun. D.H.
Dear D.H.
Indeed, it’s important to be realistic when it comes to aging.
Historically, there was little interest in the subject because there weren’t enough people living into old age and little was known about the subject. That does not mean that aging was never addressed.
Arthur Krystal