We always seem to get back to people trying to make things simple. It is back to the 'one-size-fits-all' attitude. Of course politicians would find it easier if all people were ready to retire at 67 or 68 rather than 62 or 65. However, genetics don't flow that evenly from person to person. Each of us develops differently with many variables determining what we will be like at any given age.
One variable is genetics, another is life style. There are others such as ones own chemistry, the degree of stress endured through life and how good coping skills have been to keep the cortisol level low.
Mental health and the amount of medication a patient has had prescribed is another determinant. Side effects over the years can do a number on a person's body and it is not a positive effect.
Whoever called following retirement as the Golden years is certainly not looking at life today. The only connection to gold and age today is the inflated price of gold and the limited amount of money so many have to survive on as fixed income which is never fixed but keeps changing...usually diminishing.
Physical health at any given decade decides so much about quality of life, mobility, ability to keep hobbies or profession, and finances determine life style as another element.
Without a doubt, it is ideal tin one can keep hitting those decade markers with good health, senses intact, brain working like an older CPU with storage of data and drives intact as well. Having finances sufficient to maintain a comfortable roof over your head, eat adequately, and be able to get adequate medical care when needed is about all one can ask as ideal.
It would be interesting to get a statistic on just how many seniors in the USA today can claim their lives contain all the criteria in that last paragraph.
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