Aging period, also known to be the periods of "wisdom" and "second childhood" is a very important era of life in which major physiologic, psychologic, sociologic changes occur. To survive a healthy life in older ages, one should start to internalize preventive behaviors in the very early stages of life. As there is an increasing trend in aged population in number both in the world and in Turkey, the need for system-based changes about aging in all societies seem to be a high priority. It is known that older people are heterogeneous groups. Consequently, health and disease related needs are expected to differentiate in older ages. Due to all these reasons, plans and programs for older ages are recommended to be done focusing to the prior needs of the individuals and societies. In this paper, changes and the health/disease profiles when one ages have been studied. During this work, definition of aging, conceptual changes starting from the past, priorities about health and disease concern(s) and recommendations about healthy aging have been investigated. Preventive methods and health promotion strategies are recommended to be widened to lessen the burden of diseases as well as to improve quality of life in older ages.
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