Elderly Aging Successfully (SAE)IntroductionIn the elderly population, most of the research carried out to date focuses on functional problems and diseases. When talking about successful aging of older adults (SEA), it has been recommended that health status be used to distinguish between older subgroups of the population and disease-free people. It is possible to describe the successful aging of the elderly (SAE). The research papers aim to describe a successful transitional overview of senior aging research, illustrated in the main sections: cognitive aspects, psychological aspects and social aspects. It is proposed that future studies will exploit a broad demonstration of SAE, where the emphasis will be more on the biological, health and cognitive perspective. The concept of successful aging is also termed super aging or optimal health, it was coined by Rowe and Kahn in 1987. Basically, successful aging of older adults illustrates neither normal aging (a gradual decrease in biological and psychological functioning ) nor pathological aging. Instead, it illustrates a form of aging connected to a reduced possibility of disability or disease, increased physical and cognitive functioning, including the maintenance of autonomy. Aging and old age for a long time are presented as dominated by negative traits and states such as illness, depression and isolation. The aging process is not simply senescence, most people over the age of 65 are not senile, bedridden, isolated, or suicidal (Aldwin & Levenson, 1994). This change of perspective led to investigating the other side of the coin. Aging is seen as health, maturity and personal growth, self-acceptance, happiness, generative capacity, ability to face and accept age-related constraints (Birren & Fisher, 1995). Psychological and...... half of paper......229fcff-64a4-4af5-b0db-d0a7eb97ef12%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=106Havighurst, R. J., Neugarten, B. L., & Tobin, S. S. (1968). Disengagement and aging patterns. Middle Ages and Aging, 161-172.Hubel DH Wiesel TN. (1970), The period of susceptibility to the physiological effects of unilateral eye closure in kittens. J Physiol; 206:419-36. Larson, R. (1978). Thirty years of research on the subjective well-being of older Americans. Journal of Gerontology, 33(1), 109-125. Data retrieved from: http://geronj.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/109.shortLemon, B.W., Bengtson, V.L., & Peterson, J.A. (1972). An exploration of the activity theory of aging: Activity types and life satisfaction among those moving to a retirement community. Journal of Gerontology, 27(4), 511-523.Williams, R.H., & Wirths, C.G. (1965). Lives through the years: Lifestyles and successful aging.