Fovziye Sanaati
1 
, Keshvar Samadaee Gelehkolaee
1 , Ziba Taghizadeh
1 , Ilia Zamani Hajiabadi
2*1 Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
Abstract
It is predicted that the elderly population of the world will be almost double by 2050. Therefore, the necessary preparations should be made before entering this stage of demographic structure. The present paper aims to review global strategies for healthy aging. This study was designed in five steps including identification of research question, search in databases, data extraction, classification of data, and presentation of results. In the present study, factors associated with healthy aging were classified into four general categories including economic-social-cultural problems, physical-mental-sexual problems, elder mistreatment, and proposal of global strategies. The elderly people should enjoy an active and high-quality life. Since all societies will sooner or later enter this stage of demographic transition, all countries should do their best in this regard to realize this objective on a cultural basis.