Ingxaki endala - indlela yokuba ngumlindi omdala - ivela kwizinzalamizi zeBhayibhile. I-Gerontologists izama ukuqwalasela nayiphi na into eyenza ikhulise ubomi bomntu. Kwaye indawo ebalulekileyo njengamanje kwiingcamango zabo ingxabano, ngubani oya kuphila ixesha elide - othembekileyo okanye unxilongo?
Kungekude kudlule ukuba kukho ithemba lokuba inkolelo yakhe kwixesha elizayo eliqaqambileyo linelungelo lokunciphisa izifo ezigugu kunye nezinye "izinto ezimnandi" eziza kuguga. Kodwa uphando lwezibalo eziqhutyelwe kumaziko aphando ahlukahlukeneyo aluchasisi esi sikhundla.
I-American Psychological Association yanyathelisa iziphumo zohlalutyo lweenkcukacha eziqokelelwe ukususela ngo-1993 ukuya ku-2003 kumaqela amathathu ezi zigaba ezilandelayo: ukususela kwiminyaka eyi-18 ukuya kwe-39, ukususela kwiminyaka engama-40 ukuya kuma-64 kunye nangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65. Abaphandi bacela ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba bahlole ukuba baneliseke kangakanani ubomi babo ngexesha kwaye baqikelele izinga labo lokwaneliseka kunye nabo kwiminyaka emihlanu. Kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva baphenywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwaye baqhathaniswa nezibikezelo zeminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo. Ingqele, abantu abangaphezu kwamawaka amane ama-
Iziphumo zeqela elidala - iminyaka engama-65 okanye ngaphezulu, zamangaliswa. Iipesenti ezingama-25 zabaphenduli babonise amathuba abo malunga ncamashi, ama-43 ekhulwini aphantsi kwexesha labo elizayo, kunye neepesenti ezingama-32 - ezigqithisiweyo. Ngoko ke, phakathi kwexesha elidala elilindelekileyo elilinde iminyaka emihlanu ukuba liphile ubomi obonwabileyo, i-9.5% yayinokonakala kwempilo, kwaye ngokubhekiselele kuboniswe, umngcipheko wokufa okanye ukukhubazeka kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo kwanda ngo-10% xa kuthelekiswa namanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwiqela labo leminyaka.
Intloko yophicotho iyakholelwa ukuba oku kuqondakalayo, kuba abemi abangenangqondo bayalindela ngokukhawuleza kwintlekele yezinto ezithile ezingcolileyo kwaye zilungele nantoni na. Baphila ubomi obuphilileyo kunabo ontanga, abanethemba, baqwalasele ngakumbi ukhuseleko emsebenzini nasemakhaya. Oku akunakuphikiswa, ngenxa yokungathembeki-esi sisisigxina esingunaphakade malunga nobomi, kodwa isimo sengqondo sokungathembeki nantoni na. Ithemba elingaqinisekanga liyakwazi ukunqongqoza abantu abancinci, nabo, banokuthiwa ntoni ngabantu abadala. Kwaye umntu akanakhumbula njani i-anecdote malunga nomYuda omdala ongazange aziqhayise ngemibandela ngemicimbi yakhe nempilo, kodwa waphendula ngokuthobeka: "Musa ukulinda!".
Abaphengululi baphinde baqaphele ukuba abantu abadala abakhulileyo banomngcipheko omkhulu wokulimala, kwaye ngenxa yoko, ukukhubazeka. Oku kuyaqondakalayo: abantu abanobutyebi abafuni ukunyamezela kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwaye bazame ukuhlala ngokuphangaleleyo. Emva koko wena kunye nokuhamba okugqithiseleyo, kunye nokuqina, kwaye njengoko bethetha, "inwele eboya kwivevu, idemon ekhongweni." Eyona nto ibangela ukulimala okwehlukeneyo kunye neengxaki zempilo ezingalindelekanga.