People 'get happier as they age'

BBC NEWS | Health | People 'get happier as they age': "Most people get happier as they grow older, studies on people aged up to their mid-90s suggest.

Despite worries about ill health, income, changes in social status and bereavements, later life tends to be a golden age, according to psychologists.


They found older adults generally make the best of the time they have left and have learned to avoid situations that make them feel sad or stressed."