In all, eight out of 10 men and six out of 10 women live in family settings. Intelligence does not decline without reason. Some loss of brain cells occurs with aging, but it has negligible effect on the brain's ability to function. Many functions like reasoning, vocabulary and special skills you still use often improve with age. If you are healthy and active, you can expect your ability to use accumulated knowledge to solve problems and make decisions to increase steadily throughout your life.
Personality is relatively stable over time.
In general, old age continues what the earlier years launch. If you have been easygoing and fun-loving, you likely will continue to be so when older. If you've always been impatient and critical, you probably will remain so. Interest in sex decreases for some but increases for others. In general, sexual expression takes on a different meaning and value.