Lara Lewington

This Seventh-day Adventist community see looking after their bodies as a duty of religiosity.

So they're eating well, sleeping well, exercising.

I was waiting for 99-year-old Esther to finish at the gym.

She's 99, still at the gym.

But whilst I was waiting for her, there was a sign in the lift that said only three walking frames at a time.

And this really stuck with me because this community is doing really, really well, but they're not superhuman.

They're just living really healthy lives and aging a bit better.

I actually interviewed a lady called Mildred, who's 103, and she'd had enough.

She said she didn't recommend living to this age to anyone.

She was physically well, she had no disease, she was of sharp mind, but she'd lost her daughter 30 years before.

Her son was bed bound.

Every time she stood up, she was nervous she was gonna fall over.

And she didn't know who was going to visit her next.

She's in the midst of a community where there's lots of activities.

It's catering for people to be able to interact with each other.

But she still just didn't know who she was going to see when.

And she didn't seem to have the sense of purpose she'd had as a doctor in her youth.

And she wasn't happy as a result.

And so I think we also have to really think about what it is we're aiming for.

Yeah.