What are strategies that help alleviate the effects of stress? When in life does daily stress tend to decline? How to people this age range tend to respond to stress?

Social support can buffer the negative emotional and health consequences that accompany psychological stress. It is associated with lower cortisol levels, suggesting a reduced fight-or-flight response. In addition, when people learn to control their reactions to stress by using relaxation techniques, meditation, and biofeedback, they can reduce the incidence and severity of illness. Exercise can also reduce stress and promote health and wellness. Physically-fit individuals show less psychological reactivity (e.g., spikes in blood pressure) to, and improved recovery from, psychological stressors than do unfit individuals.
Daily stress tends to decline and feelings of well-being increase in the second half of middle adulthood, from age 50 on. Fortunately, most people tend to show more adaptive responses to stress as they progress through middle adulthood. They learn to anticipate stressful events, take steps to avoid them, and approach stressful situations with more realistic attitudes about their ability to change them. Overcoming stressful conditions and personal challenges contributes to a growing sense of self-efficacy over middle adulthood.