Residents who do these two things most likely to live 100 years
Older adults who are socially engaged and don’t smoke dramatically improve their chances of living to age 100, researchers in New Zealand have found.
Social Engagement
Mental health concerns prompting facilities to request renewed socializing
Some Florida eldercare facility administrators are asking for eased restrictions that would allow limited socializing within their communities.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, April 9
Many LTCs requiring negative COVID-19 tests before accepting hospital discharges … AbbVie, Pfizer, Novartis and more pledge COVID-19 disaster relief help … Actor Matthew McConaughey plays virtual bingo with residents in Texas senior living facility
Seniors who use video chat less likely to report symptoms of depression
Seniors who communicated via video chat were about half as likely to report depressive symptoms than those who did not, say researchers.
Social isolation may be a precursor to memory loss
Social isolation not only contributes to memory loss in older age, but affects men and women differently, according to a new study.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, August 6
Decline in heart disease and stroke mortality stalls in high-income countries … Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk … Skin test for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s may be on its way … Aging brains may have trouble blocking irrelevant data
Engage! When social involvement declines, cognitive abilities may follow
Social engagement may be a mark of how resilient – or vulnerable – someone is to cognitive decline, a recent study has found.
Find your group, and the health benefits will follow
individuals who get involved, and stayed involved, with civic and social groups such as neighborhood watch or volunteer organizations score higher on cognitive tests once they reached middle age. Even more telling, these cognitive scores increase for each extra group an individual participates in. There’s a lesson here for everyone — especially working professionals. This isn’t just kid stuff by any means.
Seniors’ social activity slows decline, death, study finds
Social engagement among seniors can slow motor function loss and fend off overall age-related decline, according to a recently published study.
