Seniors: Be Involved in Other Physical Health Improvement
by Seniors who are in relationships with others have better physical health than those with a less active social life.
This comes from a study conducted among 954 elderly people living in Chigaco, the United States.
At the beginning of the study, researchers evaluated the neurological and neuropsychological profile of each participant, as well as their ability to perform daily activities such as feeding, bathing, toileting and moving in a room.
In addition, all completed a questionnaire measuring the number and frequency of social activities, like eating out, attending sports or cultural events, volunteering, visiting friends and make day trips or short travel.
Five years later, those who reported high levels of social suffering two times less physical disability in the gestures of daily life, compared to those with less than relationships with others.
The researchers also found that seniors are very active socially declined a half times the risk of a loss of motor skills and physical age-related.
The link between social activity and development of physical disability remains to be elucidated, but the authors believe that “social activity may strengthen neural networks and function to maintain musculoskeletal function, and driving the elderly “.
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