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Housework may improve physical and emotional well-being
Housework may not be a favorite activity, but it could be that the resulting cleanliness has a positive effect on quality of life.
STUDY: Information collected during interviews with 337 people ages 65-94 years revealed their thoughts on their physical and emotional well-being.
Emotional wellness
Household chores help women with dementia maintain their identity
Over a five to six year period, five interviews were conducted with seven women diagnosed with dementia who were living with their husbands.
moreCognitive health
Younger adults want parents to plan for long-term care
As a companion to the annual Genworth Cost of Care survey, a group of 1,228 adults ages 18 and older across the United States were asked questions about future planning as part of an omnibus survey.
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Three actions help promote cognitive health
Adding to the recent studies and opinion pieces on the actions individuals can take to maintain brain health is a consensus report from the US Institute of Medicine (about to be renamed the National Academy of Medicine).
moreCognitive health
Obesity may counteract benefit of not smoking
Are boomers more healthy than earlier generations? Perceptions of self-rated health reported by 8,750 Canadians were analyzed for people born between 1935-1944; 1945-1954; 1955-1964; and 1965-1974.
moreHealth promotion
Among those 85+, optimism extends life
In Sweden and Finland, 646 people ages 85 and older answered questions during structured interviews, which were coordinated with assessments performed during home visits and medical records.
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