Published: October 27, 2010
Older people should not feel guilty about napping during the day if it allows them to keep active and busy when they are feeling less tired, new research reveals. Experts at the University of Surrey discovered that many older people felt that they may be branded lazy for taking afternoon naps so they tried hard to avoid nodding off.
But the occasional nap can make older people more able to lead a fully active life by giving them enough energy to take part in recreational and social activities. [continue reading…]
Published: October 23, 2010
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oday´s 70-year-olds do far better in intelligence tests than their predecessors. It has also become more difficult to detect dementia in its early stages, though forgetfulness is still an early symptom, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, based on the H70 study.
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Published: October 21, 2010
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Women become more lonely and depressed with age, but men grow more content with their lives in retirement, a study has found.This may be because men are happier once they stop working, but older women are more likely to feel lonely or be living alone.
The BBC reports today on findings from University College London researchers who have tracked more than 11,000 men and women aged over 50 from 2002-09 as part of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Curious?Keep reading
Source: BBC
Published: September 15, 2010
Can you trick your aging body into feeling younger? What if it were possible to turn back time? Could it be that we all have the power to think ourselves young again? That’s the extraordinary claim of an experiment first conducted 30 years ago which the BBC is now re-staging.
Six well-loved celebrities in their 70s and 80s – Liz Smith, Lionel Blair, Dickie Bird, Sylvia Syms, Derek Jameson and Kenneth Kendall – have agreed to spend one week living as though it were their heyday – 1975 – to see if re-living your youth can make you young again.
A core element of the original experiment was the idea that our prior beliefs play a huge part in how we perceive the world, and how we perceive ourselves. By immersing the aging actors in a 1970s world, they were hoping to make them think of themselves as younger, fitter and healthier.
It proved to be a fascinating but draining experience – for both experimenters and experimentees. link to find our more about this experiment
Source: BBC Magazine
Older people should not feel guilty about napping during the day if it allows them to keep active and busy when they are feeling less tired, new research reveals. Experts at the University of Surrey discovered that many older people felt that they may be branded lazy for taking afternoon naps so they tried hard to avoid nodding off.