{"id":1779,"date":"2023-03-16T22:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2023-03-16T22:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:27:17","slug":"its-official-socialising-helps-older-people-live-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/health\/its-official-socialising-helps-older-people-live-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official: Socialising helps older people live longer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1779\" class=\"elementor elementor-1779\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ded885 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ded885\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f272c07\" data-id=\"f272c07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dfa2ad elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dfa2ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>O<strong>ne of the great advantages about moving into a retirement village is the ability to socialise.<\/strong><\/p><p>It is a sad fact of life that as people age they lose outlets to socialise: they leave the workplace, their children move out of home and friends suffer serious illness or death.<\/p><p><strong>Retirement living encourages being social. Friendly, lively social interactions can improve nutrition and overall health in older adults too.<\/strong><\/p><p>Now a study of more than 28,000 Chinese people, published online in the <em>Journal of Epidemiology &amp; Community Health, <\/em>has found frequent socialising may extend the lifespan of older people.<\/p><p>Overall, more frequent social activity was associated with significantly longer survival. The greater the frequency, the greater the likelihood of living longer.<\/p><p>Up to 5 years from the start of the monitoring period standardised death rates were 18.4 per 100 people monitored for a year among those who never socialised; 8.8 among those who did so occasionally; 8.3 among those who did so at least monthly; 7.5 among those who socialised at least once a week; and 7.3 among those who did so nearly every day.<\/p><p><strong>Retirement villages have been architecturally designed to benefit being social.<\/strong><\/p><p>A 10-year longitudinal study of Australian retirement village residents, commissioned by the DCM Group (the publisher of villages.com.au) found 83% of residents felt safer in the age-friendly community than in their previous home, with 94% of residents confirming they were \u201cglad to be living in a retirement community during these uncertain COVID-19 times.\u201d<\/p><p>Residents reported long-lasting benefits through optimised quality-of-life, including remaining physically independent longer; feeling safe and secure; remaining financially independent; having a sense of self control over life; and ageing with grace, dignity and joy. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great advantages about moving into a retirement village is the ability to socialise. 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