2023-06-16 07:09:25
From the age of 45-50, being sociable and participating in collective activities would have a positive impact on brain health.
Throughout our lives we have choosing to have an active social life. It can be volunteering, joining a local association or playing sports in a club. Beyond contributing to the well-being and development of everyone, being social can also have beneficial effects on our brains.
And it would be even more impactful from the middle of life. Indeed, a meta-analysis recently published in the magazine Nature Aging reveals that sociability would impact the development or not of dementia. And the more a person is socially active, the more he would protect his brain.
Halve the risk of suffering from cognitive decline by being socially active
These results are the conclusion of several studies carried out in different countries around the world. Scientists have analyzed the impact of “living together” on the brain health of patients of various ages. However, the study focused mostly on older people because they are the most likely to develop dementia.
They found that being social had many beneficial effects on the mind. In addition to helping to improve vascular health and reduce stress, the people concerned naturally reduced the risk of dementia. Depending on the age of the patients and their level of social investment, they might reduce the risks by 30 and even 50%.
In this, these results demonstrate that breaking isolation and spending time with other people is beneficial both physically and mentally.
Desired measures to encourage being sociable in middle and end of life
However, the study has its limitations. One of the most important is the fact that the researchers do not provide information on the activities practiced by the participants followed. In addition, it does not specify whether activities in retirement homes have been taken into account or whether they only concern independent seniors.
Either way, the researchers urge readers to make seniors active and social. Among the proposals they put forward, they mention housing with common areas, prescription by prescription of social activity… They would also like associations and structures to promote volunteerism.
All these actions have in common to try to avoid social isolation and increase the risk of dementia. In France, isolation concerns nearly a million elderly people.
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