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Our attitudes to ageing can have a direct effect on our health.

In order to relieve The elderly can relax, get
CHINESE LIFESTYLE
loneliness, most of them in touch with the outside
pay more attention to world, and meet many new
physical health in their friends through travel. In
old age, and they lack the this way, elderly tourists This was tr ue even after
atmosphere to exercise at can forget their worries
home. They prefer spiritual and feel happier. They Older adults with negative attitudes participants’ medications, mood,
enrichment and physical really enjoy their retired
health, so they prefer lives. towards ageing had slower walking their life circumstances and other
group square dancing. Public Sqaure Dancing Travel around the world speed and worse cognitive abilities health changes that had occurred

two years later, compared to older over the same two-year period were

adults with more positive attitudes accounted for.
Compared with the hustle Some old people start a
and bustle of big cities, new business again after towards ageing.
of living is lower. Many VS opening a small coffee shop RESEARCH
the rural air is fresher,
retirement, such as
the ecological environment
or starting a consulting
is better, and the cost

retirees choose to leave company. There are also EUROPEAN LIFESTYLE
some elderly people who
the city and go to the have become "writers"
countryside to provide for at home and have similar
Live in the country the elderly. Start a business again methods to enrich their
side after retirement retirement lives.

Peaking about the findings, Dr Principal Investigator of TILDA,
The elderly are more When child r en can n ot
likely to suffer from take care of the elderly, Robertson, commented: “The way we Professor Rose Anne Kenny, added:
cardiovascular disease they are taken care of and “Researchers and policy makers
and heart disease. After accompanied by community think about, talk about and write about
practicing Tai Chi, the members. The community ageing may have direct effects on can work together to develop and
blood supply to the heart is equipped with medical
of the elderly can be equipment and medical staff. health. Everyone will grow older and if implement societal-wide interventions
improved, and it can also This pension model can enable
reduce the burden on the the elderly to have better negative attitudes towards ageing are to target attitudes and perhaps,
heart. Tai Chi morning exercise living conditions and quality Live in a nursing home ultimately, find novel ways of
of life in the community. carried throughout life they can have
a detrimental, measurable effect on maintaining health in later life.”

mental, physical and cognitive health.”

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