A comprehensive study of more than 2,200 older adults revealed that those engaged in high social engagement significantly reduced their mortality risk. The most socially active older adults showed a ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people worldwide, robbing individuals of their memory, cognitive abilities and independence. While researchers continue searching for medical breakthroughs, one ...

A new report shares recommendations for facilitators who want to boost social engagement in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The strategies that worked best entailed having ...

As a 21-year-old college student, one of my closest friends is not another 20-something-year-old student from campus but rather a 75-year-old woman living with dementia, whom I met while volunteering ...

A study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that social engagement may help older individuals live longer. In the study of 2,268 U.S. individuals aged 60 years and older who ...