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littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:50 AM Mar 2019

Study Shows The More Time You Spend With Your Mom, The Longer She'll Live

https://www.simplemost.com/study-shows-the-more-time-spend-mom-longer-shell-live/

Study Shows The More Time You Spend With Your Mom, The Longer She’ll Live
Have you called your mom lately?
KATE STREIT

Has it been a while since you’ve seen your mom? A 2012 study says you should invite her over for dinner soon.

The study concluded that loneliness is a significant factor in the decline of quality of life in older adults, including the risk of depression, cognitive impairment and health problems like coronary artery disease — and it may even lead to an earlier death.

Specifically, the study looked at 1,600 adults with an average age of 71. Researchers found that 23 percent of participants who reported being lonely died within six years of the study, while only 14 percent of those who reported having companionship died during the same six-year period.

The results, which were published in the JAMA Internal Medicine, remained consistent even after controlling for health and socioeconomic status.
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Study Shows The More Time You Spend With Your Mom, The Longer She'll Live (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 OP
Mom? Is that you? SouthernIrish Mar 2019 #1
Hahaha! nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #4
I have plenty of work on my plate today True Dough Mar 2019 #2
YW, TD.❤ nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #3
To the opposite point, no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #5
That's understandable. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #6

True Dough

(17,099 posts)
2. I have plenty of work on my plate today
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 09:07 AM
Mar 2019

But my wife is gone to spend most of the day with her 76-year-old mom. I'm glad they have this time together.

Thanks for posting, littlemissmartypants!

no_hypocrisy

(45,786 posts)
5. To the opposite point,
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 09:57 AM
Mar 2019

I believe the time my mother spent with my father hastened her demise. He was that kind of a guy.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
6. That's understandable.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:25 AM
Mar 2019

Thankfully, the guy mom got is a keeper and devoted to the family. I am sorry to hear that wasn't the case for your mom.

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