Posted on 02/17/2014 8:51:58 PM PST by Innovative
Obesity comes with a number of life threatening risks. The condition, for instance, is linked to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and even cancer. However, loneliness is a more threatening killer than obesity, at least among elderly people.
The researchers also found that extreme loneliness increases an older person's risks of early death by 14 percent which means that loneliness has a double the impact on early death as obesity.
Cacioppo explained that chronic loneliness is associated with higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which raises risks of strokes and heart attacks. It is also linked with high blood pressure and weakening of the body's immune system.
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Just watch, especially under Obamacare.
I think they will take the bitchy liberal feminists and mandate that men wine and dine them.
My mom lives in an assisted living place. Her caregivers tell me about how sad it is that the majority of people there hardly have any visitors. I visit my mom every other day and call her when I am not there.
It is sad. I can see how that is an issue.
I wonder whether it is isolation or a negative perception of solitude that is the issue. In other words, if you don’t mind being alone and aren’t miserable and depressed, is it still dangerous to the health to be alone?
There haven’t really been any studies about that which i know of. By and large if there are studies I imagine they would typically center around those who are depressed as a result of being along.
” it wouldn’t be a bad idea to visit an elderly housing complex and make a new friend.’
That is a good and kind thought. Let me add that many times there may be elderly people living right next door or practically next door.
Back some time ago I lived next door to a couple of old ladies, they were sisters and used to visit them, they traveled a lot when they were young and had wonderful stories to tell and they were pleased that there was someone interested in hearing them.
Dude,,,,, ok. So send a chic over,,,,
My wife worked in a SunRise assisted living place in California. She would tell me that few occupants received visitors. Most were abandoned by their families. I think the church needs to step up in this area.
“Most were abandoned by their families.”
Sad. That is probably the kind of loneliness the article is talking about.
You are right, churches could help — and so could schools, it would be a good opportunity to teach children empathy and kindness.
“Dude,,,,, ok. So send a chic over,,,,”
Maybe it’s in Obamacare already... ;)
If you have some free time you can tutor kids and worry about the future of America, or you can spend time with older folks and reminisce on it’s wonderful past.
I must be the walking dead then, I hit 60 soon. the only human contact I get is at work. If I died no one would even notice until the body started rotting, my company would just replace me, the only phone calls I ever get are from bill collectors. Lonely ? No. People suck, half are commie liberals, the other half are selfish capitalists, who needs em [/sarc]
I must be the walking dead then, I hit 60 soon. the only human contact I get is at work. If I died no one would even notice until the body started rotting, my company would just replace me, the only phone calls I ever get are from bill collectors. Lonely ? No. People suck, half are commie liberals, the other half are selfish capitalists, who needs em [/sarc]
Why the sarcasm tag? I am six months away from 60 and was in sales for over twenty years and agree with you. You forgot to mention that a majority of folks are just plain stupid. I am sure that for the right money I can get a couple of experts to do a study that agrees with me. You are wrong about the rotting though the cat will start to eat you after 3 days.
Life sucks.
Or, if you’re an older folk, you can spend time with some kids and infuse the future of America with its ( no apostrophe! ) wonderful past.
Sohhh they’ll pay for hookers too?
Camus said, “The only philosophical question is suicide.” So I would note that it evidently pleases you to note that life sucks.
Kudos to you! When my mother, who has passed on, was in a nursing home, I tried to visit her every day. Baby Your Mother, a hit from the early months of 1928 became my theme song.
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