[ConservativeMind]

Perhaps spending as much time engaging on Free Republic as one works at a less stimulating job would give such benefits.

[Grampa Dave]

Use it or lose it!

[AndyTheBear]

Maybe those who are suffering from mental decline are just less likely to be employed in mentally challenging jobs?

[lee martell]

...”yet, work based studies have also failed to produce compelling evidence of benefits.

That part of the fourth sentence appears to cancel out any other claims of the headline.

[I want the USA back]

Yes, so make job opportunities available for the aging. And stop the tax punishment for those who earn a little extra money while collecting social security.

[Fai Mao]

Well that explains members of congress!

[gundog]

[Gene Eric]

Prolly needs be challenging, and not just stimulating.

IIRC, the challenge of learning new things fosters new neural pathways which helps to compensate for the diminished paths.

[HighSierra5]

So a greeter at Walmart has no chance. Darn. I was considering applying.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, definitely! My Mom is going to be 84, is TOTALLY engaged in life; I call her The Energizer Bunny! She is busy ALL the time doing all sorts of volunteer work and helping at her church and doing community stuff. She helps me in my garden, weeding and harvesting.

My Dad? Retired at 55 and sat on his butt from that day forward, other than a little traveling around the USA.

He had a slow, horrible mental decline and finally cancer took him.

So, which path do you think I’m following? ;)

[Chode]

[americas.best.days...]

Here I thought all you had to do was those sudoku puzzles.

[Silentgypsy]

Maybe genetically smarter, healthier people can work longer than relatively unhealthy people who lose their acuity at an earlier age. (Correlation as opposed to causation?)