Posted on 01/29/2007 3:03:33 AM PST by Cardhu
01/29/2007
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An award-winning health-care leader has this message to elderly women: living with your husband is bad for your health. A research project conducted by Koichiro Fujimoto of the Ehime General Health Care Association showed that elderly women living with their retired husbands had almost twice the risk of dying than women living by themselves. "There are many elderly men who depend on their wives for much of their daily lives, and the presence of the husband is a physical and emotional burden on the wife," said Fujimoto, who received an award from the Ehime medical association on Sunday for his work on the health risks facing senior citizens. Fujimoto's team started the research between 1996 and 1998. About 3,100 men and women between 60 and 84 living in what was then Shigenobu, next to Matsuyama, were asked to reply to a 17-part questionnaire. They were asked about their medical history, if they had a living spouse, if they smoked, and other lifestyle queries. Shigenobu has since merged into what is now the city of Toon. About five years later, between 2001 and 2002, the research team determined whether their subjects were still living. The researchers compared the 200 or so subjects who had died against the approximately 2,900 who were still living. In particular, they looked into the effects of having a spouse on those who were between 60 and 74 as well as those between 75 and 84 during the period from 1996 to 1998. Of the group between 75 and 84, women who had husbands still living had a 2.02-fold greater risk of death than women who were unattached. On the other hand, men living with their wives had only a 0.46-fold greater risk of death than men who were widowed. Similar trends were found for the group between 60 and 74. "While the presence of the husband serves as a burden on the wife, husbands who lose their wives also lose the presence of someone who will help with their personal matters in day-to-day living, so the risk of death increases," Fujimoto said. "It is important for husbands to become more independent by helping out with housework." (IHT/Asahi: January 29,2007) |
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You have a good idea.
Are there any elderly geishas? LOL, that should be a study, too!
Depends what you mean by elderly - anyone six months younger than me is prime. :)
The media will pick that one up and run with it, since it goes along with the current frenzy to destroy traditional marriage.
Temperature check?
***Of the group between 75 and 84, women who had husbands still living had a 2.02-fold greater risk of death than women who were unattached. ***
If they are 75 to 84, they arent going to be around all that much longer anyway. They spend most of their time at a doctors office or watching Oprah.
That is true in many cases, but there are too many exceptions to make it a rule. As long as the mind holds out their bodies can handle it.
See my post #30
No.. just couldn´t find them as they had probably gone skiing, surfing or sky diving. :)
They tend to be worse than two year olds to keep track of.
I guess the study forgot the part that husbands die sooner because their disobedient wives drove them to a state of bad health.
To Love and to Honor, In Sickness and.............?
Has your husband ever been retired? I would say that 200% is a very low figure.
Maria
Full of crap. There was a study published a month or so ago saying that elderly single women have much higher health risks.
I find this interesting since women outlive men....
Actually I am not surprised. The alternative is to smack the retired hubby over the head with a frying pan and dig a new " garden " by the front walk. What would drive an elderly woman to such action? You know.
You see it all the time in the grocery store. Old guy helping his wife shop. Every item she puts in the cart,he picks up examines like it is newly minded diamond. Then finding some flaw. Too pricey, wrong portion, no coupon offered, can't think why it is needed. He puts it back on the shelf and lectures wife about her wasteful habits. "Why no wonder they spend so much on food"
At this point many wives send their spouse to the deli with a very long and detailed list. After all deli clerks are forbidden to leap over the counter and strangle the customer.
And let us not forget the stress of helping out at home. Why who hasn't been overjoyed to find their entire kitchen reorganized. " You don't use these tongs very much so I put them up here on the top shelf 10 inches above your head" He would have done better to hide the knives.
All this stress can be avoided with a few trips to the hardware store. Think project, guys love projects. Break something if you have to it will be worth it in the long wrong. Have a day planner that makes sure spouses enjoy activities both with and apart from each other.
And wives whatever you do remember you actually love the guy beyond all measure.
Sheets Byrd and Fat Drunk Ted aren't alive. They're just undead.
This is old news. It has always been common knowledge that, statistically speaking, single women outlive married women and married men outlive single men. There are numerous reasons but I would rather have a few years shaved off at the end and enjoy a husband than live to be 100 without.
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