Why Friendships Are So Important As We Grow Older

Peace Village23 Aug, 2024Other

Friendships and social engagement in our senior years benefit our health and well-being in so many ways. In fact, a 2023 US Surgeon General?s report compares the health effects of being lonely to smoking 15 cigarettes each day. When you make your home in a senior living community, you?ll benefit from the positive aspects of friendship and socialization. Cognitive functioning and memory will improve. The risk for chronic disease will decrease and mental health and wellbeing will flourish. The social life at a senior living community gives residents a sense of belonging and purpose, a more positive outlook and a better quality of life ? even if they don?t have a Mickey Mouse lunchbox.