{"id":12436,"date":"2019-01-17T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12436"},"modified":"2019-01-17T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:44:11","slug":"daily-movement-even-household-chores-may-boost-brain-health-in-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12436","title":{"rendered":"Daily Movement \u2014 Even Household Chores \u2014 May Boost Brain Health In Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Want to reduce your risk of dementia in older age? Move as much as you can.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard about techniques to get us more physically active \u2014 take the stairs, park the car a bit further from your destination, get up and march in place for a minute or two when standing or sitting at a desk.<\/p>\n<p>Now a study finds even simple housework like cooking or cleaning may make a difference in brain health in our 70s and 80s.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/01\/16\/684589375\/daily-movement-even-household-chores-may-boost-brain-health-in-elderly?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=69075152&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9927DraXdCWVMAdy4vgt_IaBLYQQFQew8jj72Js3nMvJ29FaMdLok0FmkyBJPnnNqUX-8dskN2TDaoSCKB2WmHPbvutg&amp;_hsmi=69075152\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) Want to reduce your risk of dementia in older age? Move as much as you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12437,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436\/revisions\/12437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}