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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
Prob the wrong place for this but.. how do you guys get your aging parents to do exercise? My mom, who's not really all that old (56), is starting to show signs of accelerated aging like loss of balance/stability, can't walk that long anymore, spotted black/purple discoloration in feet, etc. This probably comes from 30 years of being an accountant.. and neglecting exercise.
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Originally Posted by supafamous
I want to hear answers for this too. Seems nothing changes their behaviour - my parents and in-laws are a lot older (71-83 y.o) with various medical conditions (osteoporosis, low lung capacity etc) yet nothing we do changes their sedentary ways.
I'm also trying to get my wife to change her sedentary ways as well - not much luck there either.
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I found emotional well being makes for a much much bigger difference than any amount of exercise will do, and it's a compound effect as well.
My dad when living with just my mom in their condo was overall in a pretty bitchy mood most of the time. I sometimes worried if he was depressed as there some some signs.
Then he moved into my basement. I honestly wasn't sure about it but in the 3 years he's moved in, his mood has been consistently improving. He had been having knee problems for years where he complained he couldn't walk down stairs without hurting. He had that problem when he first moved in, together with not being able to get up when sitting on the ground.
Maybe it's partly my two kids making him move more, maybe it's from just overall a better well being, which also translated him to be willing to go outside for walks. Being in Fraserview it's also a pretty taxing walk as it's hilly.
Him and I realized middle of last year, he no longer hurts. He can walk up and down stairs without any pain. He can get up from the floor. It's like it transformed him.
It goes back to the Singapore taxing policy where your taxes are reduced by the proximity of you being close to your parents. The design as that having adult children nearby improves the health of the elderly, to the point that the savings in medical needs far outstrips the the cost of providing those cost savings.