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Originally Posted by EvoFire
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.
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This is very true.
It's the same reason why when a spouse passes away at older age, the other usually goes not long thereafter.
Despair of the mind carries a massive affect on the body, and ones health.