Factors include relating positively to others, personal growth, self-acceptance, autonomy and mastery of one's environment.
Older people who feel their life still has purpose are less likely to get memory loss, a survey has suggested. More than 900 people were tracked for an average of 14 years in the US state of Illinois, to see whether they developed mild cognitive impairment or dementia. MCI is classed as the stage between an age-related decline in memory and thinking and a dementia diagnosis.
Those that developed MCI were found to lack a purpose in life three years before diagnosis. In addition, they had lower levels of personal growth six years before diagnosis. Some 29% of those taking part in the study were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. Among that group, 34% were also diagnosed with dementia.
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