Medical News: Physical Exertion May Mask Toll on Health from Caregiving - in Geriatrics,
Physical activity may protect older adults from some negative health effects of caregiving, researchers found. Action Points Explain to interested patients that the study found negative health effects from caregiving among older adults. Explain that physical activity improves health outcomes for all ages, including older caregivers. Note that the study could not determine the level of stress caregivers experienced or what their caregiving activities included. Increased rates of mortality and loss of mobility among caregivers were mediated by physical activity across most race and gender groups, reported Lisa Fredman, Ph.D., of Boston University, and colleagues in the Oct. 27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
