A new study has found a link between the mental well-being of the elderly and where they live. Specifically, researchers discovered that those who live in more rural areas enjoy better mental health.
The study by researchers at the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University in Spain focuses on a field that has been little studied to date: The association between the main variables related to the satisfactory mental well-being of the elderly and the rural or urban characteristics of the environment in which they live. “The perception that older people living in rural areas have with regard to the limitations of health and aging is associated with less deterioration of mental well-being, while living in urban areas is related with an
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