According to Business Insider, Barbara Fleischman has just welcomed its 100th birthday.In this rare age, this lady still participates in events at the nursing and gymnasium every day.
Barbara Fleischman
Accordingly, she and her husband left Detroit to move to New York, USA in 1966. Ms. Fleischman volunteered to work at major organizations including the US family planning organization, the ConservatoryArt performance.After that, she has been with the public library of New York City for 40 years.
And her husband worked in the White House Advisory Committee under President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.In addition, he was co -founder of an art archive room in the US.Thanks to his charity activities, he and his wife had a gallery located at the Metropolitan Museum in 1983.
Sharing about her life, the old lady said she was a lucky person.“First, I have a great husband.Docile daughters.Friends are willing to share.And even interesting activities throughout the years and a good health to fulfill her wishes, ”Fleischman told Business Insider.
After her husband died in September 1997, this woman left her house to move to a nearby nursing home.Currently at the age of 100, she is still lucid and healthy.
Here are 3 habits that she maintained throughout her life to achieve hundreds of ages:
Always keep yourself busy and learn constantly
Fleischman still undertakes the organization of cultural events or talks shared in the nursing home.“I used all my relationships to invite speakers from all over the cities to talk.I think this is useful and people definitely like it. ”
A 2016 study by Texas University shows that keeping himself busy is related to maintaining better cognitive ability, including better memory and receiving information faster in the elderly.
Research in 2016 with about 3,000 people, published in the journal Epidemiology and Community Health shows that working for another year after the retirement age (65 years old) is involved in reducing the risk of death from 9.% up to 11%.
Earlier, a 2015 study of 83,000 elderly people in 15 years, published in the Journal of Chronic Disease Prevention of CDC showed that people over the age of 65 were still 3 times better in labor.Retiring and reducing the risk of serious health diseases such as cancer, heart disease.
Besides maintaining work, this lady continues to study.She often watched video lectures on vocal to practice.In fact, when the brain operates regularly, we can limit the impairment of brain function and cognitive impairment.This conclusion was proved by a 2018 study in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
Do exercise
Fleischman admitted that she was not a "addict" of exercise as a child.However, she started training and practicing sports habits to improve the ability to balance and "have progressed very quickly".
Maintaining the body's balance is an important part to help you improve your life expectancy.In 2022, a study published in the British sports magazine found that: people over 50 years old were less likely to die within the next 10 years if they could stand with one leg in 10.second.The authors of this study also said that people with poor balance are related to short life.
Maintain durable relationships
Ms. Fleischman said there are many friends.Many of them are familiar with work.“It's fun to work together for a common goal.After a while we gradually realized that there were too many things in common so that the two sides could continue to stick, ”she said.
Barbara Fleischman always maintains relationships
Professor Rose Anne Kenny, an elderly researcher at Trinity College Dublin, said that having a beautiful friendship is important like a healthy eating and exercise to extend life.
In a 2023 study with the participation of 450,000 adults in the UK, scientists found that loneliness was related to the risk of death of 77% higher than adults aged 37-73.
Earlier, in July 2020, the magazine of the United States of the United States also made the same conclusion.Among those from 60-70 years old, who sometimes often feel lonely has a shorter life of 3-5 years than those who do not feel lonely.
(According to Business Insider)