{"id":2994,"date":"2025-07-16T12:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/grandparents-who-look-after-grandkids-are-less-likely-to-get-dementia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:38:18","slug":"grandparents-who-look-after-grandkids-are-less-likely-to-get-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/grandparents-who-look-after-grandkids-are-less-likely-to-get-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandparents who look after grandkids are less likely to get dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-07-16 12:38:17<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Grandparents who frequently look after their grandkids are less likely to suffer from dementia.<BR><br \/>\nThe new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests that practical and social engagement in old age is beneficial for cognitive health.<BR><br \/>\nThe findings, which have been published in JAMA Network Open, tracked 10,000 older adults in China and found that grandparents who care for their grandchildren on a regular but noncustodial basis had a statistically lower risk of developing the health condition &#8211; which causes memory loss and problems with language and communication.<BR><br \/>\nThe researchers wrote: &#8220;Dementia is a pressing public health concern, with a substantial burden in China, which accounts for nearly 25 per cent of worldwide cases and great socioeconomic costs.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The protective association of nonintensive caregiving with dementia odds supports the use-it-or-lose-it hypothesis, which posits that engaging in mentally and socially stimulating activities &#8211; such as interacting with grandchildren &#8211; can preserve cognitive reserves and delay cognitive decline.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-07-16 12:38:17 Grandparents who frequently look after their grandkids are less likely to suffer from dementia. The new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests that practical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}