Late adulthood: Home sweet Home

   In chapter 25, one of the activities for people in late adulthood is caring for their own homes. It is said that both men and women usually do more housework after they retire. Some examples are yard work, redecorating, building projects (shelves), etc. When reading this section, I found it a bit funny because I now know that it is not just a stereotype for older adults to be focused on homemaking. It was also funny how gardening was the most popular, since every summer it is a common sight to see older adults gardening and doing yard work. I found it interesting however, that home repair and challenging hobbies were in correlation with lower rates of dementia. This made me think back to chapter 24 where I talked about if it was possible to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. I think that the challenging hobbies and home repair may be correlated with lower rates of dementia by how it keeps the mind busy with coming up with new strategies and ideas. By these actions, just like how our brain makes new connections as we learn, older adults can also make new neuron connections which may keep their brain healthy because of using it constantly.