A strong social network is well known to contribute to well-being, mental health and longevity in adults but when researchers from the University of Adelaide dug further, they found a strong correlation between people living in larger households and a reduced risk of dying from dementia.
In an international investigation of people aged over 60 years from over 180 countries around the world, biomedicine researcher Wenpeng You and his team discovered that “large households protect against dementia mortality,” regardless of age, race, and income.
