UCD: Volunteering late in life may help fight cognitive decline

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Volunteering in late life is associated with better cognitive function — specifically, better executive function and episodic memory. Those are the findings of a new study from UC Davis Health presented July 20 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2023 in Amsterdam.

The study group had an average age of 74 and contained 48% Black, 20% white, 17% Asian and 14% Latino participants. A total of 1,167 (43%) of the participants reported volunteering in the past year.

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