Older people have the ability to continue learning and it also helps to improve their health and quality of life

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES:

• Imlach, AR., Ward, D.D., Stuart, K.E. et al. Age is no barrier: predictors of academic success in older learners. npj Science Learn 2, 13 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0014-5
• Brownie, S. Older Australian’s motivation for university enrollment and their perception of the role of tertiary education in promoting healthy aging: a national cross-sectional study. Educ. Gerontol. 39, 723–736 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2014.886860
• Summers, M. J., Saunders, N. L., Valenzuela, M. J., Summers, J. J., Ritchie, K., Robinson, A. & Vickers, J. The Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project (THBP): a prospective longitudinal examination of the effect of university-level education in older adults in preventing age-related cognitive decline and reducing the risk of dementia. Int. Psychogeriatr. 25, 1145–1155 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610213000380

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Older people have the ability to continue learning and it also helps to improve their health and quality of life:

– Aging does not prevent academic performance and participation in cognitively stimulating activities can promote academic success in older adults.
– Participating in educational processes helps to keep the mind and brain active; it promotes an improvement in health, autonomy, social commitment and intergenerational communication; and greater confidence, knowledge, and skills. In addition, it prevents cognitive decline and reduces the risk of dementia.

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