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Yeah, this is something that people don't talk about enough. Doing puzzles, healthy eating, exercise, and other factors are important too but, social support and social interactions have also been shown in multiple studies to reduce the risk of developing dementia.

Of course, it's all correlations so we don't know what directly causes what, but given that even the best medications for dementia are not very effective, we need to come at this with all weapons we got.

Damn son, Im not doing any of these and am super isolated.

I guess forgetting my problems wouldnt be such a bad deal either.

As an older author who spends a lot of time at my keyboard, I'm really sorry to hear that.

And would those pixies please shut up while I'm typing!!!

Another great discovery for those of us who still take precautions to avoid covid-19...

What we don't know is whether social isolation is a risk factor for dementia or whether the earliest stages of dementia lead to social isolation.

Well I'm doomed. Do cats count as socializing?

Socially isolated older adults have a 27% higher chance of developing dementia than their peers who aren’t socially isolated

So, I am not a big fan of doing the social dance in general. Does talking to people on the phone for work count?

Only if you have 10 or more

Well, hello darkness my old friend

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Best I can do is 6.

People still do that?

Those of us who have a compromised immune system or, family members who do. Even if that wasn't the case for our house, I am suffering long covid from having it once around a year ago. Occasionally i will just be out of breath for no reason as well. I am committed to preventing making that worse. I miss feeling like i have 100% of my brain and cannot imagine how it would effect me to catch it again.

Even though genetic testing showed no alzheimers for me...I suffer from C.R.S. can't remember sh-it. I'm 100% sure I am getting or will have alzheimers. I've cared for dementia patients for 30 years and am watching my MIL go down hill from it.

Making plans.