Is retirement bad for your brain? | Ross Andel | TEDxFulbrightCanberra
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Most people like the idea of retirement and many currently enjoy it. What is not to like about the extra time to travel, spend time with friends and family, or finally have enough time to truly commit to that exciting hobby? However, there may be a dark side to retirement. The talk discusses how retirement may hold hidden dangers in the form of increased risk of cognitive problems and possibly even dementia, and how we can mitigate these dangers and still enjoy the positive aspects of retirement. Ross is Professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa. In his research, Ross has focused on identifying ways to slow age-related cognitive decline and reduce risk of dementia through diet, exercise, leisure activities and modifications to work environment. Ross has also been involved in research to distinguish true signs of cognitive impairment from normal cognitive aging. To date, Ross has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I am almost 80. I am about to retire and my wife passed away. Ill be alone then, so I didn't retire. My work is light and no stress. One of the best decision I made.
Critical and informative one of the best videos and information of the century.
I retire 3 days out of 7 and that's enough. I enjoy working. My work is mentally stimulating and rewarding.
I wish 150 for all my team these videos are amazing I can't wait to see more videos Dr Ross and our team are amazing
One of the best and most critical Ted Talks on retirement I’ve ever heard!
Thanks this Video ! I am Retired and the Best Time me Life !
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The weekend isn't a vacation, it's a time to catch up a few chores,and prepare for the coming week. The older I get the more I resent working, can't wait to retire but can't afford to do so.
Older people have given the best years,of their lives to companies, institutions etc., but it's not enough. We're now being told we can't be trusted to manage our lives without working. This is wrong, this is false. Your body wears out, you get ill, you don't have the energy you had in your 20s, 30s.
Keeping Older people working is the mentality of those who don't want the bother of caring for the older generation thus denying young people coming into the job market, the opportunity to have well paid secure employment like we had when we entered the job market. That's a selfish, short-sighted view of life. Those in retirement or about to be retired have spent 40 years of their lives "giving back". Time for them to enjoy the fruits of their labours and younger people take up the baton of making a living.
I enjoyed this short video and concur with your views, Ross. I took voluntary redundancy in 1995 at age 59. At 87 I'm still thriving. The past 28 years have been some of the most productive in my life: several books written, hundreds of essays, letters, mentoring people. Also, around a thousand guest speaker appearances as both a storyteller and a teacher of that subject. Around three months ago I started posting video on Retirement on RUclips and have now had over 32,000 hits and have well over 500 people subscribing to what I place. I am now looking forward to presenting workshops to 'impending and recently retired' people. That's why I look at videos like yours, Ross. Oh, and yes, I live in Australia. Happy to get in touch if you'd like to.
I love this video I wish there was more recorded videos avaliable to watch
As a new retire. This talk was most enlightening. Tks Ted Talks.
It depends on what you do with your time once retired. I've watched close friends deteriorate when they stopped being active ( and I don't mean just working for money). I've watched some friends continue to go from strength to strength because they had interests and hobbies. The most important muscles are the one between your ears. Keep them active and see friends and you'll be fine.
I don't think "hundreds" of volunteers from a single region gives enough statistical significance / variability to test for all of the biases you mentioned you controlled for.
Have there been any follow-on / meta analyses on retirement that back up these findings?
nice lecture Ross!
6:23 they really caught homeboy sleeping
I look forward to retirement. No disengaging though. I plan to work for myself and consult so I'll be keeping my skills current and learning new one right up to that date then ready to consult as much or as little as I want.
The stress and eventual burn out at the work place, can also cause the same mental declines are shown in the graph. I don't need to be a scientist to prove it, I just lived before my retirement.
What do you expect when people are getting older?
Was it too hard to follow?
They expect you to work until you die...
@@pkegles I watched both of my parents decline rapidly after retirement without focused purposes. My father realized that he did not have alternative interests/plans and decided to go back to work. He was dead within six months. If you can actually focus on the message, it is that people need purpose.
@@kappawear I'm sorry to hear about your father :( From my personal experience, my father retired and now is building an "electric cart" with the intention to "travel the world"... When or if I ever retire, I have so many other goals that I would like to achieve before I die that do not involve "work"... The way I see, we are just a huge tax farm for the system and the earlier I'm "out of it" the better.
@@pkegles You have a great example in your father. If you follow it, Ross Andel is saying that your mental functions and health will fare much better than average. From my experience, it sounds almost like common sense.
this sounds like propaganda from the aristocracy to drive the plebs into an early grave. retire as early as you can, not doing anything but what you want is awesome, i should know.
Exactly, they are normalizing the idea of people working until they die...
@@pkegles No - it has nothing to do with working until you die, it has everything to do with maintaining a purpose without a job and routine instead of letting your brain turn to mush.