Research Shows Flowers Boost Seniors' Happiness, Memory, Social Networks

Daily, the aging U.S. population - 40 million, an increase - the challenges facing aging, including depression, memory loss, social withdrawal. As a nation, we constantly have new ways to reduce the anxiety of daily life. Recently, researchers at Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey, and behavioral research on the health effects of six months of flowers for the elderly. Research shows that flowers ease depression, inspire social networking and update our memory age.
"The result is important because, as our country grew up, life becomes more intense, and we are looking for ways to easily and naturally to improve our lives - and the life our parents and old, said:" Dr. Jeannette Haviland-Jones professor of psychology and director of the Human Development Lab at Rutgers University. "Now, a simple answer is right under our noses."
This research is guided by a study conducted in 2000, connecting to spend a greater sense of happiness and life satisfaction of women. In 2001, the Rutgers group will have the flowers of the impact of age, who suffer more different living conditions and life changes.
Prevention in the bud, rather than a bottle
More than 100 elderly people in the investigation of Rutgers, has received some flowers and others did not. The NASDAQ results can explain the new light on how the support system to help the elderly to meet the challenges of the nature of aging. Results are as follows:
1.    Flowers depression decreased. There was a significant increase in happiness research and positive mood to spend to attend the meeting.
2.    Flowers refresh recent memory. Roof of the daily tasks of memory and experience that exist in the personal memory of the flowers.
3.    Flowers encourage companionship. Elderly people who received flowers re-engaged with the expansion of community and social contacts to include more neighbors, religious support, and even medical personnel.
"Intuition tells us that the spirit of our flowers, but its impact on older people particularly deep, if not surprising, said:" said Haviland-Jones.
New evidence of high shoot
Specifically, the report of eighty percent of the elderly who participate in research to reduce depression after receiving flowers. According to forty percent of the elderly and the expansion of social contacts outside the normal social circle of family and close friends. 72 percent who received flowers scored the elderly is very high compared to the memory test and the elderly, who did not receive flowers.
"People are happier, live longer, healthier, and more open to life changes, said:" Haviland-Jones. "Our research shows that small doses of nature, like flowers, can be a wonder of the world for our happiness, because our age."
Background
Flowers and high school (2001) is the second research project took Janet Jones - Haviland Dr, psychology professor, project manager, Human Development Lab at Rutgers University. Haviland, Dr. Jones is a psychologist and internationally recognized authority in the role of emotional development in human behavior and nonverbal emotional signals and response. In 2000, Haviland-Jones completed the first phase of their search spend the emotional impact on women. Association of the United States took the work of co-operation with the Rutgers research team, the professional knowledge, took the project.

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