{"id":140,"date":"2009-10-19T07:59:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2young2retire.com\/wp\/?p=140"},"modified":"2009-10-19T07:59:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T15:59:21","slug":"go-online-get-happy-and-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2young2retire.com\/wp\/go-online-get-happy-and-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Online, Get Happy and Healthy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report<\/a> just released by the PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER SERIES indicates that Internet usage can significantly reduce depression among older adults.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, since I’m writing this and you’re reading it, we are in the minority of older adults who are already online (42% of people over 65).\u00c2\u00a0 Chances are you, like me, regularly use the Internet to manage your money and health, keep up with the news, shop and share stuff. \u00c2\u00a0 You may also have joined one of the many social networks and now have a host of online friends<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 You stay in touch with distant family and friends, sending photos and your favorite You Tube videos.\u00c2\u00a0 For me, all of this now seems as natural as breathing and I have to remind myself how relatively new the marvelous Internet is.\u00c2\u00a0 But I didn’t know that I was also keeping myself — and the economy — healthy by doing all these things until I came across this report.<\/p>\n

Here are some interesting facts about depression and the older population:<\/p>\n