The sense of humor improves the health of older adults: “It promotes blood flow, contributes to cardioprotection, and is key to delaying dependency”
It is about replacing the saying “at once, smallpox” with “at once, vital.” This is the goal promoted by specialists in aging, physical activity, and mental health of older people to achieve a hopeful symptom: laughing again. It appears in older people who manage to regain vitality and emotional stability. “One day you hear your laughter and you are surprised. But it happened to me after a long time trying to go out more when I didn’t feel like it, after being widowed, already tired of hearing my daughter almost forcing me to leave the house.” This is told by Rosa Serra, 76 years old, who lives in a village in the Sierra of Madrid.
