Additionally, and apologies for not linking the study as I simply can't find it anywhere but remember it in brief, if older people are exposed to younger people on a more regular basis it was found that their capacity for learning new things was substantially higher.
Of course the major questions from this were, 1. Are older people with the capacity to learn more interested in spending time with younger people, and 2. Are younger people more likely to distance themselves from older people without the capacity to learn. Both are probably true, but it would be interesting to see how much these factors skew the results.
This was of course also done in the West, where older parents live separately to their children on average. It would be interesting to see whether, if this study was done across multiple nations, the result continues to ring true.
Of course the major questions from this were, 1. Are older people with the capacity to learn more interested in spending time with younger people, and 2. Are younger people more likely to distance themselves from older people without the capacity to learn. Both are probably true, but it would be interesting to see how much these factors skew the results.
This was of course also done in the West, where older parents live separately to their children on average. It would be interesting to see whether, if this study was done across multiple nations, the result continues to ring true.