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Winter 2015

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Senior woman reading in library

Taking courses at a local community college, is a form of lifelong learning which is a good therapy in physical and mental health for elderly people.

Firstly, there are so many courses that can be chosen by third age people, such as travel tours, gardening, cooking and wine tasting classes, conversational language courses and so on that will not only enhance elderly people’s various knowledge, but also cause many interests in their life, which may make their brain active and develop a good mentality. At same time, this will also make their physical body stronger than before.

In addition, elderly people stepping out of their home into classes or workshops can let them enter society again, which will prevent the feeling of loneliness. Therefore, it behooves elderly people to participate in local community college taking courses they love.