{"id":32793,"date":"2021-11-23T07:02:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=32793"},"modified":"2021-11-23T07:02:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:02:25","slug":"why-housework-is-good-for-your-health-ironing-washing-up-and-vacuuming-can-help-over-65s-improve-their-physical-and-mental-strength-and-could-even-protect-against-falls-research-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/23\/why-housework-is-good-for-your-health-ironing-washing-up-and-vacuuming-can-help-over-65s-improve-their-physical-and-mental-strength-and-could-even-protect-against-falls-research-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Why housework is good for your health: Ironing, washing up and vacuuming can help over-65s improve their physical and mental strength&#8230; and could even protect against falls, research suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32794\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doing the vacuuming, washing up and ironing can often seem like thankless tasks \u2013 but it turns out household chores might be the key to staying healthy in old age.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10232033\/Ironing-washing-vacuuming-help-65s-improve-physical-mental-strength.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Doing the vacuuming, washing up and ironing can often seem like thankless tasks \u2013 but it turns out household chores might be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/housework.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32795,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32793\/revisions\/32795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}