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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

  • Written by Cal J. Halvorsen, Associate Professor of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
imageNew volunteers get trained in Lexington, Ky., to help out at CASA of Lexington in April 2023.AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel

As gerontologists – social scientists who study aging populations – we envision a future in which older people leave a doctor’s visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something.

Does that sound far-fetched?...

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