In a study conducted by UCLA researchers that appears in the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, frailty - a geriatric condition marked by loss of vitality in elderly people - can be kept at bay by volunteering. The specific act of volunteering, rather than paid work, seems to be the best antidote to counter frailty. For aged people weighed down by physical debility and dysfunction, this spells new hope. Could be the sense of service to others and the accompanying physical activity that results from volunteering has to do with alleviating this age-related malady.
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