A recent study concluded that living close to blue (water) or green(woods, forests, and parks) spaces are good for folks with Parkinson’s, reducing the risks of hospitalization due to PD.

• Older adults who lived near green space had a lower rate of hospitalization for Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
• Blue space (lakes, rivers and oceans), and  parks were also associated with fewer hospital admissions for PD but not for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
• A word of caution, though: If you are a person at high risk for falls, don’t go out into nature on your own.

Klompmaker, J. O., Laden, F., Browning, M., Dominici, F., Jimenez, M. P., Ogletree, S. S., . . . James, P. (2022). Associations of Greenness, Parks, and Blue Space With Neurodegenerative Disease Hospitalizations Among Older US Adults. JAMA Network Open, 5(12), e2247664. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47664